<p>“want to” is mitigated by “is where firms recruit from”. For sure east coast firms want NU grads, but it feeds primarily to midwestern markets. NY IS much bigger though.</p>
<p>Michigan actually tends to feed to NYC more than Chicago, from what I know.</p>
<p>Poor sports teams</p>
<p>Actually, as members of the big ten, our teams have quite a bit of money. Now if you meant that the teams perform poorly on the field, sure, we could go there. No denying that. But at least NU competes at the highest level, unlike, say, Tufts and Emory.</p>
<p>Wow, so NU is better than Williams because its sport teams compete at high levels? I miss your logic. NU is a great school but I don’t understand the logic. Also, have you seen the quality of schools in the NESCAC?</p>
<p>NU’s athletes are better than Williams’, yes. You’re conflating athletics with academics, which is a bit confusing.</p>
<p>"But at least NU competes at the highest level, unlike, say, Tufts and Emory. "</p>
<p>is a personal attack…and has nothing to do with the quality of the institutions as a whole, which was my point…</p>
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<p>You started with “poor sports teams.” I compared NU’s division 1 sports to Tuft’s and Emory’s DIII sports. That’s not a “personal” attack in any way. I mean literally, NU sports compete at the highest level- NCAA Division 1. Tufts and Emory do not. I don’t understand where the confusion came from.</p>
<p>a bit patronizing…</p>
<p>^you asked for it and it’s easy to do since your dream school got vastly inferior teams in all sports. a lesson for you: don’t try to pick on the bigger boys; you will pay.</p>
<p>The worst of the Big Ten (not NU anyway) can probably easily destroy any Div-III champ. Look at the swimming, the times are not even close! Some female swimmers in Div-1 can compete pretty well on Div-3 MEN’s teams. 
Even in basketball, our two losses to ranked Michigan were both in OT. We also beat Michigan State, a team that’s projected to be a #1 seed. Our “poor” basketball team would destroy anybody in Div-III; teams like Tufts would be lucky to score over 20 points on us.</p>
<p>NU is a real power house…starting with their purple colors. I don’t go to Tufts and never been to a Tufts sporting even so I can’t comment on its sports. I do know from personal experience though that NU does lower its standards more than Tufts when it comes to admission of athletes. This must be the influence of the Big Ten conference. The NESCAC has very strict athletic guidelines and policies. Just look at the mission statement from the conference. On the other hand, the Big Ten is filled with atrocities and blatant non-ethical behavior when it comes to athletics…Gary Barnett, the coach of one of NU’s best football teams, has been thrown into oblivion due to his repeated unethical behavior. Pat Fitzgerald is doing a good job though…I did grow up in Evanston and used to play touch football in the old Dike (sp?) stadium. Stanford is able to perform well, why can’t NU? Hopefully, NU’s basketball team may make its FIRST NCAA tournament this year. I have been to a BC hockey game. BC hockey dominates. I believe they have been in 5 NCAA championships in the last 10 years. I, like most of the country, don’t watch women’s sports, especially women’s swimming, so I don’t and cannot comment on them. I will watch the women’s world cup though. Oh, I checked my high school Naviance and people applying to Tufts from the high school had a slightly higher average SAT than NU since you continue to bash Tufts…</p>
<p>And back to my original premises…NU is not an IVY…all of your responses show how desperately you want it to be. That’s why you like throwing barbs at me when I express my opinion.</p>
<p>my 2 cents… Journalism, Economics and Engineering.</p>
<p>classclown- I attend an Ivy now. I’m quite pleased NU is not one.</p>
<p>Since I should actually contribute:</p>
<p>NU is known for Journalism, Economics, (Business especially, though not undergrad), and communications. The School of Education and Social Policy is also one of the top schools in education. NU excels in many other areas as well, but those are the areas, academically, it is known for.</p>
<p>More broadly, NU is known for being on lake michigan and, yes, for holding several academic records of futility.</p>
<p>Moreover: <a href=“The Colbert Report - TV Series | Comedy Central US”>The Colbert Report - TV Series | Comedy Central US;
<p>I also attend an Ivy now (Harvard) and Northwestern students are really no different from the students here. Also, Ivy or not does not matter since “Ivy,” as the general public understands it, is not even about the 8 Ivy schools but elite colleges in general. For example, people think MIT is Ivy but not Brown.</p>
<p>Sigh. No NU isn’t an Ivy. End of discussion. NU’s still pretty damn good and sure as hell shouldn’t feel deficient to the Ivies as a class. Moving on to more substantial things…</p>
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<p>Most of NU’s sports teams have been ranked or have played in the post season recently - </p>
<p>Men - FB, BB, wrestling, swimming, golf, tennis</p>
<p>Women -lax, softball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, fencing, golf</p>
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<li>so as w/ the rest of your posts, pretty much wrong.</li>
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<p>You forgot the soccer team winning the Big Ten last year and being favorites to repeat in 2012.</p>
<p>Cold winters, warm hearts and the lake shore.</p>
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<p>Big one and totally slipped my mind.</p>
<p>Lenahan has done a fantastic job w/ the men’s soccer program taking the 'Cats to 6 NCAA appearances in 8 yrs after he took over a program that went winless in 2000.</p>