<p>Bythe, I recommend that you take as many AP/honors classes that your school offers. Northwestern will not penalize you if your school does not offer any APs or very few to begin with; however, if you school offers 10+ AP courses and you only happen to take one of them, then Northwestern will not look at your application favorably since they already have your school profile and know you could have taken a more rigorous schedule.</p>
<p>what do they think of self-studying APs?</p>
<p>Lets say I self study 2 APs that my school doesnt offer my junior year and then take 3 of the 7 APs my school offers senior year? </p>
<p>Would that be avg or below or what?</p>
<p>As people have stated, there is less than one week away from New Student Week 2005. I hope everyone has a good time, and the returning sophomores will be happy to answer questions that you may have. As for me, I will be a returning junior and will need to create a new thread soon as this one is getting quite big. =)</p>
<p>It looks like I will be hitting retirement. There have been few responses on this thread. Since I'm a junior now, I will be posting less and less and let the new freshmen and sophomores take up questions from prospies. Good luck to everyone during Fall Quarter!</p>
<p>I searched the thread (I tried reading the first few pages but...23 pages is quite a lot to read...)
I wanted to know if the law or government or political science or international relations areas were strong at NU. I am interested in double majoring in international relations and music or government and music. I know that some colleges don't have government and have political science instead etc... so I already read that the music programs were underfunded...
I know NU is a great school and every dep't is probably amazing, but would you rate int'l rel relative to all the other areas?</p>
<p>International Studies: <a href="http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/internationalstudies/%5B/url%5D">http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/internationalstudies/</a></p>
<p>Political Science:
<a href="http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/polisci/%5B/url%5D">http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/polisci/</a></p>
<p>Northwestern's political science department is mediocre at best. It's a top-30 graduate department. The International Studies adjunct major is very popular (you need to major in something else in order to major in International Studies, so music and international studies can work). I would check those links out.</p>
<p>Thanks! I tried researching and I suppose when I didn't hear anything especially good about the the political science dep't I should have inferred it wasn't the greatest...
Thanks again, it helps to have a different an insider's perspective, too!</p>
<p>is Urban Studies major strong at NU???</p>
<p>(Wow, this is quite an informative post.)</p>
<p>Basically, I'm just curious as to your perspective on value. I vistited NU, and liked it, but is it different enough from, say, UW-Madison (in-state) to warrant the ~30K tuition difference? Is the education substantially better? Grad school/employment oppertunities later on? How much emphasis does NU really place on undergrads?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>freakish and pinkearmuf,</p>
<p>Top 10 means top 10 nationally. Other good programs I've heard (my best friend is a film professor) are USC and NYU. Wesleyan (LAC) is supposed to have a good one too. UCLA is known to have a good one but my friend doesn't think too highly of it for some reason. </p>
<p>I live in LA and the NU alum meetings are full of those of the communication school. They sent us email to try to get more people from other schools to attend because it's too lopsided. LOL! NU alums seem to be well-represented in the film/entertainment industry.</p>
<p>LOL @ Sam Lee! I bet you that if you go to places such as New York, Chicago and Philly, the NU alum meetings might be too lopsided with business/econ/finance backgrounds. :)</p>
<p>Just ocassionally visiting: anyone have questions about life at NU?</p>
<p>I have a question! Can you write for the newspaper if you arn't a journalism major? I am scared to commit to journalism and apply to that school because I am not positive that I want to go into journalism...any suggestions?</p>
<p>Yes, you can write for the newspaper and not be a Medill major.</p>
<p>Do the frats and sororities dominate the social life on campus? If you know you are not interested in greek life at all, would Northwestern be a bad college choice socially?</p>
<p>helpingmom, We were a bit concerned about the Greek life at Northwestern, but our freshman daughter assures us that the frats and sororities are not overly intrusive and that they add another dimension to her college experience. She has also mentioned that the frats are not the stereotypical frats that exist at other universities. Our daughter continues to be extremely pleased with the variety of social activities, so I wouldnt let the fact that there is a Greek scene at Northwestern deter your child from considering NU as a possible choice. If you take a look at the Here and Now section of the Northwestern website, youll discover that there is a wealth of other social activities every day on campus. The residential dorms also schedule regular activities were finding that our daughter has so much to do that she rarely has time to call!</p>
<p>How good is mathematics? and are the class sizes small...professor interaction is key for me. Also, how rig is the math curriculum...do you know any students?
Thanks</p>
<p>I don't know much about and math department but I think it's okay since it's ranked 21st. There's also applied math dept in the engineering school and it's ranked 14th. There are MENU (mathematical experience for northwestern undergrads) and MMSS (mathematical method for social science) programs for those that are strong and interested in math but want to major something else like econ.</p>
<p>I know someone who loved northwestern until she visited because she said it was really much too urban and practically in chicago. i want to be in a city but kind of separated from it on campus. how would you say northwestern is in that respect? also, is chicago a hard city to navigate and a bit overwhelming?</p>
<p>Estar, Evanston is a very urbanized suburb. It has its own public transit, high-rise condos, some skyscrapers and pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and street shops. You are only a train ride away from Chicago (the Loop). Evanston is a mixture of suburban and urban elements. You have the suburban safety but also urban amenities. I'm from a major city, so I knew I had to attend college in an atmosphere where I can leave the campus and still have a good time without the need (necessity) for a car.</p>