<p>I was recently accepted, but I've yet to visit or really investigate the school all that much. Anyone want to weigh in on why they chose NU or why they're considering attending there? Thanks!</p>
<p>It's in Chicago, it's next to a lake, and it's in the Top 20 on the USN&WR rankings. That's what sold me. I have yet to visit though.........</p>
<p>You know, I almost didn't apply there. I wanted to get away from Illinois and Chicago and that meant skipping out on NU and UChicago and all of those places.</p>
<p>Then I realized that it would be stupid not to try, so I looked up some info on the school, liked what I saw, and sent in the application. (I acutally submitted my supplement on January 1st) I didn't really think I would get in, but I am so excited now that I have.</p>
<p>I love the locale, the campus, the lake, the fact that an Indian student association of sorts does exist there, and that it's far enough away from home that my parents won't stalk me, but close enough so that I can get some nice home food. <3</p>
<p>If i recall, Why NU? was one of the essay questions (at least, it was in the past). Perhaps now is a good time to return to that essay and see what you yourself wrote =)</p>
<p>Ultimately only you have the answer to your question "Why NU?". A typical reason, which is also relative to your qualifications as well as to your other acceptances, is to be around other highly intelligent, motivated achievers. Your previous posts indicate that you scored a 2360/2400 on the SAT I; therefore, it can be argued, you are limited to about 30 U.S. based colleges & universities if you want to be surrounded by students of your intellect & professors who are accustomed to teaching students of your caliber. Your earlier posts show that you have been accepted to UNC, WashUStL., Northwestern, and, possibly, the Univ. of Virginia. Your decision should also depend upon what you plan to study. With respect to UNC, you might want to consider the imbalance in the male to female ratio. The short answer to your posted query is that you haven't shared enough info. about you & your interests and concerns for anybody to offer a tailored response.</p>
<p>Its a crazy good school AND in more than one department.
Great nerdy Engineers - check-
Great creative Theater majors - check -
Great music majors - check-
Great humanitarians - check-
Great feed to business schools - check-
Great feed to med schools - check-</p>
<p>It is big enough to be good, and small enough to be good. (Since each school/department becomes a 'college' there is a small feel to a lot of the majors, but with the other 'types' to provide balance and contrast). </p>
<p>Just ignor the weather .... gak.</p>
<p>This is a good forum. Can anyone please elaborate on why NU w/ regards to myself. I would like to live outside of the U.S. and work in the field of ibanking. I hoping to go to an excellent school where other students are not cutthroat about grades and what not. I understand competition, but hopefully not to the point where I'm always looking over my shoulder to make sure a fellow student does not sabotage my lab report so that he/she can get higher marks.</p>
<p>The Univ. of Chicago & Northwestern University offer two of the most highly respected economics majors for undergraduate students which are great preparation for a career in investment banking. Chicago & Northwestern also offer cross registration privileges for economics graduate students. The MBA Programs at both schools are well regarded nationally & internationally so employment abroad should not be difficult to obtain.</p>
<p>I didn't find NU cutthroat about grades, even with engineering and premed. People at that level seem to compete with themselves, IMO.</p>
<p>The atmosphere is definitely not cut-throat: people willingly work together and help one another out. And as I've pointed out before, NU is a core recruiting school for all of the major I-Banking firms (I think its the only school that can boast that).</p>
<p>As for why I love NU?
Diversity of interests in people, the gorgeous lake, access to the city, Evanston, the beautiful campus, the excellent teachers, the intellectual environment, the non-intellectual environment when you want it, the sports culture, the greek life, the residential colleges. Pretty much I love every aspect of NU- which puts me in the minority, oddly. The only thing I don't like is the fact that many students sort of wish the "other half" (think frats for theater majors) would just go away. </p>
<p>I genuinely believe Northwestern is the best University in the world.</p>
<p>I didn't mean to say outside the U.S., rather outside the midwest.</p>
<p>I would also like to hear more about the residential colleges.</p>
<p>What about them?</p>
<p>Can people elaborate about premed @ NU as well? Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, I didn't even know that the residential colleges existed. Could I live in one freshman year? Do many people participate? Have you enjoyed them?</p>
<p>A little off topic but are frats at NU extremely segregated. Like i know all frats are segregated to a point but are most all white or do most have a couple URPs. Im asking cause im hispanic and i want to join a frat in college, but i dont want to join an all hispanic frat because all black,asian, and hispanic frats seems to have a lot less fun and parties and stuff compared to the regular frats.</p>
<p>The Frats are mostly white because the school is mostly white. I highly doubt your race would factor into your being offered a bid at any fraternity on campus (for one, that's illegal).</p>
<p>As for the residential colleges- yes, you can live in one Freshman year, and yes, I've enjoyed them very much.
Northwestern</a> University : Residential Colleges</p>
<p>i can tell you that many people in my frat are disappointed that many of the minority students don't show more interest in the "regular frats". we want to be more diverse, but have had difficulty getting minorities to rush. that being said, we do have some minority brothers.</p>
<p>also- many of the people that live in willard, one of the res colleges, absolutely love it. </p>
<p>regarding to chicago, yes we do border it, but for the most part, many students rarely go further than "the deuce", a bar barely on the chicago side of the border.</p>
<p>Why NU? They have a great music program that allows you to get a music degree and a liberal arts degree. Reading their music school literature, the school highly values well-roundedness and the ability to pursue outside interests. They regard their students as more than just musicians. That's really important to me.</p>
<p>As for why not NU? price tag</p>