What do you call Northwestern students?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Dartmouth->Dartmouthian
Yale->Yalie
Emory->Emorite </p>

<p>Northwestern-> Northwesterners??
Do they ever use this term?</p>

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<p>Your sample examples are interesting but at Penn you don't call students by the school name but by the mascot.....Quaker. Same at Ohio=Buckeyes, Purdue=Boilermakers,Stanford=Trojans. UWisMad=Badgers...it is quite variable on this. I have only heard Northwester folks referred to as Wildcats.</p>

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<p>I've heard Northwesterners too. (And I've heard Willardites for those who live in Willard.)</p>

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<p>Oooh, I see. I was wondering if there were a widely used term that I could incorporate into my essay. "Wildcats I've met.." sounds kinda silly, haha. Maybe I should just say Northwestern students.</p>

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<p>hazmat, quick correction: Stanford: Cardinal (color, not bird), USC goes by Trojans</p>

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<p>I think we're usually just called "nerds."</p>