Really great overview of Northwestern University (video)

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Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

Quite the sample size there.

You can just ignore it then. If you’re looking for peer-reviewed research, DCUM is not the place for you.

No need to get snippy. One kid not liking a place is useless info.

To be fair, DCUM second hand accounts tend to have an agenda.

You get what you pay for on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

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Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

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Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

I know three middle class kids from Northwestern who are all incredibly bright, socially well-adjusted and kind. They all had a great time and speak very highly of their experience at the school.

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Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

I think the problem is how much they leaned into ED. That’s why you have huge numbers of rich and entitled students nowadays. I went there in the early 90s and there were some ultra rich kids but not many. Tuition was also in the high teens to low 20s then . I loved my time there but there is no way it is worth $80,000 and they lost some of my respect with their reliance on ED.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

I think the problem is how much they leaned into ED. That’s why you have huge numbers of rich and entitled students nowadays. I went there in the early 90s and there were some ultra rich kids but not many. Tuition was also in the high teens to low 20s then . I loved my time there but there is no way it is worth $80,000 and they lost some of my respect with their reliance on ED.

NU was comparably priced to the Ivies and Duke then, just as it its now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

I think the problem is how much they leaned into ED. That’s why you have huge numbers of rich and entitled students nowadays. I went there in the early 90s and there were some ultra rich kids but not many. Tuition was also in the high teens to low 20s then . I loved my time there but there is no way it is worth $80,000 and they lost some of my respect with their reliance on ED.

In early 90s, 60%+ of students received NO financial aide. There were plenty of rich kids on campus then. I had plenty of friends who went to Europe over xmas or spring break and took a spring break trip each year. Was only able to attend because I was poor and received an amazing FA package. It was $25K per year at NU versus $5K at my top state school.

All top schools use ED, even if NU didn't do as much with ED, they would still be able to select an equal number of full pay students in RD, and likely would. The fact is, there are enough highly qualified, excellent students who can afford $80K schools. A school can only provide $40-50K FA to so many students each year, or tuition would need to go even higher.

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My son hates it but missed so much because of the way they handled Covid, there’s no point in leaving now.

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All 200 of my kids love it!

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Anonymous wrote:All 200 of my kids love it!

+1000

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Neighbor’s kid goes there and loves it. :shrug:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited and liked it but we know a student there who doesn’t like it much at all and regrets going. Too many ultra wealthy, entitled, out of touch kids.

This is interesting because my impression has always been that Northwestern has more middle class kids than its peer schools.

I know two UMC kids there who went to decent private schools and were unhappy with the number of spoiled and entitled students there. Like, off-the-charts, unable to be a friend or think of others kind of entitled. But schools get what they deserve. If you only take the perfect resumes, you’re going to attract a lot of self-centered, win-at-all-costs, lie and cheat personalities that often come with it. Nice campus, location, and education though.

I think the problem is how much they leaned into ED. That’s why you have huge numbers of rich and entitled students nowadays. I went there in the early 90s and there were some ultra rich kids but not many. Tuition was also in the high teens to low 20s then . I loved my time there but there is no way it is worth $80,000 and they lost some of my respect with their reliance on ED.

In early 90s, 60%+ of students received NO financial aide. There were plenty of rich kids on campus then. I had plenty of friends who went to Europe over xmas or spring break and took a spring break trip each year. Was only able to attend because I was poor and received an amazing FA package. It was $25K per year at NU versus $5K at my top state school.

All top schools use ED, even if NU didn't do as much with ED, they would still be able to select an equal number of full pay students in RD, and likely would. The fact is, there are enough highly qualified, excellent students who can afford $80K schools. A school can only provide $40-50K FA to so many students each year, or tuition would need to go even higher.

Actually this is false. Top schools don’t use ED — Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech. None have ED. They don’t force kids into binding admission in exchange for much higher acceptance rates.

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Left Yale off the list. And I am sure there a few other top schools that don’t use ED.

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Most of those schools use SCEA, which is even worse.

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Visited Northwestern and loved it. Great campus, great student culture, varied interests among the student body.