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The University of Chicago ranks among the world's most esteemed major universities. It has an enrollment of around 15,600 students, about half of which are graduate and professional students. It has a student/teacher ratio of about 7:1. The school's undergraduate branch offers a ...

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    Being an undergraduate TA is very helpful for your own education as well, and it's very fun to be a mentor for those who are a few years younger than you, taking the same classes you did.

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    TAing is very professor dependent

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