University of Chicago Top Questions

The UChicago student body is very diverse. We have students from all over the world and from every state in the US. People here are from different religious, sexual, social and racial backgrounds and everyone feels accepted. I really believe that no one here feels or at least should feel out of place or even the slightest bit od discomfort. In any event that there should be a rare case of discrimination felt, there are many different resources that students can utilize in order to deal with the situation and the college along with the Dean of Students will ensure that justice is brought. Students here relatively well-off many are wealthy, but of course there are those that are not as fortunate as others. This is just another aspect of our diversity here and no one is isolated because of that difference in class. Many of the students here are from the Chicago and other areas in Illinois and also surrounding states. However, due to the uniquely designed housing system (similar to that of Hogwarts) students from different backgrounds lived together in a close-knit community and we learn how to accept people, relate to people from different cultures and lifestyles and build life-long friendships.

Most students at the University are from an upper-middle or upper-class background. As a result, the value systems typical of lower-class communities are decidedly underrepresented. As a person with a lower-class background, I have at times felt very out of place at the University. Most students here are supported by their families, and have been sheltered or assisted to some large degree throughout their lives. They are at the University in part to learn how to live as individuals, separate from their parents (though they still rely on their parents financial assistance, of course). Therefore, the values that are most prevalent here are personal space and individuality. There is no pervading sense of personal responsibility towards others or towards society in general, and as a result students can at times act quite disrespectfully. It is difficult, coming from a lower-class community with intact systems of respect and obligation, to enter a community as free and valueless as the University of Chicago.

On the whole, the U of C is relatively diverse. The administration has done a lot to increase racial and ethnic diversity over the last few years, but the school is largely homogenous when it comes to their socio-economic status. There are few students mid to lower middle-class backgrounds, and even fewer students from the lower-class.

most students do not dress up to go to class. We have house tables in the dining hall. A lot of uchicago kids are internationals or from the midwest. Some students are focused on their careers, but I try to ignore them.

While there is plenty of ethnic diversity at Chicago, I think that intellectual diversity is what distinguishes our students from the students at other colleges. I've leaned so much from talking to fellow students and hearing their ideas.

Most people are a little eccentric -- but it's kinda cool.

You can find pretty much all kinds of students at the University of Chicago, just maybe in different proportions.

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There are so many races and languages and sexualities and political stances and financial backgrounds here that it's mind-blowing. But it exposes you to so many new ways of thinking and cultures and ideals that it helps to round out your education. You learn not just from your classes, but the interactions of those around you.

UChicago has all kinds; it really never ceases to amaze me. Just about every race and place on Earth is represented. People of all kinds of different socio-economic statuses and that wear all kinds of different clothing (I regularly see a guy that wears a cape and a guy that only wears tye-dye) are also present. Although there are also a lot of different religions represented, what I found most interesting was the amount of students with agnostic views since I typically felt ostracized at home for such a view. I think the biggest advantage to all the diversity is tolerance. I have yet to meet anyone especially judgmental or close-minded. It is inevitable that different groups form, but I wouldn't say any of them are "mean" or unapproachable. Students naturally form closer bonds with people with more similar interests, and interaction among the groups is not uncommon.