Tell me about Northwestern...

[Anonymous]

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

Nuff said!

She dropped out after one semester to model. So....

[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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

[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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

[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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

Would you have had the same reaction if the PP had said “intellectually ambitious?”

[Anonymous]

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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.

That’s depressing. LOL

[Anonymous]

For some reason, there are Northwestern haters on this site, as this comes up often. What did Northwestern ever do to you? My guess is reject you but . . . In general, you have to sift through a lot of nonsense on this site to get any valuable information but you can piece it together here, and often on most threads. Never understand why people are so nasty on an anonymous website where they get no credit or recognition for their burns. But that is the way it goes.

Northwestern is an excellent school with many top notch programs. Students tend to like it a lot but certainly not for everyone -- strong Greek life, and while that picture of the campus is pretty sweet, it can be brutally cold right there on the lake in winter. hard to move in and out of majors, particularly the most popular like journalism. Good sports for a strong academic school. Campus is a bit small for the number of studetns and although you can see Chicago from most of it, my impression is that most students do not go in, though you can get to downtown/loop in about 30 minutes and Loyola Chicago is even closer. Best advice so far: if your student is interested, apply ED, seems to be nearly essential here, though obviously statistically it is not.

[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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

I've went there. As a group, they are concerned with success, and careers. Not so much learning for learning. Preprofessionals all the way!That's perfect for a lot of people. U of C, it aint.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nd the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

I've went there. As a group, they are concerned with success, and careers. Not so much learning for learning. Preprofessionals all the way!That's perfect for a lot of people. U of C, it aint.

Um...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some reason, there are Northwestern haters on this site, as this comes up often. What did Northwestern ever do to you? My guess is reject you but . . . In general, you have to sift through a lot of nonsense on this site to get any valuable information but you can piece it together here, and often on most threads. Never understand why people are so nasty on an anonymous website where they get no credit or recognition for their burns. But that is the way it goes.

Northwestern is an excellent school with many top notch programs. Students tend to like it a lot but certainly not for everyone -- strong Greek life, and while that picture of the campus is pretty sweet, it can be brutally cold right there on the lake in winter. hard to move in and out of majors, particularly the most popular like journalism. Good sports for a strong academic school. Campus is a bit small for the number of studetns and although you can see Chicago from most of it, my impression is that most students do not go in, though you can get to downtown/loop in about 30 minutes and Loyola Chicago is even closer. Best advice so far: if your student is interested, apply ED, seems to be nearly essential here, though obviously statistically it is not.

Not my take. My son will be a freshman at NU in the fall, and the distance between his expected dorm on north campus to academic buildings on south campus is nearly a mile. It actually seems like a very stretched out campus to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For some reason, there are Northwestern haters on this site, as this comes up often. What did Northwestern ever do to you? My guess is reject you but . . . In general, you have to sift through a lot of nonsense on this site to get any valuable information but you can piece it together here, and often on most threads. Never understand why people are so nasty on an anonymous website where they get no credit or recognition for their burns. But that is the way it goes.

Northwestern is an excellent school with many top notch programs. Students tend to like it a lot but certainly not for everyone -- strong Greek life, and while that picture of the campus is pretty sweet, it can be brutally cold right there on the lake in winter. hard to move in and out of majors, particularly the most popular like journalism. Good sports for a strong academic school. Campus is a bit small for the number of studetns and although you can see Chicago from most of it, my impression is that most students do not go in, though you can get to downtown/loop in about 30 minutes and Loyola Chicago is even closer. Best advice so far: if your student is interested, apply ED, seems to be nearly essential here, though obviously statistically it is not.

Not my take. My son will be a freshman at NU in the fall, and the distance between his expected dorm on north campus to academic buildings on south campus is nearly a mile. It actually seems like a very stretched out campus to me.

I think this is what the PP was referring to by small for the number of students. The main part(s) of campus was too small to fit all the students/programs so it's been stretched out in sometimes less than ideal ways to house students. Also there are few programs that have parts in out of the way buildings etc. Which you don't notice unless those are your programs and then it dominates your daily life. But this is typically the case when you have an urban or inner ring suburban school. It's not as bad as NYU or some other urban schools, but an issue to know about going in.

[Anonymous]

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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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.



ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

So NU is not on the same level as CU? Or were you just talking about the athletic facility? Have you visited NU in the last 2 months? Have you personally seen the new facility? I went to CU...and pardon me for being direct, but you appear to have no idea what you are talking about. My DS is at NU now and NU is FULL of academically ambitious kids. Not sure of your agenda with your post. To try to convince people that NU is no good? Please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For some reason, there are Northwestern haters on this site, as this comes up often. What did Northwestern ever do to you? My guess is reject you but . . . In general, you have to sift through a lot of nonsense on this site to get any valuable information but you can piece it together here, and often on most threads. Never understand why people are so nasty on an anonymous website where they get no credit or recognition for their burns. But that is the way it goes.

Northwestern is an excellent school with many top notch programs. Students tend to like it a lot but certainly not for everyone -- strong Greek life, and while that picture of the campus is pretty sweet, it can be brutally cold right there on the lake in winter. hard to move in and out of majors, particularly the most popular like journalism. Good sports for a strong academic school. Campus is a bit small for the number of studetns and although you can see Chicago from most of it, my impression is that most students do not go in, though you can get to downtown/loop in about 30 minutes and Loyola Chicago is even closer. Best advice so far: if your student is interested, apply ED, seems to be nearly essential here, though obviously statistically it is not.

Not my take. My son will be a freshman at NU in the fall, and the distance between his expected dorm on north campus to academic buildings on south campus is nearly a mile. It actually seems like a very stretched out campus to me.

congratulations to your son. our's is there now..the distance between both sides of campus seems huge when you're touring as a freshman, but truly it is no big deal once you are there. kids to back and forth between both side of campus with ease.

[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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

OK, so the school is filled with wealthy suburban kids. That is the kind of kid who is attracted by the school. Definitely good students, and ambitious, but not academically ambitious.

It is a fine school, but not everyone's cup of tea - not sure why it is so hard to accept that different people want different things.


And the athletic complex may be nice, but it has nothing on the CU-Boulder basketball court with its view of the Flat Irons.

Northwestern kids aren’t academically ambitious- dumbest thing I’ve heard on this forum and that’s saying a lot.

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Take a look at some NU graduates. Not academically ambitious? Give me a break.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Northwestern_University_alumni

[Anonymous]

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

Nuff said!

That is an incredibly ignorant post.