my revelation, although pretty weak, is that after reading the posts here and about everything on chicago09 I have no fucking clue what is going on, who is who, and what I'm doing at chicago next year. You seem to know most of the Lj people on uchicago2009 and what's going on on-campus. I'll be at the prospie thing next week and maybe I'll figure it out, but I already sent my forms in and got a confimation but I am now completely confused. Any answers? Also, liked the prospie bill of rights, but you forgot the right to get mugged when walking alone, 10 blocks from campus, at 3AM. seems fair to me.
I met so many people at the weekend, and when introduced to somebody (warning: everyone at U of C shakes hands when introducing themselves, which i thought was businessmanlike and weird), i'd ask their name, what dorm they were in, smile charmingly, and promptly forget all that information. so, i ended up asking those same questions..a lot. i don't know how good of a guide i would be.
If you think handshakes when meeting people is weird, try my school. All the guys shake hands all the time randomly. You get used to it pretty quickly, but when you get back to being with normal people and you do it out of habit people tink you're crazy. What I really want to know is if every conversation at U of C is about some weighty subject. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with learning and discussing interesting things with smart people, but I also enjoy caching up on sports, sex etc. Is everything at U of C so serious. (I started thinking about this when I read the post about the guy who passed out while talking about determinism.)
Sounds good. I already applied for a double (Hitchcock or Palevsky). What are you looking at if you decide to come? I'm definelty not going to be one of those pent up in a corner studyers, so hopefully I'll get a feel for the balance next week. Not like it will make any difference though, the only other place I got in was Georgia (and that's definetly not for me.) Thanks for the info and I'll keep reading. See you next fall.
Also, liked the prospie bill of rights, but you forgot the right to get mugged when walking alone, 10 blocks from campus, at 3AM. seems fair to me.
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do i have answers? what are the questions?
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What I really want to know is if every conversation at U of C is about some weighty subject. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with learning and discussing interesting things with smart people, but I also enjoy caching up on sports, sex etc. Is everything at U of C so serious. (I started thinking about this when I read the post about the guy who passed out while talking about determinism.)
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