Anonymous
10/31/2025 14:33
Subject: Would you say that students at CMU, JHU, Northwestern, Duke, or UChicago tend to be more down-to-earth and hardworking?
Anonymous wrote:Here's what I hear from my kid:
Duke: Segregated (white kids hang out in the Greek fields and party, and very fun; pan-Asian (non-Indian) all hang together, and So Asian hang together). Very socially segregated by race. Unexpected.
Northwestern: STEM is HARD. Pre-med worse. Quarter system sux. Humanities kids have a 4.0 and go out 3+ nights a week. Very fun social school for them and they love it. Gets better by the spring of soph year.
JHU: Everyone we know who is somewhat social wants to transfer. They are all pre-med.
CMU: don't know anyone personally.
UChicago: work hard, play hard. A lot of $$$ floating around that campus. The Greek scene is growing and lots of frat bros.
Wow—your kid simultaneously attends 5 colleges.
Anonymous
10/31/2025 14:31
Subject: Would you say that students at CMU, JHU, Northwestern, Duke, or UChicago tend to be more down-to-earth and hardworking?
Blue Devils!
Anonymous
10/31/2025 14:27
Subject: Would you say that students at CMU, JHU, Northwestern, Duke, or UChicago tend to be more down-to-earth and hardworking?
Anonymous wrote:CMU is very down to earth and the students are super supportive of each other. But it’s not for premed.
They don’t shower when there are projects due.