<p>NYerr,</p>
<p>What about recent years? Evanston has seen a development boom during the last 15 years. </p>
<p>They do have pregame parties at NU, though they are admittedly not as big as Michigan’s.</p>
<p>While courses may go faster in quarter system, you have less courses to worry about at the same time. Also, the premed courses – orgo, bio, chemistry, and physics are all taught at the same pace as those in semester school–(3 quarters vs 2 semesters). Premed is not easy at NU (like most other places), but the difficulty has very little to do with the quarter system.</p>