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[quote=Anonymous]Native Chicagoan here. Spent quite a bit of time on both campuses. I think if you go tour, as advised earlier in this thread, the differences will be truly stark and immediately obvious. U of C has a distinct culture that is pretty unique. It has a certain intellectual nerdiness that is amplified by core-curriculum approach. I would in a way compare it to the MIT and CalTech in that regard except it's full of liberal-arts geeks rather than STEM geeks. (Though U of C is also known for its math department, especially at the graduate level.) It's definitely an urban campus, surrounded by not-great neighborhoods (but good ethnic eats). Northwestern is going to feel like a smaller, academically more rigorous, more upper-middle-class version of a Midwestern state school. It's a big sprawling suburban-ish campus that's not too long of a train ride from the city. Evanston's downtown is pleasantly walkable and college-town-ish, but it does not feel at all urban. Also, the on-campus food service at Northwestern used to be terrible, but they revamped their dining service about a year ago -- theoretically should be a lot better now.[/quote]
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