LLM Discussion Board

1) Winter is really cold. Las week we have freezing temperatures (-30ºC/-25ºF).
3) Safety is definitely an issue. If you are planning to live in Hyde Park the only really good option is Regent´s Park. Buses stop in the door (# 172 for the university and # 6 downtown, you’ve got the Metra one block away). The advice we are always given is not to go out walking during the night even within the campus. Last November a student from the university was shot just a few meters outside the campus… Hyde Park is a bubble within the south Chicago area. So, as long as you live in Regent’s Park, do not walk randomly during dark hours, and do not do stupid tings you should be fine. If you do not live in Regent’s Park the issue is that when you go downtown no bus will leave you near you department and thus you will have to walk (please don’t as it is dangerous) or take a cab from downtown (cause you will not find them easily in Hyde Park which will cost you around $20).

Hope this helps.

Then you would make use of the safe ride service provided by the university that would pick you up and deliver you within any place in Hyde Park. If you live downtown you will have a problem though. You also have special shuttles running up to 2 am as the #172 bus stops running at 7 pm... The university is GREAT!!! The Law School is superb but Hyde Park is neither of both...

I applied for Chicago, but haven't received anything yet. Does it mean rejection?

Judging from last year's posts in this site, I'd say it doesn't mean rejection. Chicago announces both admissions and rejections through e-mail. Other universities send admissions by e-mail and rejections by regular mail, so in these cases if you don't receive anything you know that you're rejected. But Chicago doesn't do that. As long as you have not received anything yet, I'd say that you're still in the game. Chicago just released the first bunch of admissions. There is going to be a second one within a reasonable timeframe (presumably by late March). After all, you might get sth today, as they have proven to sent admissions manually (and not automatically or simultaneously). I received the e-mail 4 hours after the first person here claimed to have received it. So, they might still go on with the e-mail process. Good luck!

[Edited 23 Feb 2008 by blooming]

nothing yet... got the app. complete email in 12/27.
congratulations to all admitted!
sophie, did you receive the email today? so, maybe the first bunch of admissions is still being told?
when did you get you app. complete email? tks and rgds

[Edited 24 Feb 2008 by L&E-pil]

Is there anyone among the admitted applicants, who is going for sure to Chicago? I still wait for decisions from Harvard, Yale and Columbia. If Columbia offers me admission I will most likely turn it down, as I would prefer to go to Chicago (interested in Law and Economics). In addition to this, I don't think Harvard and Yale will offer me admission, so I guess I should already have to prepare for Chicago.
The admissions e-mail said that I'm going to receive the admissions material until March 20 through FedEx and they asked me to respond to the e-mail by sending an address and a phone number for FedEx to deliver. Is this the case with everyone admitted?

Sure. That's the same e-mail i received. I think its the standart admission e-mail.
I'm also waiting for HLS and SLS, but i think UCHICAGO is an amayzing school and i would love to go there. Where are you from?

Sure. That's the same e-mail i received. I think its the standart admission e-mail.
I'm also waiting for HLS and SLS, but i think UCHICAGO is an amayzing school and i would love to go there. Where are you from?

I'm from Greece. What about you?
I consider Chicago to be a great law school for an LL.M. Great Professors (unparalleled faculty if you want to study Law and Economics), the quarter system gives you the opportunity to attend as many courses as possible, there is the independent research option where you can pick a subject and study under the supervision of any professor you like, the socratic method (entirely different from the typical european system of lecture delivery) and a small class size. I would really like to go there. I'll just have to wait for Harvard and Yale, before I make my decision.

I do not have any idea about the Chicago U. Law School area.
Can you tell me whether the Chicago U. Law School is close to the river?

Sorry to ask a nonsense question.

Madame

I do not have any idea about the Chicago U. Law School area.
Can you tell me whether the Chicago U. Law School is close to the river?

Sorry to ask a nonsense question.

Madame

I guess this map could be useful: maps.uchicago.edu/hydepark.shtml

What about university housing, is it any good? I have read about security issues in that area. Is it ok if you live in university-owned buildings (Graduate Student Housing or New Graduate Residence Hall)? And what about the international house?

Thank you!