<p>Willard, Hinman, South-Mid Quads, Chapin for starters.</p>
<p>shepard can be... kinda. </p>
<p>CCI irsc slivka maybe? someone back me up on these?</p>
<p>I vote ISRC. The people I met from willard don't fit this description at all. SMQ people mostly seem to have ended up there not on purpose, so that wouldn't be good. Chapin is a maybe, but they are oriented towards the humanities. I think you'll get a lot of self labeled "science haters there"</p>
<p>CCI or Slivka could be good if you really like science? </p>
<p>I would also check out sargent. I've randomly ended up there some nights and I've had some really interesting conversations. They also do cool things like chuck rockets off the roof.</p>
<p>Sargent smells terrible. Just throwing that out there.</p>
<p>What is Bobb-McCulloch like these days? Both physically, and the type of person it attracts?</p>
<p>physically: think garbage cans chained to the walls and a flooded bathroom because a drunken idiot stoppered a sink and left the water running (true story!). </p>
<p>type of person: all sorts of people! Generally social and likes to have fun. Most end up joining the Greek system.</p>
<p>haha a flooded bathroom is probably one of the more tame incidents that happened this past year. definitely not in great physical shape, but the atmosphere more than makes up for it.</p>
<p>listen people, NU has about 8,000 undergraduates. of course you're going to find a range of people. there are plently of niches around campus, you'll find your place. just get involved with what you want to get involved with. you're the one who makes your college experience what it is, the school just offers it to you and you have to take the initiative. so you might be a science person who ends up in some dorm down south, surronded by english and theater students. personally, i like different types of people, so that appeals to me, but if that's not you're thing, then join a club or friend people in your science classes. you can't sit around and expect the university's atmosphere to conform to you.</p>
<p>if there's two things i wish i could get across to people it's 1) the range of students at NU is huge, you can't narrow it down to one stereotype, or even one "dominating" scene, and 2) the greek system is different, and not exclusionary like at state schools, so really don't take that into consideration, just do what you want to do and you'll be happy.</p>
<p>partyyyyy hardyyyyyyyyyy</p>
<p>Hahaha people leave handles of alcohol on their tables and their door open to everyone to see and no one cares. Also, you can tell the weekend is here when you smell the alcohol</p>
<p>haha that depends on your CA. some could care less, but mine was pretty strict.</p>
<p>I'm glad you said that about the Greek system, juliusmonky. It's weird to me how people don't seem to understand that if you want to be Greek, great, enjoy, and if you don't, no one particularly cares and no one's going to judge you one way or the other. It's not as though if you go Greek you can never, ever talk to someone not in your frat / sorority again or anything. Maybe it's different at other schools and that's where the notion comes from? Does anyone have a point of reference from another school (not NU)?</p>
<p>At Cornell, frats/sororities are a Big Deal. Part of that is because all of the freshmen live on North Campus first year, and are either sent to West Campus (DOWN) thereafter or find off-campus housing. Fraternities and sororities provide a social network as well as housing, so there's a bigger push to consider them.</p>
<p>I don't think the social scene is that divided fraternity/non-fraternity wise, but I don't really know. I think Princeton (eating clubs) and maybe some state schools are cliquey by fraternity/have an overbearing scene.</p>
<p>One of my best friends is greek at U of I and it's different there. Not only is rush much more intense, but I think there's a general attitude towards sticking with your own sorority and a few chosen frats in terms of social interaction. I think I've actually met more people outside of my sorority since rush, because of delayed rush you also meet girls who are friends with the girls in your sorority, and same with guy friends in other frats. I know at U of I the first thing a guy says to you at a bar is, "Are you in a house?" People definitely ask that question at NU, but I don't think they use it to judge as much, nor is that the first thing you say to people. Mostly it's just a point of reference in terms of mutual friends you might have. I give tours for NU so I deal with this question everyday and the thing I emphasize is my two best friends at school aren't involved in greek life at all.</p>