<p>Just a quick question that popped into my head...</p>
<p>I'm going to major in Computer Engineering at some school come next year, and I've been looking at Northwestern as one of my choices. Considering that this school is a Big Ten university (and sports and I don't mix well), are there many kids here who ignore the sports? Also, is the engineering population here "nerdy" like kids at other top engineering schools? Thanks a bunch.</p>
<p>I'd say NU's engineers appear not as nerdy/geeky. I can't tell you exactly why but I can point out couple things that may shed some light to this. First of all, when one speaks of "geeks and nerds" in engineering, the first two fields that come into people's mind are computer and electrical engineering. However, in terms of departmental rankings, they lag behind most other departments at NU. Pretty much all departments at NU are ranked in the top-15 except computer/electrical (still decent just aren't top-15). At NU, one of the biggest and highest ranked engineering departments is industrial engineering/management sciences. NU seems to have a lot of engineering majors who like flirting with business/mangement fields.</p>
<p>if your at NU, you should double major in engineering / business kinda like people do at U. Penn. That would make a powerful combination.</p>
<p>I've actually been entertaining that thought for a while because I'm still not positive that I'd like engineering. It'd be nice to attend a school like Northwestern where one can have many options in the ways of majors. A double major like that would require lots of work, wouldn't it?</p>
<p>i'm not an engineer major, but i've heard that many engineer majors spend all their time in the tech building.</p>
<p>wingardiumLeviosa, no business major at NU. There is a business institutions minor though.</p>