<p>*It is easy to get involved with music when not a music major?
2. How easy is it to take electives? *</p>
<p>Not difficult at all.</p>
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3. How would you describe the typical student? I myself am from a very diverse school where everyone has a group but is totally friendly towards everyone. Is it like that or more cliqueish at NU? and does everyone really wear brand names? *</p>
<p>Unfortunately, name brands do rule to a certain extent because of the Greek presence but everyone will not care if you don't wear them. I don't wear the name brands and it has not affected my social life.</p>
<p>* 4. I am glad you can avoid parties since i'm not the partying type really. I am actually hoping to take in some of the cultural stuff of Chicago if I go there, but are you too busy to do this? Also, is it easy to get involved with school activities? *</p>
<p>Yes, it's easy to get involved with school activities. There is an organization for everyone on campus.</p>
<p>*5. What's the biggest difference for you between college and high school? *</p>
<p>More personal responsibility for your actions. You won't have your parents to take care of everything like they did in high school. In college, you will actually GROW UP. Yes, you will hit some obstacles, but it's part of becoming an adult. You will have to make the decisions.</p>
<p>Orrington is expensive, but we are going to avoid a car rental expense by staying there. It is right across from the School of Music admin building, I was told (is this right, tenisghs?). </p>
<p>Yes, operamom, Orrington is expensive ($159/night!). It is right across from the School of Music building and South Campus. You are walking distance from all the School of Music facilities.</p>
<p>Actually, with AAA, it is a lot less expensive--we're paying $119--not that this is cheap. Are we also walking distance from Arts & Sciences? I was planning not to have a car.</p>
<p>When my parents visited "in the old days" the Best Western only cost <$90. Operamom, while it's not far to undergraduate students who must walk around campus, the average adult over 40 would find the distance from Lake to Sheridan quite a walk. I would advise a car in Evanston.</p>
<p>I had no idea that the average person over 40 was supposed to be so incapacitated! tenisghs, dear, who have you been hanging out with?</p>
<p>Operamom, I'm well over 40, and made a visit to NU a few weeks ago. I walked all around with my mother, who is in her 70's, and we both did just fine. (And it was still COLD!) </p>
<p>The Orrington is quite close to anywhere you'll want to be. You might want to take the shuttle if you're going to north campus, but shouldn't have any trouble getting around without a car.</p>
<p>tenisghs - I didn't see your retraction when I posted. I'm sorry to fly off the handle like that. Anyway, just keep walking! Don't ever stop, and when you're in your 70's, you too will be able to walk circles around the "young" people.</p>
<p>Also it should be mentioned that there really isn't much for parking around campus. If you do arrive with a car, you'll end up parking it in the parking garage, and walking everywhere anyway.</p>
<p>Well, I didn't necessarily choose to pay that much. I would pay $159 if I could, but stuff is expensive downtown. Another example: $40 for 8 hours of valet parking! Ouch. Not to mention the parking attendant was some other nationality, and I literally could not understand a word he said.</p>
<p>Why did you stay downtown, Uc_benz? Just like I tell parents, there are plenty of public transpotation options where you can get downtown without footing an expensive bill. When my parents came last year to visit, we took public transportation (the El train) to get to Michigan Ave. from Evanston. We didn't shop much, but if we did, we would have taken a cab back.</p>
<p>Well last time I looked at Northwestern exclusively I stayed at the Best Western and that was fairly cheap. But when I stayed in downtown Chicago (right across from UChicago Gleicher & Chicago Sun-Times) I was doing a few different things besides visiting Northwestern such as shopping on Michigan Ave. I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone stay downtown just for the simple fact that it takes a while to get up to the Northwestern campus by car.</p>
<p>I love this thread! Thank you for the vote of confidence that I can walk the NU campus! I actually did pretty well at UCLA as well as everywhere in Boston where we did not have a car. Anyway, we leave tomorrow to visit Oberlin and NU. S can't wait!</p>
<p>u're doin one heck of a job here...
i got accepted to the mccormick school of engineering for biomedical engineering so i was wondering if i can major biomed and minor in econ in the college of arts and science? thanks so much!</p>
<p>Yes, Sang you can. You can minor in anything on campus (if there is a minor available in the department.) If you are also interested in the 5-years CAS/McCormic double-degree program, (once you arrive at Northwestern and find that you want to also double-major in Econ) contact the McCormick people about the arrangement.</p>
<p>hi,
I am a graduate student from india plannign to joing nw this fall. I have an assistantship of 1700$ per month apart from tuition fee waiver. do you think this is a reasonable stipend ? how much will be spent in housing,food etc ?</p>