← Back to Canon
place

University of Chicago

🎲

Elite university discussed as historical example of rigorous, self-selecting intellectual institution before current era of grade inflation and credentialism.

Mentions (6)
"The first time was on the return trip of a 9 hour drive to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor in a cathedral on the campus of the University of Chicago."
"When Allan Bloom applied to UChicago, the acceptance rate was above 50%. But it was still considered first-rank, because you didn't apply there unless you wanted to undertake a rigorous program for its own sake."
Elite universities have failed the public · u/Common_Bake_9210 · ↑528 · 2025-11-17
"My high school was essentially a feeder for top schools (Berkeley, Stanford, Chicago, Duke, Northwestern, etc.)."
What the hell is happening in public schools? · u/VortexRepairMan · ↑246 · 2024-11-03
"Remember the UChicago philosophy professor who left her husband for one of her students, subjected him to a panel on divorce after she remarried, and who has also crossed a picket line?"
"Being a native New Englander my fondest memories of my PhD university of Chicago alumnist father was verbally harassing Harvard students in Harvard square and I think that's the spirit of the sub, cutting through the bullshit to find the real mfrs."
"has anyone here experienced the emotional trauma of dating a UChicago student?"
powered by Intelligence Briefings Co.