BREAKING: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) gets a $480 million gift from the Ryan Family

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

Hmm. Seems to get a lot of coastal applicants, so i don't think its that much of a problem! if you hate it, don't apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

Chicago is arguably one of the easiest cities to fly into, especially from NYC or DC, since O'Hare is one of the country's largest transit hubs, and the flight is less than 2 hours. Certainly easier to get to than anywhere west of Chicago and significantly easier than any college in any remote setting, such as Cornell, Dartmouth, Williams, and many more.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times.

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The weird snobbery towards Chicago that folks from DC and Virginia/Maryland have is something I'll never understand. Like, dude, you literally live in a swamp. Absolutely no one else in the country thinks DMV > Chicago except in your own mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times.

Again, you sound really sad and bitter, and none of what you say actually reflects reality. Where did you go to school?

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Anonymous wrote:The weird snobbery towards Chicago that folks from DC and Virginia/Maryland have is something I'll never understand. Like, dude, you literally live in a swamp. Absolutely no one else in the country thinks DMV > Chicago except in your own mind.

Haha. So so so true. It is weird.

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Anonymous wrote:The weird snobbery towards Chicago that folks from DC and Virginia/Maryland have is something I'll never understand. Like, dude, you literally live in a swamp. Absolutely no one else in the country thinks DMV > Chicago except in your own mind.

Oh really, then why are people fleeing Chicago in droves? DMV has seen a population surge, on the other hand.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times.

Again, you sound really sad and bitter, and none of what you say actually reflects reality. Where did you go to school?

This person couldn't get into NU and has been bitter for 25 years....

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times.

Again, you sound really sad and bitter, and none of what you say actually reflects reality. Where did you go to school?

I went to an HYPSM, duh. All other schools are inferior in either outcomes or reputation. We are legion and you are not.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

The only draw is that they can't get into better schools, duh. But somehow they always needed to frame it in a way that doesn't sound overly embarrassing, like "oh I picked Chicago because of the academics" or "DS picked Northwestern because he really loved the coastline or the journalism/music/biomed program." That's how things were 9 out 10 times.

Again, you sound really sad and bitter, and none of what you say actually reflects reality. Where did you go to school?

I went to an HYPSM, duh. All other schools are inferior in either outcomes or reputation. We are legion and you are not.

I lost instant respect for anyone who went there tbh.

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Anonymous wrote:The weird snobbery towards Chicago that folks from DC and Virginia/Maryland have is something I'll never understand. Like, dude, you literally live in a swamp. Absolutely no one else in the country thinks DMV > Chicago except in your own mind.

+1000

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Jeff the Mod ought to start charging advert fees for all the informercials around here masquerading as “breaking news.” This is a “BREAK” only for NW alums. No body gives a hoot about NW.

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Anonymous wrote:Just think of how much more popular NW would be if it weren't in Chicago...that crosses it off our family's list (and a lot of other coastal families we know.)

Can I ask why? I went to NU and it's in Evanston, not Chicago. Evanston is a suburb. Sure you can take the El down easily into Chicago but you don't have to if you don't want to.

It's an annoying hike if you live on a coast. Frequent complaint from both NU and UChicago families who don't live in the Midwest. And Notre Dame has football to fly in for ... a college like Boulder has gorgeous mountains ... if you're from a major coastal city, what's a draw about metro Chicago? Not much. Go watch the Northwestern football team get clobbered?

I guess I'm confused, it's a plane ride. Chicago has the Art Institute and the Shedd and lots of other fun stuff.

The big thing I loved about NU was how much I could do outside of my major. I was an engineer but I also did music and theater tech and really had fun doing my English minor. Plus they were by far the best for financial aid other than my state school (I did not grow up around here).