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Personal Narrative: My Experience At A Uchicago Information Session

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Other than the stunningly jaw-dropping campus, beautiful Hyde Park in Chicago, and the brimming intellectual environment paired with an extensive academic focus, UChicago focuses less on the “I have to go to college” part of life, and more on the “I want to go to college” aspect. I felt the academic culture come to life at a UChicago Information Session I attended, listening to Mrs. Belak, the North Carolina regional admissions counselor, tell us all about UChicago was the final “brick in the wall” for me. I was already set on wanting to go to UChicago, but after the Information Sessions, I was so very ecstatic at the chance of studying in Chicago for my next 4 years. Because I couldn’t schedule a tour based on finances and distance, I tried my best to immerse myself in anything I could get online, from virtual tours, videos from current and former students, dorm tours, drone footage of the campus, and previous ViewChicago live streams.
But that’s all concerning the "outside." Everyone knows about how gorgeous the Mansueto and Harper Memorial libraries are, how lush the Main Quadrangle is, how enthralling the gothic architecture is (especially the gargoyles!), but what about …show more content…

From ‘The Life of the Mind’ with its quirky conversations to its “intellectual” pedigree, UChicago was a school that drew me in because you didn’t just attend “because everyone goes to college,” but you attend because you are in the pursuit of your passion for knowledge. Coming from a very non-competitive high school in suburban North Carolina, most kids just went to the state schools to get a degree and get a job, that never appealed to me. I didn’t want the average education, I wanted a top-notch view of the world that I always dreamed college would provide me. The Core Curriculum is exactly what I was looking for in a liberal-arts setting, something that gave me the true “experience” of

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