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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northwestern has always had the reputation for being for smart, but kinda boring kids. The sort of kids who would find Evanston interesting. 
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Not true...[/quote]

Evidence? I mean, there’s nothing wrong with being smart and middle of the road. [/quote]

What is the evidence for "Northwestern has always had the reputation for being for smart, but kinda boring kids. The sort of kids who would find Evanston interesting"?[/quote]

I’m not saying it’s fact. I’m saying it’s the rep it’s had, in my experience.

I went to a prep school and saw lots of kids who went there. I went to UChicago, where I met more Northwestern kids.

My husband has worked in higher ed tech for 15 years and has done business with Northwestern.[/quote]

So this is your opinion. I agree Northwestern has always had the reputation of having smart kids, but disagree with labeling them "kinda boring." I'm from the area where the top 5% of kids regularly attended Northwestern. None of my friends were hanging out in Evanston. They were either on campus or in the city. I had the choice of NU and U Chicago, but chose to go east. It sounds like you have beef with NU bc you went to U Chicago. :D [/quote]

To add, I personally love U Chicago, so it's not a knock on the school. It's only recently that U Chicago has risen in popularity. Most always, between NU and Chicago, kids picked NU. [/quote]

UChicago used to not sell out. When Ted ONeill was around, UChicago didn’t care about competing for kids with NU.

Then they started taking the Common App and lost their character.

What you see as lack of popularity was really just not caring about appealing to any smart kid. [/quote]

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