Anonymous
07/16/2025 15:28
Subject: Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Way too many cranky ppl on this thread. What gives?
Defensive people are will always find reasons to be offended.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 15:27
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
UMiami?
Even high stats kids need safety schools.
Would Lehigh be a good target for a kid like this? We know it's Patriot League, not SEC/Big 10/ACC. But we've been told kids are highly academic and also really into school spirit and sports, with Greek life as a real option.
Yes. My northwestern kid applied there too and was admitted with merit.
Thanks! While you're here, any other schools you would recommend a kid like this visit? DC is just getting started and looking for targets and relative safeties to go along with the possible reaches (Duke, NU, Vandy, Michigan). Open to anywhere in the country and not cost sensitive. Very good at balancing most rigorous academics with a vibrant social - looking for colleges with that work hard/play hard culture.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 15:27
Subject: Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Way too many cranky ppl on this thread. What gives?
Anonymous
07/16/2025 15:22
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
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.
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).
Who said anything at all about Hopkins or Carnegie Mellon for this type of kid? My sense is both would be a bad culture fit.
Also, NO ONE is saying or suggesting a kid is "entitle[d]" to be admitted anywhere with these stats or any others. We're just talking about which highly academic (rejective) schools to consider as possible "culture fits" for a particular type of kid.
To state the obvious, these schools are reach/lottery schools for EVERYONE. And any kid with a 4.0/1500+ should be more than smart enough to understand that his or her odds of admission are obscenely low. That's what a single-digit admissions rate means, of course. Tens of thousands of applicants with their same stats are rejected every year.
But most kids want to apply to a reach/lottery school or two (or four), and maybe they want to take a shot at one ED. So why not ask for help identifying reach/lottery schools to research, visit, and possibly apply to that are good social fits for them?
Anonymous
07/16/2025 15:02
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
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.
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).
Anonymous
07/16/2025 14:57
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
UMiami?
Even high stats kids need safety schools.
Would Lehigh be a good target for a kid like this? We know it's Patriot League, not SEC/Big 10/ACC. But we've been told kids are highly academic and also really into school spirit and sports, with Greek life as a real option.
Yes. My northwestern kid applied there too and was admitted with merit.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 14:56
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
UMiami?
Even high stats kids need safety schools.
Would Lehigh be a good target for a kid like this? We know it's Patriot League, not SEC/Big 10/ACC. But we've been told kids are highly academic and also really into school spirit and sports, with Greek life as a real option.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 14:52
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
UMiami?
Even high stats kids need safety schools.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 10:26
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
If a high stats student wants a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by the Greek system, consider any SEC school Honors College. Outstanding opportunities which typically include special housing, priority registration for classes,and generous merit scholarships. If this is how a particular high stats student enjoys life, then go for it at a large public honors college.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 08:58
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
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.
Anonymous
07/16/2025 08:52
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
One of these things is not like the other…
Anonymous
07/16/2025 01:35
Subject: Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Good old posts on here. Maybe search?
About 1/3 of the incoming class is social and “normal” (makes eye contact, friendly, goes out 3x/week, Greek like (growing there like everywhere after BLM and abolish Greek life did a number on campus). These students skew wealthy, well-traveled and well-adjusted.
But it’s a pretty small chunk of the incoming class.
this is incorrect - and bizarre.
I have a student there. It is definitely accurate.
The Greek life there is growing or at least there’s growing demand (like every other school). It’s actually really small right now and not everyone can get a bid that wants one because they’re so few houses.
They have consultants on campus all the time to try and get more Greek houses. The sororities do mixers with the University of Chicago frats because they’re not enough Greek men at Northwestern. Weird, but it’s easy for them to meet up downtown.
All of the social kids hang out together (including for study abroad - they all pick the same location). Yes it can be cliquey but no more than other schools.
Great experience for my kid!
Which study abroad programs are these? My kid is there and I’m sure your kids would classify her as a huge geek so she really would prefer to avoid that. Thank you!
PP, my striving social child is in a clique like this, and your “huge geek” is literally unlikely to ever cross paths with this clique, in study abroad or elsewhere. They move as a pack. Your kid knows who they are. (Can you tell I wish it wasn’t this way?)
I just would be really surprised if she knew who they were since she really doesn’t spend a lot of time focused on cliques that she’s not in. Even if she did know who they are, how would she know what study abroad program they are all going on? If there some study abroad program that they all go on, why won’t you just tell me? How awful if she picks it by accident and then is ostracized for a quarter!
Anonymous
07/16/2025 00:22
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
UMiami?
Anonymous
07/15/2025 23:29
Subject: Re:Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 one seeking a rah-rah party school atmosphere dominated by ostentatious Greek social life.
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.
Any recommendations for kids that: (a) do want this; AND (b) are highly academic (4.0/1500+/high rigor)?
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Duke
USC
UMiami
Anonymous
07/15/2025 23:28
Subject: Is Northwestern the ideal school?
Anonymous wrote:Explain further this deep insight you have into authorial voice and tone of other anonymous posters in this thread.
lol
Exactly