<p>Northwestern has been sending me a lot of information, and it has me wondering about this school (edu. and SP). </p>
<p>Is it good? Is it really useful in many graduate schools, like business, for example?</p>
<p>What is it truly about? I have a difficult time getting a clearcut answer from the website and brochures. </p>
<p>Is it more difficult, or easier to get into than most other schools at NU (330 students, 23 faculty)?</p>
<p>just some very basic questions, any answers will be greatly appreciated :D</p>
<p>Here is all I know about it. I was accepted to WCAS but I want to transfer into SESP so I can dual major. They have a cool program called Learning and Organizational Change (LOC) that a current student pitched to me, that sounds very cool. It is sort of business related and talks about how organizations react to changing environments and whatnot. Apparently LOC-Economics is a popular combination and it sounds to me like as close to a business major as I'm going to get. My degree will then be from SESP but I will take classes from both schools.</p>
<p>I know it is not as hard to get into as Medill. On my tour, they told me they have a very small undergraduate population. They said something like less than 100 students apply to it, but by the middle of the year they have over 100 due to people transferring into it, so they always expect a heavy transfer population. It does sound good to me, so maybe you should consider it. I think the small group is due more to less people wanting it than it being more competitive, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Yeah, less people wanting it is the impression I got.</p>
<p>I really want to attend the school because it seems less competitive, and I'm interested in a dual major of some type.</p>
<p>Some type of Business or Economics classes mixed in with Organizational studies, leadership etc (the Edu & SP dept.).</p>
<p>I'm glad it's not as competitive admissions wise, or so it seems.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information :D</p>
<p>SESP traditionally has slightly lower average SAT than other schools within NU. I think it'd been a little easier to get in. However, the 2006 US News has ranked it 6th (graduate program), the highest ever. Probably more people would look into it because of the ranking.</p>
<p>Certainly, I don't view it as the golden ticket in, anyways.</p>
<p>My grades aren't perfect however, and even though I'll be top 10% (prob like 8-10% in a large public school of about 500 in my class alone), I have amazing extracurriculars that lend themselves to the same types of courses I'm interested in at SESP. </p>
<p>I'll have like 3,000 hours community service when I graduate, and I'm published like 2x already, and working on a 3rd book.. all books sponsored by library of congress.</p>
<p>I'm hoping my leadership positions in these areas (almost all of the above comes from my one "big" club, Arizona Heritage Project) will prove that I'm serious about what I want to learn, not just about the name/ranking of the school.</p>
<p>Of course, isn't everybody? :P</p>
<p>My tour guide was in SESP. When no one showed interest in the school, she was like, no one wants to be a teacher??</p>
<p>Well it's advertised as mainly an education type thing, for teaching I mean...</p>
<p>but there are some amazing organizational skills I'm sure the program offers for business, that's what I've read atleast.</p>
<p>I'm a third-year SESP student. The name "School of Education and Social Policy" can be misleading because people think it's your traditional school for prospective teachers and educators. And people see a major in education as easy and unchallenging. While the school has a focus on educational policy, it also has an emphasis on human development and organizational behavior. I am a Social Policy major, and most people in my major are not future teachers! We all have interests in government, law and public affairs. LOC majors have interests in business and organizational psychology. Secondary teaching majors want to be teachers and need their certification. HDPS students want to be counselors and psychiatrists. It's a really great school -- small environment, excellent teachers. They WILL CHALLENGE you by incoporating theory and practice outside the classroom. If you want more information about SESP, please send me a private message. Also, check out the websites.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu</a></p>