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Four days of mayhem and 300 ridiculous items take students to Kansas, invite them to saw a bowling ball in half and weave a basket underwater, and encourage them to spontaneously burst into song and dance, Blues Brothers style, at a Chicago landmark. More about the hunt »

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1
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Friday Summer Information Day
Jul
11
On campus
8:30 AM
Friday Summer Information Day
Jul
18
On campus
8:30 AM

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Welcome to the new Office of College Admissions website! Da-da-da-dah! Why did we make a new website for you, the prospective class of 2013? Let me pull out a file folder from about a year ago to jog my memory… 1. We are moving this year to the Common Application (which launched today). Continue reading...

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Diversity at Chicago
Find out about resources for a diverse student body and classroom.
Bad Movie Night
Students come together to mock the world’s worst cinema.
Essay Questions
Check out our new essay questions for this year.
211
Number of acres on our campus.
1890
Year the University of Chicago was founded by John D. Rockefeller.
81
Number of Nobel prize winners associated with the university.
7.6 million
Number of print volumes in the library.
400
Number of student organizations on campus.
37,900
Number of active College alumni.
10
Number of varsity teams in the NCAA Division III top 30.
100
Percent of demonstrated need met by our financial aid packages.
38
Number of study abroad programs in 27 countries.
 7
Number of Nobel Prize winners currently on faculty.
6:1
Our student to faculty ratio.
21
The maximum number of students in our Core humanities and social sciences courses.

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