Northwestern's Social scene compared to that of other top schools

<p>How does NU compare to Penn, Columbia, and Yale socially? I visited recently, and the student body seemed very, very artsy. Is it considerably more so than other schools?</p>

<p>Also, the school seemed sort of lacking in diversity(Especially in the pre-frosh group). Is it? Are there many Indian students? African-American?</p>

<p>I really liked Penn socially(May have had something to do with knowing a lot of people there)...Is NU anything like Penn? Similar number of Indian students?</p>

<p>I don't really know how 'frat' I am...Is Greek life essential at NU? This may seem repetitive, but how does the reliance on Greek life compare to that of Penn, Columbia, and other top-10 schools?</p>

<p>Sorry, these questions may seem sort of dumb, but I would really appreciate some help.</p>

<p>Sorry I don't know any specific stats to answer your questions, but on my trip it seemed pretty diverse. My first night I stayed will a girl form Croatia, which I thought was really cool since I've never met anyone from there (great music). From what she told me there is quite a bit of diversity on campus. Also, regarding Greek life, everything I've heard is that whether you want to be involved in it or not, you'll still have a great college experience. Most of the people I spent time with were not involved in the Greek system. Hope this helps a little.</p>

<p>Northwestern is awesome. I came up to visit with my brother there after I was admitted and he took me to 3 different parties the first night, and the second night i got to see Russell Peters perform and went to the afterparty. And since i myself am indian i was introduced to the massive indian population there so dont think its full of simply white artsy snobs. there are plenty of science-hungry FOBs</p>

<p>Russell Peters was at NU!?!??! That's so awesomee!!!!</p>

<p>for stats o NU go to Collegeboard.com, then collegefinder</p>

<p>Thanks...this helps. Any other info would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Dangerously, are you going to be a freshman?</p>

<p>there is an incredibly huge amount of indians.. i think the majority of the 15% of asians there are indians.</p>