<p>Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew how extensive the housing application was at Northwestern? I've heard they ask you what time you go to bed, etc., but can anyone give more examples of the types of questions they ask?</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>It may have changed, but when my son filled it out the questionnaire wasn’t all that extensive. Do you go to bed late? Wake up early or late? Study in your room or not?</p>
<p>I think they also ask questions about smoking (e.g., are you a smoker, how opposed are you to living with a smoker). I think they also ask questions about how neat/messy you like to keep your room, and your attitude about sharing your stuff with other people. I can’t remember much else, though. Like jrpar said, I think it was pretty short.</p>
<p>It’s pretty basic, if I recall. My freshman roommate turned out to be a bit of a bust- we had no relationship at all. On the other hand, my I met my best friend through my dorm and we lived together sophomore year and then again our senior year. So don’t expect to live with your best friend- just hope to have someone who will be a tolerable roommate.</p>
<p>I found out we are required to submit an essay for residential colleges. Do you know if the competition for res-colleges is fierce? I do NOT wanna write any more application essays, EVER!! Yet, I wanna get into a res-col. Any tips?</p>
<p>I don’t think that the competition for RCs is very fierce, although it might depend on which RC you want. At some RCs, though, some people get put there who didn’t even put the RC on their top five list.</p>
<p>Not that I’m saying you should blow off the essay. But I think if you put in a minimal amount of effort and explain why you want to live in the RC and what you would bring to the community, I think you have a good chance of being put in the dorm you want.</p>
<p>I have to disagree a bit with siemprecuriosa. I do think that there is major competition to get into some of the Residential Colleges, as in 2-3 times more people applying than there are spaces. I would take the essay seriously and sell yourself. What can you bring to the residential college system? I believe I have heard/read that the master for each college reads the essays.</p>
<p>It will ultimately matter most where else you apply though- I wanted Willard or Shepard, pushed them hard in my essay, and put ISRC last. I was in ISRC.</p>
<p>My friends from HS who were in Willard were insufferable. Don’t be that *******.</p>
<p>Oh Great. Another compelling essay required X(</p>
<p>Regardless of the quality of my essay, do I get into at least one of my five?</p>
<p>Sorry to say, one can’t count on getting into the five they’ve listed. Last year my S listed 5 in the north since most of his classes are in Tech. He ended up in Hinman, the furthest one to the south. There was conjecture that some of this was done “on purpose” to mix things up a bit on campus. I just laughed and said it made sense for the SoCal kid to be closest to the NU beach. This was because a bunch of the admits from SoCal had been attending various beach parties in August and were talking about how they’d show everyone else how a beach party was done.</p>
<p>Once he secured a bicycle his attitude about it changed considerably and now he kind of likes the idea of being closer to the commercial area of Evanston. In reality, there are plenty of STEM majors in the south, and humanities majors in the north.</p>
<p>If you look for some of the post from parents who are NU alumni, you will find that it’s mainly the freshman who think there’s some significance of being on north or south campus, an idea that typically fades by October.</p>