<p>What would you say is the defining personality or environment there? I'm a rising senior and am applying next year!</p>
<p>There isn't one. Northwestern has a really broad range of students. You'll find what you look for if you come here, because every "type" is here. </p>
<p>In general though, Northwestern students tend to be:</p>
<p>good students, good at managing time, fairly laid-back, dedicated to their organizations and activities</p>
<p>How is the Economics major in Northwestern?</p>
<p>How is the Economics major in Northwestern?</p>
<p>It's one of the most popular majors here, it's well-known and respected, the Economics graduate program is consistently ranked high.</p>
<p>Because it's big, you miiight want to double-major so you'll also be in a smaller department, because that has advising advantages, you'll tend to have smaller classes, etc. Of course, that's just a suggestion. The Economics department is really, really good here, so you're going to be in good shape with it anyway.</p>
<p>I'm in an Intro to Microeconomics class right now that's really awesome -- my professor is great. I'm really excited to take more classes in the department.</p>
<p>IMPORTANT QUESTION
Can students stay in the dorm during the breaks?</p>
<p>Negative. You can stay in fraternity houses though (if you're in the fraternity).</p>
<p>There's not much time to go home for Thanksgiving if you have far to travel.</p>
<p>You can stay in the dorm over thanksgiving break, but not winter or spring break, if I recall correctly. But yeah, in Greek houses you can do whatever you want.</p>
<p>what do people who don't have any place to go during breaks do? if you know anyone who doesn't that is.</p>
<p>I mean, I think it's expected that if school is closed for a month you aren't just going to be hanging around with no one there and no facilities in operation. I don't know what you mean by don't have any place to go... can't everyone just go home? (For people who live far away often price is a concern here, but you get the academic calendar FAR in advance of any breaks and it's very easy to order plane tickets early.)</p>
<p>For Thanksgiving, there's generally a decent population of kids who stay, especially because it's so close to winter break a lot of people don't want to have to buy 2 plane tickets so soon after each other. They stay in the dorms and hang out with each other. And if you have any friends who are local a lot of times they will invite people over for Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>It works out in real life. Perhaps a prof needs a house sitter or a dog sitter.
Maybe a you have relatives in the suburbs. Or stay with a classmate that has an apartment.</p>
<p>well it could be a problem if your home is in asia. but i guess i could look for places to stay once i get there.</p>
<p>a lot of internationals do go home for the winter break; for some of them, this is the only time of the year for them to go home as they stay for summer internships in the US...etc. chances are you are gonna make some friends who may invite you over for breaks.</p>
<p>My friend from China ended up going to NYC for winter break and stayed with a friend from NU.</p>
<p>Is it easy to get in Kellogg Financial Economics Certificate Program?
Thank you.</p>
<p>...no, lol. It's very very very competitive.</p>
<p>Am a NW freshman wannabe next fall... I'd like insights into applying for the NU loan to meet the costs of attending. I wont have problems getting a US co-signor, just concerned if I can actually pull it off. Truth be told, I have no hopes of convincing anybody at the embassy that am able to pay my way through college. International students attending who have walked down this road, please step forward. Am sweating for your opinions and guidelines.</p>
<p>This is a pretty general question, but how competitive/cutthroat is the journalism school? I heard that NU students are pretty laid back, but in terms of Medill is it any different?</p>
<p>First of all, Medill is made up of all kinds. While one thinks of intense future Woodward and Bernstein types dominating, there are also plenty of future fiction writers, Vanity Fair publishers, ESPN broadcasters, and music critics in the mix. Theres an enormous amount of space for all these different interests among an endless array of on-campus print, on-line and broadcast venues and via countless Chicago internship and paid work opportunities. People are as individually intense as they choose to be but competition within the class is a non-issue. Theres plenty of room for all. </p>
<p>Remember too that the intensity Medill tends to attract is of the idealistic, save-the-world variety (future hedge fund managers need not apply). For example, the Innocence Project founded about a decade ago by Prof David Protess was an outgrowth of work he did with students trying to overturn suspected miscarriages of justice. 5 death row inmates and countless other prisoners have been freed because of new information brought to light by work done in his classes. The governor of Illinois' moratorium on the state's death penalty in 2000 was a direct outgrowth of the revelatory nature of this work. Medill students remain deeply involved with the Project, either via Prof Protess' Investigative Journalism course, independent study, or on their own free time.</p>
<p>Could anyone offer their experience about studying Computer Science at NW?</p>
<p>What are the main differences between Shepard and Williard?</p>