Tell me about Northwestern...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like Chicago only 1/2 step behind. Excellent school if you can get in.

Nothing like UChicago. Sports, safe campus(!), Greek life, plenty of attractive normal outgoing kids. They just built what is probably the most beautiful athletic complex in college sports -

[Anonymous]

All this talk of well-rounded happy kids seems like code for white, wealthy, suburban kids.

50% of students are white, less than 8% Black.

[Anonymous]

Great schoool, one word of warning: It's a trimester based school. They take fewer classes but they have three sets of midterms and three sets of finals. If you have a kid that doesn't like super concentrated classes and lots of testing it will be a bad fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this talk of well-rounded happy kids seems like code for white, wealthy, suburban kids.

50% of students are white, less than 8% Black.

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/student-life/diversity.html

tudents from
75+
countries

Class of 2021:
Hispanic or Latino: 12%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
Asian American: 19%
Black or African American: 10%
White: 48%
International: 10%
Pell Grant recipients: 19%
First-generation college students: 10%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All this talk of well-rounded happy kids seems like code for white, wealthy, suburban kids.

50% of students are white, less than 8% Black.

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/student-life/diversity.html

tudents from
75+
countries

Class of 2021:
Hispanic or Latino: 12%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
Asian American: 19%
Black or African American: 10%
White: 48%
International: 10%
Pell Grant recipients: 19%
First-generation college students: 10%

What they won't tell you is that poor white kids aren't there - unless they play football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great schoool, one word of warning: It's a trimester based school. They take fewer classes but they have three sets of midterms and three sets of finals. If you have a kid that doesn't like super concentrated classes and lots of testing it will be a bad fit.

They do take more midterms and finals, but they take more classes, not fewer. Otherwise, this advice is correct.
It's technically called the quarter system, but functions like a trimester since most students don't take classes the summer quarter.
https://admissionblog.northwestern.edu/2017/01/10/quarters/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All this talk of well-rounded happy kids seems like code for white, wealthy, suburban kids.

50% of students are white, less than 8% Black.

https://admissions.northwestern.edu/student-life/diversity.html

tudents from
75+
countries

Class of 2021:
Hispanic or Latino: 12%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
Asian American: 19%
Black or African American: 10%
White: 48%
International: 10%
Pell Grant recipients: 19%
First-generation college students: 10%

What they won't tell you is that poor white kids aren't there - unless they play football.

Is that somehow different than any other elite school tho?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great schoool, one word of warning: It's a trimester based school. They take fewer classes but they have three sets of midterms and three sets of finals. If you have a kid that doesn't like super concentrated classes and lots of testing it will be a bad fit.

They do take more midterms and finals, but they take more classes, not fewer. Otherwise, this advice is correct.
It's technically called the quarter system, but functions like a trimester since most students don't take classes the summer quarter.
https://admissionblog.northwestern.edu/2017/01/10/quarters/

I meant they take fewer classes each quarter. Most schools they take 5 each semester, at NU they take 3 or 4 each quarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great schoool, one word of warning: It's a trimester based school. They take fewer classes but they have three sets of midterms and three sets of finals. If you have a kid that doesn't like super concentrated classes and lots of testing it will be a bad fit.

They do take more midterms and finals, but they take more classes, not fewer. Otherwise, this advice is correct.
It's technically called the quarter system, but functions like a trimester since most students don't take classes the summer quarter.
https://admissionblog.northwestern.edu/2017/01/10/quarters/

I meant they take fewer classes each quarter. Most schools they take 5 each semester, at NU they take 3 or 4 each quarter.

Oh, gotcha. Sorry! I didn't realize that most schools take 5 each semester. But I believe NU students take more classes over their college career.

[Anonymous]

Has a pre-professional vibe -- huge emphasis on using the resources of Chicago for internships.

[Anonymous]

Great place. Our DD loves it and is thriving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like Chicago only 1/2 step behind. Excellent school if you can get in.

Nothing like UChicago. Sports, safe campus(!), Greek life, plenty of attractive normal outgoing kids. They just built what is probably the most beautiful athletic complex in college sports -

Just remember that this beautiful picture of a beach is covered in snow and ice for 9 months out of the year...

[Anonymous]

Cindy Crawford went to Northwestern (on an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering!), while Milton Friedman went to Chicago.

Nuff said!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like Chicago only 1/2 step behind. Excellent school if you can get in.

Nothing like UChicago. Sports, safe campus(!), Greek life, plenty of attractive normal outgoing kids. They just built what is probably the most beautiful athletic complex in college sports -

Just remember that this beautiful picture of a beach is covered in snow and ice for 9 months out of the year...

Sure, but only from October to May, when the students are there.

[Anonymous]

My public school white unhooked kid had 4.4, 1570 SAT many, many extras including 4 year letter in major sport (but obviously not good enough to play Big-10) club president for academic club and he did not get in.