U of Chicago: How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some particularity your own wishes and how they relate to Chicago?
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Though unlikely it may sound, my initial and subsequent encounters with U of C were through two semi-classic Hollywood films: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Fat Man and Little Boy." (My conclusive encounter, I hope, will be at U of C itself...)