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<p>I don't think it's a weird question. I've read/heard from numerous sources that NU's dating scene is composed of "long-term relationships and casual hook-ups". As a prospective student, I'm legitimately curious.</p>
<p>Nobody wants to answer my question? I just read through the page in context and realized how bizarre my question was.. in my defense I was reading previous pages discussing the dating life.</p>
<p>Also - is it important to have a car?</p>
<p>I'd say its important NOT to have a car. Why would you need a car? Have you ever seen the campus/surrounding areas?</p>
<p>As for the dating scene? If you don't like it, change it. It's not like there's some magical force preventing things.</p>
<p>Liketotally,</p>
<p>I saw that you mentioned your sexual orientation briefly on a past post. I was wondering (as a gay male) how the gay scene at NU is? Is it considered "gay friendly"?</p>
<p>Re: car. You don't need one, at all. The majority of your needs are easily within walking distance in Evanston (especially if you live south) and you can use public transportation to get to Chicago. A car would be a huge hassle unless you have some really compelling reason to have one (a job in a suburb near campus, that type of thing). Are freshmen even allowed to have cars?</p>
<p>Re: epi1th3t. You may want to pm or look at the posts of sanjenferrer; he is a gay male who transferred to NU and he appears to find it plenty gay-friendly.</p>
<p>ep1th3t,</p>
<p>Yep, NU's super gay-friendly. Most people on campus are open-minded, there is reasonably good involvement with the Rainbow Alliance, and there are tons of people who aren't involved with Rainbow but who are out or basically out. You won't have a problem at all meeting gay people here.</p>
<p>The majority of your needs are easily within walking distance in Evanston (especially if you live south)</p>
<p>I'm a little confused about NU's layout (as I haven't been able to visit). I know that it has an Evanston campus for undergrads and the Chicago campus for the med school but is the Evanston campus divided into two more sections (North and South)? Is there a split on campus? Is one section better than the other to live on? I'm confused.</p>
<p>This North/South thing is SO overplayed. Think of a tall, thin rectangle, with the east side on Lake Michigan. That's how the campus is essentially laid out. To the north are the fraternities, some dorms (particularly dorms with party reputations), Tech (engineering bldg), and the main workout / rec facility. In the middle are the theological seminaries (that most undergrads won't have any dealings with) as well as the library and the student center. More towards the south are the humanities buildings, the journalism, theater and music areas, and another living section that has sororities and then some other dorms / res colleges. The whole thing is contiguous and it's a 10, maybe 15 minute walk from one end to the other. The majority of the campus is in between Sheridan Road and the lake so you wouldn't even need to cross a street. It gets overplayed on CC as a Great Big Divide, as if you need to take a bus from North to South campus or something (as some other schools have to do), but it's all just a matter of a few blocks. It's not really a "different campus", just a shorthand way of referring to where you are on the campus. Many students go from North to South campus and back several times during the day. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Oh - and to the other piece, the south end is next to downtown Evanston, so if you value quick access to the restaurants and shops, that's a better choice. The campus is bordered on the south by downtown Evanston, and to the west and north by residential.</p>
<p>^Thanks! That cleared things up :)</p>
<p>Pizzagirl,</p>
<p>I visited my soccer playing rising Sr. niece two weeks ago on campus. I took the Metra from Chicago and got off at Davis St., and took a walking tour of the campus. Having been at Stanford and UCLA, I expected a much larger footprint! You are correct about going from one end of campus (soccer field) to the other in 10-12 minutes. We then went to dinner off campus, passing an arched entryway on the southwest corner of the campus.</p>
<p>Northwestern is really compact... contiguous as you say.</p>
<p>P.S. The Metra ride took exactly 20 minutes... I was on a 5:35 express (just three stops), got off at 5:55. The regular Metra is still only 30 minutes. That's extremely convenient for anyone wanting to visit Chicago (or vice versa, in my case).</p>
<p>I'm just going to say that it's my second day and it is truly amazing so far.</p>
<p>I agree. (ten chars)</p>
<p>^ Also agree.</p>
<p>Is it a big deal that NU admits students for fall and spring quarter? Do you suddenly get a noticeable amount of new freshman popping up around school.</p>
<p>No, fall is definitely the big move in time. I have never met someone who started in the spring here, and definitely didn't notice an influx of new people any year in the spring.</p>
<p>Northwestern ONLY admits freshman in September (fall term).</p>
<p>You can transfer to Northwestern during the winter or spring terms if you are a currently enrolled undergraduate at another university.</p>
<p>Can Weinberg students write/become editors of the newspaper, or is that too limited to Medill students? Can Weinberg students pursue a second major or a minor in Medill?</p>
<p>Also, I noticed that only 60-ish% of students live on campus. Does that ruin the social dynamic after freshman year as people start to go off campus?</p>
<p>From what I see, mostly freshman and sophomores live on campus. It's junior year that people begin to live in apartments and houses.</p>