<p>Hopefully I can help out since I’m from the Milwaukee area in Wisconsin. Northwestern was my dream school and UChicago was my second choice. Northwestern offers free transportation to home sporting events and free admission to them. They really just want you to interact. I felt like Northwestern had a really involved student body and despite being ranked lower than UChicago, Northwestern has more prestige in the Midwest. They both have great campuses, however, Chicago’s is more scenic.</p>
<p>Anyway, I didn’t get accepted to either school, so I will be attending USC next year. I’m extremely excited to finally have some nice weather. You may be overlooking the terrible weather we have in the winter up north. It pretty much hinders any outdoor activities. I visited USC after all my other visits and I was pleasantly surprised. USC has a nicer campus than any other college I visited. Its surroundings aren’t equally desirable, but I can get over that. Personally, I would only choose Northwestern and Chicago over USC because they are only two hours from home. It seems like I’ll have the best experience at USC. I do think USC will give you need based and merit based financial aid. My friend from Texas got $20,000 in need based aid even though his dad makes over 100k a year. USC also has more international students than any other school in the country, which I think is pretty neat. I lived in Germany for three years myself.</p>
<p>Drinking is pretty heavy in the Midwest, but faith is a lot more prominent. I think all of those school are great choices. Sorry I’m such a disorganized writer.</p>
<p>And it is hard to get accepted to any of those schools. I have a 3.7 GPA, 34 ACT, and 6 AP classes (4 pending and 2 5’s) and got rejected from NU, Chicago, and Middlebury.</p>