Ask me questions about Northwestern!

<p>Actually, I know a ton of people who overload classes regularly.</p>

<p>You are charged for overloading if you use it to graduate early, just a warning. It's a few thousand per extra credit. </p>

<p>Also, depending on what school you are in, you often need signed permission to overload, but this isn't a problem. What DOES suck is you can't register for the overload until the first week of classes (you can only have 4 classes during normal registration time, to prevent people from taking up spots in classes they don't really want). So it might be hard to get into some classes... you will spend a lot of time begging for permission numbers to be let in to classes you want/need.</p>

<p>BUT anyway, hopefully since you already have a full 2 years, you will have enough credits that you won't need to overload every quarter. It does make things a bit intense, but once or twice isn't so bad.</p>

<p>arbiter213,
When I was there, many people did what I did--overloaded just once or twice but not most of their time at NU. But maybe things have changed. I can imagine more people are doing that more often just to fulfill the pre-reqs for Kellogg cert.</p>

<p>^That said, one of my friends overloaded every quarter and took not 5 but 6 courses sometime. In 4 years, she got econ and EE majors, CO-OP certificate (6 quarters of co-op), and undergrad leadership program certificate. She did all that even she lost some time as she started out as a ISP major not econ+EE. She also worked part-time at NU computer lab!!!</p>

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2) I know there is a difference between having a Double Major and Dual Degree (5 years). Do most students choose the latter if deciding between the two. And if so, is it because once you graduate, employers don't give much credit to NU Double Major program if you had the Dual Degree option available?

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<p>Others will be better suited to answer the first part of the question, but there is no employer who is going to know the ins and outs of NU enough to even be aware that a dual degree option exists (and therefore ding you for "only" having a double major). Relax!! Even a single major from NU is just fine!</p>

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3) If it's not too much trouble, can someone give the stereotypes/classifications of each sorority? Or at least the most prominent ones on campus? *note: readers do not get offended--stereotypes are a reflections of someone's OPINION not the actual truth.

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<p>IMO, you are much better going through rush and just judging the different houses on how they treat you, instead of filling your head with preconceived notions that this house is a certain way and that house is another way.</p>

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4) Overall, what's the fashion like? At the school where I came from (UC school), EVERYONE wore a college sweatshirt, sweats, and jeans. My friend at GWU tells me that most people dress up to class (trendy, high fashion) and designer labels are prominent. (sorry for the superficial question, I would just like to know what type of clothes I should be bringing)

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<p>Whatever you like. There are more than enough engineering majors who have no fashion sense beyond what's reasonably clean, and more than enough theater majors who have fabulous fashion sense. It's like any other normal college campus. </p>

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5) lastly, if I'm a Communications major, where will most of my classes be? South or North side of campus? And what about Art History classes also--south or north?

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<p>Comm and art history classes will most likely be on the south side of campus. But the walk is no big deal, really ... it gets very exaggerated on CC, as if they are two separate campuses. It's all contiguous and you'll likely wind up being up north several times during the week anyway, to visit friends, to be in larger lecture classes that meet in Tech, etc.</p>

<p>Well arbiter, you said:

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You'll see a lot of abercrombie, polos, and Threadless/ printed tshirts.

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<p>How could you "see" Abercrombie unless it's advertised? Their style is not that unusual and could be mistaken for another brand easily.</p>

<p>Pizzagirl, when did you graduate from Northwestern?</p>

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How could you "see" Abercrombie unless it's advertised? Their style is not that unusual and could be mistaken for another brand easily

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<p>Maybe I don't understand your question but A&F do advertise their products by showing the logo, "ABERCROMBIE", "AF"...etc on their clothes. You can tell easily.</p>

<p>Years ago. :-) I have two high schoolers and am frequently on the campus for a variety of work-related reasons. Why do you ask?</p>

<p>Same way I can see Izod, Polo, and Lacoste?
<a href="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/c8/100px-Abercrombie_moose.PNG%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/c8/100px-Abercrombie_moose.PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>any input on the pre-wildcat welcome programs? I know I've posted this twice, but I'm kinda impatient and I need to pay if I'm going to participate! Any advice would be welcome :)</p>

<p>b179--If you want to participate-then you most likely will get something out of it. My DD wanted to be home just a little longer to hang out with her friends. The Wildcat welcome kept her pleny busy-and gave her lots of chances to meet new people.</p>

<p>to clarify what's going on with the Transfer House--it is becoming the Green House for next year, so it will be open to all years' students, be they transfers or not. The green house is a new initiative, and probably will not remain in the Transfer House, so T-house may very well be back come 09-10. Also, since the transfer house is only open for transfer students, transfers cannot stay there for a second year, so many end up living elsewhere on campus anyway.</p>

<p>I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if the former T-house was re-purposed back into being a fraternity. There is more than one house looking for new accommodations. Warranted, T-house is probably too high a capacity to allow that.</p>

<p>Possible, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. Northwestern's not exactly excited about giving more fraternities charters--NU tends to be moving towards "exclusive use" agreements, which have to be renewed each year. Plus, as for new fraternities on campus, NU makes them jump through so many hoops and wraps them in enough red tape that it discourages most from even attempting it.</p>

<p>I didn't say a new fraternity- I said a current one looking for a better space, allowing their old space to be repurposed (or torn down). The row with the derelict pike house is a really poor use of real-estate that I'm sure they'd love to be able to tear down, but ZBT, Theta Chi, (Pike), AEPi, and Chi Phi would all need new places. And they give renewable leases, but they're just of much more limited term (no more 100 year leases like SAE).</p>

<p>wow, great, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELPFUL ANSWERS! I sincerely appreciate it everyone! :)</p>

<p>The page where the assigned seminar name is displayed says we need to actually register for it. Could anyone please tell me when exactly do we do it?
Does it happen only after we reach NU in September??
Also what documents are required for actual matriculation at NU?</p>

<p>Thanks guys!!</p>

<p>You register for classes during New Student Week in September. No worries :)</p>

<p>how hard is it to get into the medill school of journalism? (undergrad of course). i just recently became interested in journalism so i don't have any experience...will this work against me? i have A grades, took AP Eng Lang and i'm taking AP Lit next year, and i'm business manager of the school newspaper (i know..i'm not an editor). </p>

<p>what AP classes or exams should i take to take care of some of the requirements? is medill a good school (do students like it?), and how are the study abroad programs? thanks!!</p>