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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nonetheless, it is fair to state that Northwestern University has a lot of driven, hard-working, conscientious, brainiac students who are serious students.

Northwestern is not the ideal school for[b] one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.  
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NU is composed of more grad students (probably 55% of the total full-time student population) on two stunning campuses. While the architecture may not be uniform, both the Chicago setting (medical & law school) and the Evanston setting (undergrads, MBA Kellogg School, and many other graduate programs) are spectacular.

Northwestern University is a serious school with Big Ten Conference athletics. NU's overall endowment (#13 overall) places it in the top ten in the country when three system wide endowments are placed aside (UTexas system, U Texas A&M system, & UC System wide endowments) --so it is also a wealthy school.

https://northwestern.edu/recruit/our-students/

NU students do now socialize with U Chicago students/student organizations which is a fairly recent development.

The quarter system keeps kids busy & sober. NU is not a party school, but it is social in a low key fashion.[/quote]

Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
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Michigan, UVA, USC, Duke, Dartmouth and Vanderbilt. Honestly, the 4.0/1500+ kids can’t fit into all the top 20 schools so you will find a lot of high achieving social kids like this at schools like UNC, UGA, Boston College, etc.[/quote]

Jeez. Not every strong student aspires to go to Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, or even Dartmouth or Penn. Strivers, stop assuming that it’s these schools or bust (or that your 4.0/1500+ entitles you to admission). [/quote]

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