<p>What can you say about its facilities?</p>
<ol>
<li><p>labs</p></li>
<li><p>class rooms</p></li>
<li><p>libraries</p></li>
<li><p>computer rooms</p></li>
<li><p>dorms</p></li>
<li><p>campus environment/landscape</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Obviously I’m an alum so I won’t say much about current campus conditions:</p>
<p>I like the fact that Northwestern have six unique undergraduate colleges: Music, Journalism, Engineering, Education, Communication, and College of Arts and Sciences. It is very easy to “tailor” (double major; major and minor; even triple major!) your own educational program at the university. Some of the more preprofessional schools integrate theory and practice, therefore students do engage in credit-based internships and service-learning opportunities.</p>
<p>The introductory classes in popular majors (e.g., sociology, economics) will always be large (over 100 students). Once you get into upper-level courses, the class sizes are usually capped at 40 people. I had classes where there were only 7 people! The university offers a lot of “adjunct” interdisciplinary programs that can be added to another major.</p>
<p>I was able to find everything I needed at the Main Library. You either love/hate the building design (70s modern architecture phase). It has some well-known collections (African Studies Library, Transportation Library). The Science and Engineering Library are located near Tech. However, I wouldn’t compare the NU Library to much bigger systems like Michigan and Harvard. </p>
<p>I believe there are final plans (Sam Lee or someone posted the link on this forum) to redesign the campus with better features. The view of Lake Michigan is definitely a plus factor. I felt safe there even at night although one must use common sense.</p>