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I think it's more that the university's focus is on academics, with not much thought given to sports.

Great school. Definitely the toughest school to get accepted into in that conference. Their team is always very competitive and scrappy. It can be a pretty rough neighborhood to go to college in, fwiw

From my understanding, UChicago is one of the toughest schools to get into. Right there with Caltech and MIT. Coach gets very little help from admissions.

Ok, so I read through a bit more and want to set the record straight on a few other points that were raised for those parents and students who have an interest in UofC. Athletes have to fund-raise to pay for equipment and travel: False -- not true for baseball. Can't speak to other sports. Days off for athletic travel count as absences: False. My son never had his athletic schedule questioned -- he let his professors know and they were accommodating. UofC fields hundreds of athletes on a lot...

Thanks. Appreciate the input I hadn’t connected these things before but now that you mention it, I did get several emails last fall asking for sport-specific donations during “Donation Week” at several schools. So perhaps the momentum has shifted to means testing the fundraising rather than requiring it. If so, it’s a great development - shows the schools are willing to supplement the athletic budget rather than requiring the program to raise $X to function. Also, again, not being...

Hi everyone -- haven't been around for awhile. This looks like a long thread, but if I'm seeing the question at hand it appears to be parent fundraising requirements at UofC, I would respond that there are no requirements in baseball. There is an annual university campaign for donating to the sports programs for alumni and parents, and I think perhaps we get one other email, but it doesn't seem any different (and is lower key) than my own alma mater, Northwestern. Any other questions, let me...

Thank you Midwest Mom!

From the D1s that I know, all are required to make up the work, do the project, test etc. It would most likely be some type of NCAA violation to have them going through class without doing the work.

Are there any universities, of any sort, that don't require students who miss class (for whatever reason) to make up the work?

Thank you for providing clarification. My comment was based on a prior post by another member about how the the baseball program is run. Since I felt the requirements/treatments posted were unreasonable, of course, IMO any NCAA varsity team, where members have to pay for their own equipment, travel and have absences count against them academically (discrimination IMO) is no place for an athlete. The data points that you listed 1-5 are very similar to son’s D1. And IMO student athletes are...

I have seen “less than accommodating” at kids D1. The difference maker in any case would be how the athletic department and school intervenes on an athletes behalf. From what I have seen, usually the athletic academic advisor is a good place for the student to seek help/direction, when not being treated as required. Again, my perspective is only D1.

Sure, I can't imagine a case where students don't have to make up the work, but there are differences in who defines this and how it's done. Some colleges have blanket policies on how much leeway can be given to athletes on make up exams, assignments, projects. For example - one department might say students have the entire semester to turn in any uncompleted work, while another might impose, say, a 4-week post-due deadline. But most universities allow individual professors to set post-due...

I read several posts about admission to the University of Chicago on the social page of a guy who entered there last year. It turned out that having good athletic performance is not a guarantee of admission. In addition, you need to have a high academic score in most subjects. Based on this information, I decided that I would apply to asa college hialeah . Many of my friends went there and said they were satisfied. Do you think it's not too late to change your mind a year before admission?

Chicago has a few micro area that are horrific, once you get 20-30m away from those areas it has beautiful suburbs and great schools. Southwest Hinsdale areas are great, Few out straight west, Northwest Barrington area phenomenal, Northshore; there's a 20 mile stretch from Evanston to Lake Bluff where it's really pretty and off the lake (very prosperous areas). It's tough to visit the Michigan Ave area; have to be sensitive of times and activities going on....use to be very safe, gotta be...

Weather = B'more Music = Chi-town (love their blues) Dining = push Baseball teams = push, love both Camden and Wrigley. Comiskey/US Cellular/Guaranteed Rate, meh not so much. Crime = push, depends on what part of town you're in. Even today's clueless tourists know what part of town to avoid. Overall score is a tie

Anybody care to give an opinion on which city is worse, Baltimore or Chicago? My wife and I joke that we toured America’s deadliest cities this summer and didn’t get shot, although we did hear gun shots once. In a 3 week stretch for showcases and camps we visited Chicago, Philly, and Baltimore.

And people with masters degrees driving cabs. Hyde Park is somewhat OK, most of the time, although my cousin who grew up there got mugged 3 times in a 5 year span. A few blocks outside of Hyde Park is rough & tumble though!

Balmer, by a long shot! I grew up there part of the time. (We pronounced it “Balmer”)