<p>Okay, I was just wondering, as were my friends and I. How would you describe people at Northwester? I mean, are they nice, mean, funny, weird? What? Give me your best description. Please of course.</p>
<p>The school is so large with such a varied type of kid, this cannot be answered. Theater kids are different from Engineering kids who are different from Music kids who are different from History kids, etc. etc. etc. They are all bright and enthusiastic and generally enjoy at least some college sports and do all get along and enjoy each other but the school is way too diverse to answer your question.</p>
<p>I have to agree and disagree with amtc. I’ve heard NU has a very diverse set of students, but I don’t think it’s because it’s large; in fact, NU isn’t large to me at all. 8000 is a lot smaller than plenty of other schools, so I don’t get the argument that NU is large. I think that there are a lot of different people because NU is such an eclectic school. Big 10, top notch academics, great theater, journalism, etc.</p>
<p>But overall, from what I’ve heard, NU students are accepting, obviously gifted, caring, and always a bit weird.</p>
<p>Maybe you are joking, but I disagree that NU students are “always a bit weird”. </p>
<p>I agree with amtc that the student population “type” is really varied. I think one word that would describe a significant portion of the students is “busy”. It seems like every student I met was double majoring, involved in multiple activities and holding down a part-time job to boot.</p>
<p>I mean, I haven’t been there yet, but I’ve heard everyone’s pretty quirky at NU. Tons of theater, journalism, etc. people around, so I guess I meant quirky, not weird.</p>
<p>And the reason there are a lot of double majors is the quarter system. The one bonus of it is you get 8 extra classes on average.</p>
<p>Quirky, weird, whatever! In every visit of mine, I find them to be very colorful ;-)</p>
<p>I think jrpar is spot on. They are SO busy all the time. When I was in college, I didn’t do a quarter of the extra-curriculars that my daughter is involved with.</p>