The University of Chicago

[starguard]

I live in Chicago not too far from this place. That is a VERY expensive school to attend. I went to DeVry instead

[Awesomechild96]

I got an email from them earlier this week and I nearly passed out.

[artistmac]

@Awesomechild96 Congratulations! It's a world-class university and a beautiful neighborhood. You'll have a ball here!

[tninbredretard]

LOOKS LIKE BERUIT

[newmexicoguy]

nationally known as the jewniversity of chicago.

[GreenmeGo]

So great school

[potpie921]

thank you for sharing!

[melissavalerie]

amazing video!

[artistmac]

@melissavalerie Thanks. It's such a beautiful campus, especially the original Gothic parts near the Midway.

[dayspeace]

This is really a beautiful place. Hope my mom would approve of me going here. I'm so excited. I can't wait to go here.

[thebigfootme]

nice video

[DogilogVideo]

I'm only a Freshmen in High school, but I really want to go here. Any suggestions on how to succeed in high school?

[Jeanetteoca1]

im thinking to go there but since i live Puerto Rico i need to be a citizen to the U.S at least one year to go to the university soo im going to miss a year of university. im moving to indiana in 2012 still deciding what university im going too and the good question is who will choose me?:o

[Chacha5678]

gorgeous. i hope i get admitted here next year, it's my dream school.

[54m4rV1ll4]

Its funny because if you walk about 3 blocks south of the university, its full of crack heads, homeless, just a real bad neighborhood.

[SpaQueenRocks]

want to go here so bad :( but idk how... heard they have a good science program

[anawannawhat]

I want to go here more than anything. 

[Tdog283]

@Naturekist Idk....My friend wanted to hale from a college called Harvard.....but then he got rejected and went to Yale. I hear people who get rejected from MIT go to Harvard though....so it's all good.

[nyjets315]

Got innn

Class of 2015!!!

[superfob14]

@peterfinnfilms

lol. im going to northwestern. at first i was planning to go to uchicago, but i got into the integrated med program at NW. so it made sense to go there.

[theBandLORD]

I'm picking my jaw off the floor. WOW that's just amazing!

[superfob14]

i got in but i dont know which college to pick. either this or Noerthwestern. which should i pick??????

[peterfinnfilms]

@superfob14

Pick UChicago, dumbass! Although, your comment was posted a month ago, so you've probably already made a choice.

[driverbabo]

where's the people?!?

[SophistAtheist]

lol it looks like princeton conbined with harvard

[LINX29X92]

Hi. I will be transfering soon, i want to know the right university for me. Im majoring in the paramedic field. I live in il. But I was also wondering If The University Of Il. offers a paramedic major?

[fabulapowers]

Dude, this is my school. It's my last year of high school, and if I don't get accepted into this school, I'm going to cry...a lot.

[AllyJ47]

What GPA did everyone have? Like what will the accept?

[d6cookiemonster]

Can someone plz tell me how do you get accepted to this beautiful university ive been wanting to go here sooo bad i would like to do pre med all you out there that have been accepted plz tell me your GPA and ACT and what you did to ghet into this university it will b greastly appriciated

[johnnyboya90]

@d6cookiemonster I attended Uchicago for two years and am taking some time off. So far it has been the worst experience insofar as their is this stench of negativity intrinsically existent in the environment of the campus. The students can't help but to always talk about how much work they must complete before a certain deadline or how hard this or that midterm is going to be At the same time, the quarter system (10 weeks) is too short and condensed for students to legitimately comprehend much

[johnnyboya90]

@d6cookiemonster i was a premed it sucksss poorly set up program

[funnihunni93]

@d6cookiemonster I got in with a 3.8 unweighted GPA and a 35 ACT if that helps. Not that uchicago really cares about that stuff. For them, essays and recommendations are more important, and almost everyone who gets in has a natural passion and curiosity for knowledge. Good luck!

[finemofok]

Nice! Even though it looks like a power plant (0.9)from the outside.

[TheIncredibleDrAss]

nice school, cryin' shame it's in an insanely dangerous neighborhood though

[delfiukasS]

@TheIncredibleDrAss can you explain ? i am thinking of going here, and i don't want to live unsafely.

[SEXYR68]

@TheIncredibleDrAss why is it a insanely dangerous neighborhood??

[ant0nsch]

Thanks so much, I loved watching this. I graduated 35 years ago and the campus still looks the same! Brings back some great memories of one of the finest universities in the world, now rated #1 (out of 361schools) by the Princeton Review for best academic experience!

[d6cookiemonster]

@ant0nsch im thinking about going into pre med can you plz tell me how you got accepted in to this beautiful university its my only dream is going here plz im a high school student iand i ve gotten many university letters but i want to go here!plz help

[6207865]

How nice. After watching this video is almost hard to believe that U of C is the "Self Hatred Nucleus of Chicago"

[mplsridah]

why does it look old as hell?

[Lawsuit]

That should be expected from an old school with collegiate gothic architecture.

[thientoan89]

because it is....

[SammiC0306]

I'm a Junior in High School and I want to come here SO bad.

[thientoan89]

actually no....the only time you are expected to pay $250K is when you're parents are millionaires

most students are on financial aid and they usually pay the same amount or less had they gone to a "lesser" school

[sperumalwin]

good

[jason101other]

UC has a very theoretical slant to their curriculum. Even a lot of their math courses are presented with an abstract element. I wouldn't say that this is a good thing; sometimes, it needs to be made more applicable to the real world. The world doesn't, afterall, operate on theory. The world operates on reality, and theory is meant to be a guidepost to interpret reality...a means to an end rather than the end itself.

[jason101other]

I went to U of Chicago back in 97, even though I was also accepted to Columbia, Emory, Washington U-St. Louis and Cornell. Unfortunately, I failed out due to missing too many classes like a fool.

[artistmac]

Dubya "I'm the decider" is an alumnus. Let's leave it at that;-)

[aha45]

You used "lovely" and "strolling" in one sentence!

[TLCTugger]

This is that school with the hospital amputating more foreskins than all its neighbors. 

$hame.

[artistmac]

Wrong channel, bub;-)

[youngcaesar03]

i cant wait till i leave for uchicago, class of 2013!!!!

[gardenvarietypenis]

i have college envy.

[whiteknight0]

thx, this takes me back to a really good time in my life

[TomCat2800]

UChicago "meterial". Sorry please explain, as a student here, we are not an Ivy League or school that is full of ourselves, we do not produce "material". Each student comes from a unique background and each admission is read for it's uniqueness, especially when it all comes down to the essay(which isn't general at all, UC has the most complicated essays than any other school. Please repect the students as unique intellectuals-it's what they are, we have no "material" people here.

[xrangerx]

Booth school of business here i come!

[AlvinHDavernport]

Don't want to interrupt your very impressive, persuasive, clinically objective, and purposeful tirade but...

4 months ago: "'Dumbass'? Is that the best you can do with your overpriced lunatic asylum degree?"

1 day ago: "How you doing with those student loans, dumbass?"

Oh, and guess who's becoming repetitive with the "lunatic asylum" thing...

P.S.: If you're going to "strike back," you should know I'm neither a Chicago alumnus nor a current student. There, I saved you three hundred words.

[AlvinHDavernport]

By the way, I do not own a thesaurus but I appreciate your compliment. And because we're all about saving ourselves the pain of spending time doing what douchebags do best (insult people and institutions on the Internet... take that society!), I'd suggest you not to reply to me again. I'm not going to read your flattering words, so you might as well just swallow your immense hatred toward me (which, I guess, I deserve—after all I eat puppies, rape children and, hey! don't hate Chicago).

[idrilmithril]

Perhaps you think you're "all that" because you're sitting here calling everyone that goes to U of C an idiot. Admissions to the top schools in this country is a sick game without ANY rules. That's just how it is. You win some, you lose some. Stop saying that everyone who goes to this nationally top-ranked school is an idiot, and stop saying that they'll all end up at Starbucks. A person from a community college might get farther in life than one from Harvard. It's up to the person. So grow up.

[idrilmithril]

You sound more upset than all of the commenters here put together. You're the only one responding to every message with insults. You don't even have any evidence for the stuff you're saying!

[phoenixdef]

Accepted last week... I can't wait!

[DahliaRich]

oho!

[d6cookiemonster]

@phoenixdef how did you get accepted pola tell me its my dream going to this university i want to go into pre med plz reply back whenever you get this even if its 2 yrs from today plz

[jem7992]

watch?v=djK_CPM8Dkc&feature=re­sponse_watch

[smoon69]

Thanks man, good video. Although, I don't remember the weather ever being that nice. Brings back memories.

[captainrage]

If U of Cers are pseudo-intellectuals, who are actual intellectuals?

[cjfresh4]

Ouch! Someones a little bitter over their U of C rejection. Dumbass.

[openuniverse2003]

"Dumbass"? Is that the best you can do with your overpriced lunatic asylum degree? Thought so. So sad.

[cjfresh4]

Says the man who called someone else a "scumbag". Good call kiddo. Keep trying

[snoopster2009]

Did you do anything productive watching this video?

O_O

[hl2alyx]

if you are white you will love this school, but if you are a minority who was 'lured' into this campus, you will find it to be a bit too white supremacist.

[lilperfect10]

I wonder, how many Uchicago alumni have you met? Your claims are interesting, but you fail to offer evidence to support them and in doing so you have made yourself look rather incompetent. Since I am sure you're not, I'd like to invite you to openly defend your views (or to offer legitimate evidence if you wish to state your opinions as fact). As an alumni, I am interested in learning where you came up with all of those fascinating theories of yours. Who knows, you might be right.

[cherrylablue9]

and I heard that Chicago social life sucks cause students never stop studying NEVER!!!! That is the heaven for geeks!

[artistmac]

Almost 50 years ago, a few of them stopped studying long enough to form the Second City comedy troupe. And the rest is history. They know how let their hair down when they want to;-) It's all in who you hang with.

[cherrylablue9]

thank you but also I am from California and I don't know it is so different from Chicago((( but I will think about it hope my fun will not die and I will not become a NERD!

[artistmac]

With all of Hyde Park (and the rest of Chicago) at your disposal!? Please. Just pick up a Chicago Reader(free)at Ida Noyes Hall every Thursday and take it from there.

You might end up having a little too much fun. Just remember to hit those Great Books once in a while;-) And for God's sake, always remember that Hyde Park is surrounded by poor, tough neighborhoods (same as Yale, Columbia and USC.) ALWAYS STAY AWARE, especially at night.

[mkhere73]

Being an alumnus of UChicago, Indiana Jones is not (just) a nerd and he certainly has had a lot of fun.

[artistmac]

It's who you know AND what you know. You may get a job because of connections, but if you don't know what you're doing or learn FAST, you won't have it very long.

[sharque2x]

somebody sounds bitter. I'm willing to put money on Openuniverse being denied admission to Chicago. I bet he is at a state college in some rural area . I'm also willing to bet he will be my boss someday.

[openuniverse2003]

(1) Not bitter. (2) Why would I even bother applying there? (3) Nope. (4) I don't hire "eggheads". Back to Starbucks with you.

[artistmac]

You don't hire eggheads? In the age of technology? Whatever company you own, put a fork in it. It's done.

[artistmac]

I guessing you either hired or worked with or for a U.of C. grad who didn't laugh at your jokes or join the gang for a beer after work. It doesn't mean all U.of C. grads are "eggheads", as you put it, and lacking in social skills. Maybe it just meant they don't like beer and your jokes weren't that funny, "blood".

U. of C. students and grads? You want to weigh in on the "egghead" debate?

[TomCat2800]

People at UC are just like any other students, I'm a freshman there and know many people. And yes they do drink on campus, in fact it's allowed in dorms if your over 21, what campus doesn't have alcohol? Anyway, I don't drink, and the people here aren't antisocial, that's just a stereotype that meets up to the excess studying where humorly "fun comes to die".

[hl2alyx]

to openuniverse2003, everyone here is genius PERIOD. no one has to articulate anything to your loser ass you white supremacist piece of shit.

[ozzlefozzle]

Id go there and I live in Ausralia

[paraglider4000]

can't decide if I should go to here or Emory, have only 5 days left to decide...any advice? (fun comes to die is the only thing that is slightly scaring me away)

[vinze2121]

I'm a student (freshman) here at the UofC and it's an amazing experience. Other students are great and the classes are stimulating. Fun doesn't really come here to die - we have fun all the time. UofC students just like to say that sort of thing because we take pride in our academic industriousness. If learning is your passion, and you like the idea of the Common Core, then the UofC is definitely the choice for you. If you have any questions about the UofC experience, message me.

[paraglider4000]

I've decided and I'm going to the UofC. It has the academics that I want, and while I feel that emory offers a better social life, you make your own college experience. There are four thousand kids at Chicago, I will find people who are athletic and social. But I won't find Chicago's academics anywhere else. Besides, worst comes to worst, you can always transfer.

[EDcopes41]

155 days til O-week!!!! can't wait!

[BrowsofMithras]

i go to lab!

[EnthusedSmurfet]

accepted! i can't wait! :D

[artistmac]

Congratulations!

[obenv]

this flooded me with so many memories. I really miss the U of C.

[enocc]

beautiful university =)

[sharque2x]

I love this school

it's fucking awesome

for those of you worried about the constant book reading, you shouldnt; after reading Homer and Nietzsche all week you always have the option of frat partying or taking part in the myriad of activities weekends at the University offers

[sharque2x]

I actually prefer Spark Notes. It's got an analysis section

[lilperfect10]

I wonder, how many Uchicago alumni have you met? Your claims are interesting, but you fail to offer evidence to support them and in doing so you have made yourself look rather incompetent. Since I am sure you're not, I'd like to invite you to openly defend your views (or to offer legitimate evidence if you wish to state your opinions as fact). As an alumni, I am interested in learning where you came up with all of those fascinating theories of yours. Who knows, you might be right.

[BurukoChan]

Anyone here go to Lab?

[zreau]

Brings back a lot of memories, go Maroons!

[shaqleen]

Anyone who attended the UofC should know where everyone is - off studying, of course!

This is the best place to go to college in the entire world. I highly recommend attending if you get in. Go Maroons!!

[hassanhassan]

this feels like i am legend its like no one is there

[bethpager2]

the campus is very pretty...but where is everyone? is it b/c it's the summer and everyone is at home?

[artistmac]

This was about 6:30 in the morning. I had gone to videotape a minor fire at the Regenstein Library, which turned out to be extremely minor - the firetrucks were already leaving. But it was a beautiful, warm morning, and I decided to film around the Quadrangle and the Midway.

[bethpager2]

well although my profile says that i am 21 or something i am really 17. i applied to U of Chicago for early and a lot of people told me that U of C is a beautiful school but it's filled w/ a lot of book worms who study all day and have no meaningful social life. is this true?

[artistmac]

The truth, as usual, lies somewhere in between. As at any school, it all depends on who you hang out with.

If you're worried about what your friends are saying, maybe they're jealous. If you've even bothered to apply to an elite school like U of C, it means you've got a good head on your shoulders. Some people are threatened by that (I can't understand why).

[burt505]

i only wish i felt this blissful after walking a mile from shoreland in 0* weather in mid February. This place is beautiful, dont get me wrong, but it is pure hell between nov.-march

[artistmac]

Ah, but it makes April through October that much more special. Year-round 72-degree weather is so boring;-) And I say that as one who endured the Great Snows of '67 and '79. And a very cold, snowy winter of '07 videotaping the demolition of the last Robert Taylor Homes highrise.

[montell82]

hey mac what kind of camera do you use?

[artistmac]

Panasonic PV-GS300 (now replaced by the GS320). Great camera, but the battery life with the standard battery is barely an hour. With the bigger, long-life battery from Eveready I can get four hours easily.

[newenergy2010]

OMG I really miss this place. I still have a month before I return for my second year! :D. THank you sooooooo much for this vid

[csungerrie]

Thanks for the Vid. This really helps people who are applying to UofC and want to see the campus. Love the last scene

[catwalkaj]

I MISS IT! Undoubtedly the most beautiful campus in the nation!