<p>i was 99% northwestern earlier today, but then i thought about the traditions that my other option, lehigh, has. any comments? what's fun at NU? is it a close community?</p>
<p>In D’s experience, NU is an EXTREMELY close community with a huge number of traditions, both new and old. Some that D has loved so far include the March Through the Arch (new tradition) on the first day of school, the Dance Marathon (she danced for 30 hours with thousands of her new closest friends and raised over $1M for charities), guarding and painting The Rock (sounded silly to me but kids camp out to “claim” it and paint it for every imaginable cause and it is a blast), the Dolphin and WA-Muu shows, Dillo Day… I could go on and on but NU has many awesome traditions dating back to the 1800s.</p>
<p>Not to mention the division 1 sports culture.</p>