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The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago,
Illinois. It was founded by oil magnate John D. Rockefeller and the American Baptist
Education Society in 1890 as a coeducational, secular institution. The first classes
were held in 1892. During World War II, the University made important contributions
to the Manhattan Project – and it became the site of the first isolation of plutonium
and the creation of the first artificial, self-sustained nuclear reaction (by Enrico
Fermi in 1942).
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Today, the University enrolls approximately 14,000 students in the College
of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees
organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing
education. The College grants degrees in 49 academic majors and 22 minors. Its academic
disciplines are divided into five divisions: Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences,
Social Sciences, Humanities, and the New Collegiate Division – which administers
interdisciplinary majors and studies that do not fit in another division.
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Undergraduate students are required to take a distribution of courses
to satisfy the University's core curriculum known as the Common Core. Most of the
Core classes at Chicago contain no more than 25 students, and are generally led by a
full-time professors. The Core requires 15 courses, tested proficiency in a foreign
language, passage of a swim test, and up to three physical education courses. Popular
majors include economics, biological sciences, political science, math, and English.
The University of Chicago hosts 19 varsity sports teams, all called
the Maroons, with 585 participants. The Maroons compete in the NCAA's Division III
as members of the University Athletic Association (UAA).
Students run over 400 clubs and organizations, the largest being the
University Theatre while the Model U.N. is the second largest. Other organizations
include the twice-weekly student newspaper The Chicago Maroon, the University-owned
radio station WHPK-FM and the organizing committee for the University of Chicago
Scavenger Hunt – an annual event in which large teams of students compete to
obtain notoriously esoteric items from a list.
The main campus consists of 211 acres in Hyde Park and Woodlawn,
seven miles south of downtown Chicago. On-campus undergraduate students participate
in a house system in which each student is assigned to a smaller community within
their residence hall called a "house." There are 38 houses, with an average of 70
students in each. Freshmen are required to participate in the house system, and
housing is guaranteed every year thereafter.
The University of Chicago
1101 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.702.1234
Private
Founded 1890
No religious affiliation
Urban
Quarter
Dean of Admissions: James Nondorf
Phone: 773.702.8650
Email: collegeadmissions@uchicago.edu
Early
Action
Non-restrictive Early Action application deadline: November 1
Decisions are mailed by December 15.
Regular
Decision
Regular decision deadline: January 2
Decisions are mailed by April 1.
Transfers
Transfer
application deadline: March 1.
Decisions are mailed
by May 15.
Test scores
Applicants should submit scores from the SAT or the ACT
Reasoning Test.
Applicants should take all tests by the end of January.
The Common Application is with a University of Chicago
supplement.
Interview:
Recommended.
Overall acceptance rate: 15.8%
Top 10% of high school students: 85%
SAT score (25/75 percentile): 2090-2330
ACT score (25/75 percentile): 30-34
Tuition and fees for 2011-2012: $42,783
Room and board for 2011-2012: $12,633
Average financial aid package for 2010-2011: $36,915.
Undergrad student body 5,066
Greek life: 10%
5 year graduation rate: 96%
Out of state students: 79%
Male/female ratio: 51%/49%
International: 9%
Students living in campus housing: 60%
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