(Bias warning: I'm a student at UChicago.)
Over half of the student population at UChicago is atheist/agnostic, and from my experience as a first year undergrad people seem open to conversation about most things.
There are also a ton of student clubs for almost anything you want to do, and if you find enough interest in something you can get funding to start you own club. For example, there's a parkour club, a performing circus, a dragon dance team, a free hugs group, and many other random fun organizations.
Also, I personally plan on starting a LW meetup at UChicago sometime between now and the end of the school year, which will hopefully spawn regular meetings here. Sadly, my schedule prevents doing this for the next few weeks.
Oh wow - that's so interesting! I would love to join a LW group there if I end up coming.
"Over half of the student population at UChicago is atheist/agnostic"
Isn't that true for most elite universities?
So I'm applying for grad schools right now, and am visiting Yale, Brown, and UChicago this month (I already got accepted into UChicago, and also got invited to expenses-paid visits to both Yale and Brown). I'm visiting Yale in just 2 days.
So what are some cool things a LWer can do at those places? And which professors do research that a LWer could potentially find very interesting? Which universities would a LWer find himself/herself most at home at?
Also, is there anything else I need to know about those places?
I'm still waiting for decisions from Columbia and MIT (and got rejected by Caltech).