University of Chicago

Parties: Well, They Exist...
The party scene at the U of C is a tad bit paltry. Parties exist, certainly, if you know where to look, but most of our Friday nights are spent in the library, hunched over a book and a blank compu...

Workin' Hard
Though tuition costs at the U of C far outstrip that of the average college, fewer U of C students work than you might expect. (Our immense workload and extracurriculars keep most of us quite busy...

Beware the Bicyclists
Though you're likely to find a fleet of cars lining every street in Hyde Park, you're not going to find many University of Chicago students cruising around town in SUVs or station wagons. (And the ...

Journalists Abound at the U of C
Every student on campus has heard of--and unless he has done everything in his power to avoid it, has probably read--the Chicago Maroon, the university's largest, most highly read newspaper. As the...

Almost Famous
The famed academics at the University of Chicago are so excellent, in large part, because of the general excellence of the faculty. In my experience, they have been knowledgeable and approachable. ...

Home Sweet Home
It probably won't come as a surprise that your dorm, after only a couple weeks, becomes your second home, and that you can't imagine life without it. And yet, I feel I must say it anyway. The housi...

You Get What You Pay For
You'd be quite right to assume that, living in the city of Chicago, one would have access to some of the best food, music, and culture in America. You'd be quite wrong, however, to assume that it w...

Sports Teams? We Have Those?
I won't lie: if you're looking for a school where sports are the main event--a point of pride and unity among the student body--the University of Chicago may not be for you; in place of football ga...

Breezy Springs, Brutal Winters
Having attended high school in Tucson, Arizona, where 115-degree summers were neither atypical nor unexpected, I knew I was in for a major shock come winter in Chicago. As it turned out, I had no i...

An Intellectual Sanctuary in Chicago's Southside
The University of Chicago is a unique, academically exceptional school located in the Hyde Park area of Chicago, Illinois (recently made famous by President Obama's residence there). Highly ranked ...