jessishere

[i'm accepted to University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, but I'm torn between U of Chi and University of Michigan's School of Social Work...I grew up in Michigan and would prefer to have a new adventure (I currently live in San Francisco, where I've been the past 4.5 years. Really sad to go back to the freezing Midwest!). I'm worried about Chicago's reputation as the place where fun comes to die...Obvs I want to get an outstanding education that will help me professionally, but I also want to meet awesome new people and have fun. I was much more excited about Chicago until I started researching (Berkeley was my first choice, and I didn't look TOO closely at the student life of other programs until Berkeley waitlisted me...elitist assfaces!) and discovered that lots of people claim U of Chi is full of ugly and socially inept nerds with no life outside of the library. I won't be able to visit both campuses for another few weeks, but I would love to hear from anyone with insight into University of Chicago's graduate student social scene, possibly compared with U of Michigan's. And especially anyone with info about the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy, which I could complete in two years along with my Master's, whereas U of M's dual degree program in Public Health and Social Work would take 3 years. And if anyone is a rock climber with insight into the climbing community within University of Chicago and/or University of Michigan, curious minds want to know!