real talk about if UChicago is too hard and if you will fit in

[@jocelynrp1]

i committed when i got in ed2 and i've been SO excited but also nervous! like will i be able to handle it? your videos really help me and remind me that "hey it's gonna be hard" but not impossible. progress not perfection. thank you again

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

I’m so glad the videos help!! I completely get where you’re coming from - I certainly didn’t have it all together when I started (and still don’t)! it’s just about progress and being better than you were the day before, just like you said 😊 Good luck at UChicago!

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

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[@zkandinawia]

did my ma at uchicago and i agree with a lot of what you're saying. i miss being in the uchicago world, and all the interactions that come/came with it. the amount of learning and intellectual growth was insane. extremely demanding, extremely rewarding. and addictive, i might add.

[@thomasrossini2432]

I'm writing my Uchicago application essays right now and I cannot fully put into words how much this makes me want to get in even more!!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Good luck!!! 😁😁

[@thomasrossini2432]

@@TheAlmostAstrophysicist I GOT IN!!!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

WOW that's awesome!!! Congratulations, you're going to have a great 4 years!

[@thomasrossini2432]

@@TheAlmostAstrophysicist Thanks!!!

[@ladhak12]

@@thomasrossini2432 what were the essay questions about? Planning on applying next year

[@breadman5048]

I loved it!!! I didn’t get traumatized lmao I just did my work and didn’t get stressed. Still hung out with my friends - I think having good social skills and being collaborative with your friends and core group you can really do well.

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Yessss ✨✨✨ love to hear it!

[@breadman5048]

@@TheAlmostAstrophysicist hell yeah - I’m an OG too - like 2008. I’d totally be down to do an early interview!

[@breadman5048]

I went back for my masters also. Was much tougher than undergrad :D but I changed fields so that’s why

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

oh that's awesome! sorry just saw this but if you're still interested, you should shoot me an email at [e-mail] :)

[@lvirag8401]

uchicago should hire you to be the dean of recruiting and admissions.

[@leahrose-yt]

I just got accepted into a uchicago ma program and this video's got me even more excited about it! thank youuu

[@University-92]

were you in your mid 20s too ?

[@matthewkeating9673]

Thank you for this! My daughter is considering UChicago and after watching I really hope she decides to go. But no matter where she ends up, I hope she follows your advice - applicable at any university.

[@valeriaguerrero4771]

Hi Priya!! I am an incoming ED II first-year who applied as an astrophysics major and I have enjoyed watching your content :) The bit about the 'not so small' small talk made me very excited to join UChicago since I often look for someone to argue over whether the Goddess Athena can be considered a feminist, or whether our modern definition of a feminist would be the same in the Greco-Roman era... well maybe not that specific but somewhere along the lines😅 Thank you so much for the renewed enthusiasm to start this fall😁 Keep up with the great content!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

That is so awesome! I completely get that - life's much more fun when you can actually get to the root of interesting questions and explore them in depth. You'll certainly be able to do that at UChicago (and since you're an Astrophysics major who likes ~the arguments~ lol, I'd recommend taking some HIPS classes while you're on campus. It's the history of science and I loved taking those because of the exploration)! Good luck on campus, and thanks so much for keeping up with my content! 😁

[@user-ww5hm8lu1w]

thank you so much for all these videos! i’m applying ED1 pretty soon and i’m very nervous, but these videos make me feel so incredibly excited!!

[@ethanschmitt8419]

I’m Political Science and Philosophy major at Rockford University. Seriously considering applying to UC. I love how you describe how discourse is built into campus culture. It sounds so appealing to me! Wish me luck!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Good luck!!

[@quintjohnson7462]

really well spoken, thank you for this video!

[@givnna]

I’m considering uChicago for my MBA! This was so insightful and straight to the point. Thank you!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Thank you so much! :)

[@RobertMJohnson]

we ALL know MBAs are way easier than real undergraduate programs.

[@Minatheowl394]

Ok but why does this sound like the perfect place for me? :) im a rising high school senior by the way and i went to a small private school for my sophmore year and it was just like how you described uchicao and i THRIVED there like i miss the rigorous environment sm lol

[@Slack3rG3nius]

I attended another T10 school and I'll be honest. I kind of wish sometimes I went to UChicago, sounds like an intellectual's paradise.

[@jasminejones3448]

I committed EA and I’ve been so excited but also really nervous and your videos make me feel so much better ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

I'm so glad that the videos help!!! You're going to have such a great time at UChicago - you have nothing to worry about 😊

[@brendankirk2225]

Just applied ED2 lol 😂 . When I visited it I absolutely loved it. The students, campus, classes, etc. it is my dream school. This video was so helpful. Thanks 👍

[@heetd1336]

thank you so much for all the experience you constantly share! really helpful

[@breadman5048]

“Small talk is never small” that’s true but I never really thought about it.

[@estherbradley3218]

Thanks for sharing. I think U Chicago would be a great fit for my youngest daughter and after hearing your spill, I know she’s a great fit.

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

That's awesome!! Good luck to your daughter - I know the college app process is hard but so worth it after it's done!! 😁

[@destinytheexperimenter4201]

This was so helpful! Thank you. I am currently deciding on if I want to attend or not

[@maxmendoza1685]

Just got my acceptance letter yesterday! Thank you so much for the insight!!! 👾‼️

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Congratulations!!!! So excited for you!! 😁 You're going to have a great time!

[@mymini3738]

Thank you so much for this♡

[@kingmoses978]

Thank you!

[@banardadams8776]

I really want to go to Uchicago for grad school!!

[@ShadowCooper77]

You're really convincing me to go ed2 right now...

[@JameBlack]

Summary UChicago is a great school, and not in a bad way!

[@iananderson8288]

Its perceived as hard. It's a campus with professors just like any other campus. The only major difference is that you'll find more unnecessarily stressed, socially awkward kids at Chicago, and liberal arts departments trashing Booth. As far as diversity, Chicago has a lot of asians. There's even a Booth school in Hong Kong. The college students were very vocal for defunding the police, but recently have been advocating for more safety. Marxist ideas are being perpetuated successfully here.

[@adama4791]

It’s a campus with professors just like any other campus…so all schools with campuses and professors are of equal rigor? The university is as Hispanic as it is Asian according to the current year admissions profile. UChicago also has centers across the world and not just a singular remote campus in Hong Kong. And I would say UChicago is no more Marxist than any other “elite” school and would actually push back and say it’s less so considering the high percentage of Econ majors and the MO of the Econ department being vehemently anti Marxist.

[@astrumsan603]

Literally went to commonapp and switched uchi from EA to ED after watching this. You just described everything I’m looking for in college🥺

[@chickenboy10youtube]

were u accepted?

[@astrumsan603]

@@chickenboy10youtube no… oh well, moving on :P

[@chickenboy10youtube]

@@astrumsan603 dang imma do ed2, i got deferred ed1 from northwestern i rly hope uchicago accept me. where r u planning on going now?

[@astrumsan603]

@@chickenboy10youtube Good luck! My fav program now is the Dual BA program between Columbia and Sciences Po - but I'm looking at Northwestern as well - and some other big name schools. I've already got some offers from EA so it's just about going for the reaches for me now.

[@chickenboy10youtube]

@@astrumsan603 good luck man, heard dual ba programs are very hard but u seem to be up for challenges like those

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Companies refrain from hiring from the UofC because "We don't hire eggheads." This was told to a fellow student by a recruiter.

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

😂

[@krishnarao4840]

Useful video

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Thanks Tata!

[@brennan8052]

I've been considering going to uChicago and was just wondering what your act/sat scores were and your grades before you got accepted. I do plan to go to college for astrophysics and want to know if this place could be for me

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Hi! I had a 34/36 on my ACT, and my grades were generally good haha but I certainly did have some B's. My schools didn't have a weighted GPA (I went to high school in India) but I have a 4.0 in 9th and 10th grade, and I did the IB program in 11th and 12th grade where I had a predicted of 43/45 which corresponds to like a 3.8! But UChicago is a holistic school so I wouldn't say the reason I got in or anything was due to grades - they really care about the person as a whole and essays.

[@TT4567lol]

Thank you for this video! , I was doing some research. I’m a sophomore in high-school, and I would love to go to Uchicago. I would like to major in Nursing (Rn nurse) hopefully I’ll get in one day🥺❤️.

[@Bridesmaid042]

Can someone explain the gpa deflation thing?

[@madhavilingutla4031]

Good one !!

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Thank you, as always!! 😁😁

[@sophiacarino2435]

I'm crying, socratic discourse at bar night...bar night is kinda gone now

[@Lord-V15]

Are there very little jobs after astrophysics ? Every graduate seems to be working in tech.

[@JD-dh2cu]

Thanks for all you videos! Can you tell me the average freshman class sizes you experienced? I would guess that most were over 100 students? Did the freshman cores have TA's?

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Hi! Of course! So seminar classes where you have discussions in class (usually humanities, social science, civilization style classes) are 5-20 people. The largest classes were really just intro classes my first year, and I'd say the biggest was about 80 and that class would have 4-5 TAs. I wouldn't say I've had large classes honestly but I was also in physics and specialized in astro towards the end where classes were literally 5-10 people max haha. Core classes will always have more people, and it tends to taper with major classes!

[@JD-dh2cu]

@@TheAlmostAstrophysicist Thank you so much!

[@harshit_gaglaan]

Looking good And awesome smile....❤

[@AdrianRuiz-gp5ru]

Just got likely letter of admission and awarded presidents scholar. Definitely going to be a tough choice as more admissions decisions come out. Can anybody that do economics there speak about the difficulty of the program? I feel like maybe the difficulty depends on the declared major?

[@kingmoses978]

Hey, I have a question. I am thinking of transferring to UChicago but I am nervous about being in a city because that's exactly what I don't want and my current school is in a big city. Do you think UChicago has that big city feel, or is it more constrained to the campus?

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Hi! UChicago is in Hyde Park (about a 15 minute uber from downtown) - certainly is a charming neighborhood and doesn't give off the big city feel. It was great because we could go downtown over the weekend for dinner/etc. but never felt like the big city claustrophobia was part of our campus life!

[@kingmoses978]

@@TheAlmostAstrophysicist Thanks!!

[@twt000]

Why did Bushrod Washington, Smith Thompson, and Robert Trimble dissent in Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213?

[@JessRevilla]

You should consider graduate school here as well. I am at Harris.

[@ahmetmoses555]

What's the best university in the US for masters degree in linguistics???

[@iansnyder9031]

Do you feel the extreme rigor translates over to the graduate school side of things? I've been struggling with the workload of medical school (not so much because I can't handle it intellectually, but more so because I cannot stand the endless rote memorization leading up to boards), but my alternative is the Ph.D. program at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (the only engineering school of which you speak), so not sure if that would be any more breath of fresh air than medical school. It sounds like the Ph.D. experience is far more dependent on your individual advisor than the whole university but maybe the initial coursework is too impossible. I would love the environment of the "Socratic debate" you mention - I studied abroad at Oxford and the constant debates people had were the most invigorating thing; I surmise UChicago is the most similar school to that in the US. Nobody has time for debating anything in med school... Thoughts?

[@TheAlmostAstrophysicist]

Hi all! Hope this curbed some of the anxiety you may have had about UChicago :) It was such a great experience for me (even with the lows) and I'm sure it'll be the same for you! Good luck to you with your UChicago ~journey~ and don't forget to comment a hi down below!! I love hearing from you all 💛(timestamps in description box!)

[@786learningskill9]

Can i apply any university by myself i means without any counsellor?

[@omowry2374]

Hello, this has been a really helpful video, as I've recently discovered uchicago and immediately fell in love. I had a quick question. I was wondering how much an act score effects your possibility of admission? I am a senior in high school and have a 4.97 GPA and participate in tons of extracurriculars and am a long-term intern in a local university in the department that I want to major in (chemistry) but I only have a 31 on the ACT. Will this tank my chances? I'm considering retaking it, but I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thank you!

[@juz2nize]

🥰😍🤩

[@kevinfagen5865]

UChicago banned me in response to my FOIL request for my own records. They sent me a cease and desist letter threatening me with arrest if I even contacted any other stakeholders, including alumni, faculty nand staff. They never took it up on themselves to inform me of whatever appeal righs exist. They allowed this heinous and unforgivable "mistake" and insult and violation of my fundamental rights to persist to this day, which makes it about eight years. And they provided support and a template for similar violations of my fundamental rights over the past 14 years.

[@outpowspo]

Omg…

[@taufanandriansyah7174]

Rango 3

[@ayushiraina1768]

I wish u could help me edit my essay for free🥺

[@taufanandriansyah7174]

Give me ijasah university of Chicago

[@kevinfagen5865]

I am going to demand that 1.)Mr. Stamatakos be fired and disbarred. 2.) There be a thorough and rigorous investigation by the Board of Directors, in to which individuals and other public, domestic, foreign and private entities influenced (caused) Mr. Stamatakos to issue this Cease and Desist letter, and the other relevant material information, such as whether anyone considered the scale of the harm and damages imposed on me by these actions. 3.) Chancellor Robert Zimmer, and anyone else who was involved in this, shall be denied the opportunity to resign and instead be fired and themselves banned from the University, and the involved Attorneys and or other Professionals disbarred and delicensed. 4.) I consider this dispute worth millions of dollars in Civil Damages due to similarities to Hatfill v Ashcroft and Limone v US. I will seek punitive damages and I will not be satisfied until I know that the individuals who imposed this illegal harm on me are themselves experiencing a multiple of the harm and losses imposed on me, including imprisonment. 5.) I consider the actions taken against me by Mr. Stamatakos, Robert Zimmer, University of Chicago, and any comparable actions by others, to be Criminal, as in the Federal Conspiracy Against Rights and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law, and or their non Federal Equivalents. Kevin Fagen

[@Starinsight27]

Well, no offense, UChicago is never a big pond compared to HYPSM.

[@mcqueen390]

Snowflakes...Brooke Shields...come on....

[@martinhonan9588]

Bring your body armour and firearms.