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The University of Chicago, located in one of the premier music and theater cities in the world, has produced some of the most important writers, actors, and filmmakers in the last century. Read more about the arts at Chicago ยป

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Aug
15
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8:30 AM
Summer Information Day
Aug
22
On campus
8:30 AM
Columbus Day Open House
Oct
13
On campus
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Sydney and I discovered early on in our friendship that we had matching bookshelves… and matching have-read lists and to-read lists… Her biggest coup this past year was insisting that I read Gone with the Wind. According to Sydney, who is from Austin, Texas, the fact that I had skipped the Scarlett-Rhett experience was an egregious crime. Continue reading »

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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.
11
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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