<p>Mesophill, you really don't get it, do you? If you were going to attend junior high or even high school, then it's probably okay to ask how the girls/guys look at the school-- we were all immature once. But by now, we'd think that applying to COLLEGE, and a college like NU, we can at least expect a good degree of maturity among the students, but I guess it goes to show that there's always going to be some shallow and immature idiot asking about how his classmates will look. </p>
<p>Now suppose you were sitting in a large lecture hall during, say, English 101, in NU, are you going to poke your head around and evaluate the physical appearance of the girl/guy sitting next to you? How ridiculous is that, you ask your self.</p>
<p>I also don't understand why you linked us those threads above. Yeah, we know that there's always going to be a few pubescent idiots on every college's forum.</p>
<p>Everyone has his/her own reasons for choosing a college, so you shouldn't shut down people for having different reasons and needs. I don't see why you guys are so sensitive and condescending to a 17-year-old asking about the general attractiveness of the college population. It isn't much different from asking about a school's surrounding city, how liberal/conservative a school is, how social people are, etc. The OP probably doesn't want to go to a school like Notre Dame where only 5% of the student body is Asian- meaning less attractive Asians than say, UCLA.</p>
<p>Well..in my case, i wanna do engineering. but just cause i wanna do engineeirng doesn't mean i wanna do JUST engineering. Shoo~ my sister's friend that went to MIT says the school is good...but bland as hell. Her mom still knits her her clothes. Whereas UCLA: good school, good lookin ppl. Same for Berkeley (not so much tho...) but hey....dass just me. Shallow or not, none of you can't say that the first thing you look at isn't their looks.
"The first thing i look at is their personality."
Bull.shiza.</p>
<p>The above seems to indicate NU has plenty of attractive (appearance-wise) people. ;)</p>
<p>But let me warn you, NU is not known to have great dating scene. Students are often very driven and academics/career planning comes first for most of them.</p>
<p>whoooaaa... why is everyone so mother*<strong><em>ing *</em></strong>ed off at the kid? take it easy everybody... it's just a question</p>
<p>i'm a straight freshman male at NU, and i think there are a lot of beautiful girls here. i'd guess northwestern is pretty much the same as all the other elite private schools. if you're applying to places for the women/men, look at the big southern state schools.</p>
<p>on a more relevant note, the dating scene is more one-night-hookup oriented, but i haven't talked to a friend at another college who has said anything different about his/her school. its college and people wanna bone. also, it's tough when the social scene is based around partying. the girls i have actually dated are people i knew from activities, and the girls i've had brief physical flings with were ones i met at parties earlier in the night.</p>
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Now suppose you were sitting in a large lecture hall during, say, English 101, in NU, are you going to poke your head around and evaluate the physical appearance of the girl/guy sitting next to you?
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Did you mean that to sound inappropriate? Because that's probably exactly what I'd do. I'm going to college, not Victorian England.</p>
<p>just from looking through facebook, yeah there are plently of attractive people. i mean, in a school of 7,000, there have to be. if all else fails, there is that little town nearby called chicago.</p>
<p>i'm just hoping the parties aren't as lame as everyone makes them out to be. i mean, i went to the second largest frat house in the country at OSU last weekend and it was insaaannneee, in a completely awesome way. obviously, nothing on that scope happens at NU, but there has to be a good time somwhere.</p>
<p>It's so funny that this thread got such harsh posts. All the other schools im applying to have similar threads with great responses. Take it easy guys, its a little harmless fun.</p>
<p>agreed. the fact is, college is as much a social learning experience as it is an academic learning experience. personally, I'd be disappointed if NU is filled with people who only care about the latter.</p>
