College Acceptance Thread '12 - Page 17

On March 29 2012 12:44 babylon wrote:

Depends on what he's interested in. Not to mention, UMich is a v. good research university, and if he's proactive, it doesn't matter which one he goes to, because he'll pretty much have the same opportunities in most fields. (Key word being "proactive.") Not to mention, if he's transferring, you've got to keep in mind that UChicago really doesn't accept much transfer credit; at the most, he'll get out of the math, science, and language parts of the Core (not difficult, you can do that with AP credit even), and he'll get elective credits (again, also accessible through AP credit), but he'll still have to take the big three (HUM, SOSC, and Civ), which easily takes two years to complete if you're rushing and three years for most students. And then he has to fulfill his major requirements, and who knows what credits transfer for that. All in all, there's a reason why a lot of transfers have to stay for the full four years at UChicago. Even for regular students, graduating in three years is pretty uncommon.

Also, UChicago's financial aid ... well, it could be way worse, but it could also be way better given how much tuition fucking costs. They even raised it last year, the fucking bastards, and are raising it again next year.