<p>Northwestern is one of the colleges that interests me greatly in the future.</p>
<p>Chicago is fairly close. How often do you guys go into the city and how is it?</p>
<p>How is the campus? How is the library? Is the campus nice looking?/gorgeous?
How are the dorms?
Say, if you just want to get a bite to eat are there restaurants nearby the campus at late hours?</p>
<p>Thanks for all your replies!</p>
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<li><p>I was going 3-4 times a week right before school started. Now I tend to go maybe once every 2 weeks or so, but I’m a PhD student and my typical schedule is a lot more constraining than an undergrad’s. Chicago is great. I’m a big foodie and wine lover, so having one of the three great epicurean cities at your doorstep is a nice luxury.</p></li>
<li><p>The campus is beautiful. Period. Dorms? No clue – did my undergrad in California.</p></li>
<li><p>Most of the restaurants nearby close between 8p-10p. There are some places I go to that are open pretty late (The Cellar until midnight; BAT 17 until 2am; and Chicken Shack until 1am). Burger King is also open 24 hours nearby if that’s your thing.</p></li>
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<p>D is a freshman NU Theatre major and several of her class assignments involve going in to Chicago to see shows, so she’s gone several times in her first month.</p>
<p>I don’t know about late night restaurants, but I know her new A Cappella group kidnapped their new recruits and took them to Steak n Shake in the middle of the night, so they must be open quite late. ;-D</p>
<p>The campus is gorgeous – I know it just made Bing Travel’s list of the nations 14 most scenic campuses (listed in no order). D’s dorm is RIGHT on a perfect white sand beach (sometimes the sand is white and sometimes the snow is?).</p>