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The '''University of Chicago''' is occasionally known as the '''University Where Fun Goes to Die'''. Students proudly wear T-shirts proclaiming this fact, for they know better. This year the University had its largest applicant pool ever. Seems like more and more people want to go here, to live up to the school's official motto: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur. For any non-Latin-scholars out there (i.e., 92% of the Columbia student body), that translates to "Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched."
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The '''University of Chicago''' is best-known as the '''University Where Fun Goes to Die'''. Students even wear T-shirts proclaiming this sad fact. In fact, the university has such a scary reputation that few apply, and thus almost half get in. Students take pride in the so-called "Uncommon Application," since there is little else about which to be proud.
  
[[Image:Uchicagostudent.jpg|thumb|A Typical Columbia Student.]]
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[[Image:Uchicagostudent.jpg|thumb|A typical UChicago student]]
  
U of C is located in Hyde Park of Chicago, otherwise known as one of the world's most cultural neighborhoods, and considered as one of the safest in Chicago.  Students usually do not travel after dark, but that's just because they are either studying in the library or hanging out with their awesome House. Students often tell others how safe they feel on campus, as the Campus Police is second only to the Chicago City Police Force.
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U of C is located in Hyde Park of the South Side of Chicago.  Otherwise, the most GHETTO area of the entire city.  Students usually do not travel after dark for fear of getting jacked.  Furthermore, the fact that University of Chicago's Police is second in size to the Chicago Police Department does not quench these fears. Lastly, the streets in and around the university's campus are extremely narrow to begin with and it doesn't help when people park their cars on either side of the roads.
  
Chicago claims to have either an older or more rigorous [[Core Curriculum]] than Columbia. It's true. According to a WikiCU contributor from Chicago<ref>http://extremetracking.com/open;vis.detailed?login=lctrealt&visitor=1207107187,12.41.55.3</ref> (he attended Columbia University until he transferred to UChicago as a sophomore), "the University of Chicago's Core Cirriculum is generally recognized as superior to Columbia's in both depth and difficulty". Such assertions have been many a time verified.  
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Chicago claims to have either an older or more rigorous [[Core Curriculum]] than Columbia. According to a WikiCU contributor from Chicago<ref>http://extremetracking.com/open;vis.detailed?login=lctrealt&visitor=1207107187,12.41.55.3</ref> (I wonder which university he/she went to), "the University of Chicago's Core Cirriculum is generally recognized as superior to Columbia's in both depth and difficulty". Such assertions are dubious. In fact, Chicago's Core was inspired by Columbia's; it was founded on the teachings of lifelong Columbian and Core advocate [[Mortimer Adler]]. We can agree, though, that our schools are superior to [[Harvard|those]] [[Yale|institutions]] which [[Brown|don't believe ''any'' such rigor is required]].  
  
While Columbia did plagiarize the concept for its [[Committee on Global Thought]] from Chicago's prestigious Committee on Social Thought, UChicago students are merciful, and they do not wish to insult the intelligence of Columbia University students, the way some have tried with the attempted effrontery on their "WikiCU" page on UChicago. "We are here to enrich our lives," says one current UChicago prospect, "not to quietly attempt to sabotage our inferiors through pointless Wikipedia-like pages."
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However, Columbia did plagiarize the concept for its [[Committee on Global Thought]] from Chicago's prestigious Committee on Social Thought.
  
Finally, the University of Chicago students call themselves the Maroons, referring to beautiful, sharp color that goes greatly with the unofficial Phoenix mascot.  The University of Chicago chose this mythical creature to represent the rebirth of the city of Chicago and the original university that burnt down with it during the Great Chicago Fire. We don't make the same mistake twice.
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Chicago advocates also often claim that economist [[Milton Friedman]] belongs to their own "Chicago school of economics". This claim is also flawed, since, as ''everyone'' at Columbia knows, Friedman was both a student and professor at our great institution.
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Finally, the University of Chicago calls itself the Maroons.  A lame color that the university chose because it was incapable of choosing a real animal.  Unofficially, the university uses the Phoenix which is present on its shield.  The University of Chicago chose this mythical creature to represent the rebirth of the city of Chicago and the original university that burnt down with it during the Great Chicago Fire. That's what you get when you build a city mostly out of wood.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:24, 16 January 2011

See also Wikipedia's article about "University of Chicago".

The University of Chicago is best-known as the University Where Fun Goes to Die. Students even wear T-shirts proclaiming this sad fact. In fact, the university has such a scary reputation that few apply, and thus almost half get in. Students take pride in the so-called "Uncommon Application," since there is little else about which to be proud.

A typical UChicago student

U of C is located in Hyde Park of the South Side of Chicago. Otherwise, the most GHETTO area of the entire city. Students usually do not travel after dark for fear of getting jacked. Furthermore, the fact that University of Chicago's Police is second in size to the Chicago Police Department does not quench these fears. Lastly, the streets in and around the university's campus are extremely narrow to begin with and it doesn't help when people park their cars on either side of the roads.

Chicago claims to have either an older or more rigorous Core Curriculum than Columbia. According to a WikiCU contributor from Chicago[1] (I wonder which university he/she went to), "the University of Chicago's Core Cirriculum is generally recognized as superior to Columbia's in both depth and difficulty". Such assertions are dubious. In fact, Chicago's Core was inspired by Columbia's; it was founded on the teachings of lifelong Columbian and Core advocate Mortimer Adler. We can agree, though, that our schools are superior to those institutions which don't believe any such rigor is required.

However, Columbia did plagiarize the concept for its Committee on Global Thought from Chicago's prestigious Committee on Social Thought.

Chicago advocates also often claim that economist Milton Friedman belongs to their own "Chicago school of economics". This claim is also flawed, since, as everyone at Columbia knows, Friedman was both a student and professor at our great institution.

Finally, the University of Chicago calls itself the Maroons. A lame color that the university chose because it was incapable of choosing a real animal. Unofficially, the university uses the Phoenix which is present on its shield. The University of Chicago chose this mythical creature to represent the rebirth of the city of Chicago and the original university that burnt down with it during the Great Chicago Fire. That's what you get when you build a city mostly out of wood.

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