Dear Jommy, Every May since 1987, the University of Chicago has hosted one of the largest (and, in our humble opinion, the best) scavenger hunts in the world—an event participants lovingly refer to as “Scav.” Over a thousand UChicago students gather for four days of madness, genius, mad genius, and hilarity.
Teams—comprising friends, groups of students from residential Houses, and even graduate students and alumni—come together to participate in wild challenges and events, and to make/find some very out-there items, such as: - A Michelin® tire signed by a chef at a Michelin® restaurant. [4n points, where n is the number of stars, +3 bonus points if it's the head chef]
- Render the campus map in one of the following styles: Risk, Pokémon Universe, Candy Land, Middle Earth, Catan, or another visually stunning style of your choosing. [15 points]
- Side mullet. Business on the left, party on the right. [7 points]
- A double-decker blanket fort. [11 double-decker points (it’s 22 points)]
- A lion, tiger, or bear. With trainer. On campus. [125 points, 25 bonus points if it does a trick the assembled Judges deem “righteous”]
At UChicago, we believe the ideal education involves a perfect blend of study and play; and we especially like it when both our study and play involve a healthy amount of creativity and intellectual curiosity. We cultivate the kind of college environment in which you can live, grow, learn, and maybe enhance a campus building or two (Affix a pair of appropriately enormous googly eyes to the campus building of your choice. [8 points]). If this sounds like an environment in which you would thrive, consider UChicago. |
