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I'm your average, perhaps even below average, student. A slacker in high school, not that much into partying (the right amount), but not into work either. I honestly did not expect to get into Northwestern AT ALL. It was way out of my league and the counselors made sure they reminded me all the time that I could not be accepted with a GPA of 3.28. Even my mother who always supports me had to agree with everyone else.
When I got my acceptance letter I was ecstatic. I knew I wanted to go there. Or rather, I THOUGHT I wanted to go there. The truth was that it was NORTHWESTERN and that's all I thought about. Hell, I got into one of the best schools in the country! It was in the top so it had to be good, right?
Well, it wasn't. People here are arrogant, stuck up, and just plain nasty, even the professors. I like the challenging coursework, but the attitudes here turn me off.
Follow my advice. REALLY research where you want to go. Don't look at the rankings because they don't incorporate the snootiness level of the students and professors. Personally, if I had to rank this school, it would be at the bottom. Remember, it's not all about the top ten universities!
I can't say this enough! The people here are horrible! I'm not saying the place doesn't have it's good points, because it does, but hte bad points outweigh the few good ones. | Surrounding City: B+, Collaboration/Competitive: D |  | | |
| | Mar 07 2009 | 1st Year Female --
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| Quite Bright |
Honestly, the social life sucks unless you go Greek. I think having sororities dominate the school is an enormous mistake; it basically creates an artificial in-group at a university too large to adopt high school dynamics on its own.
I majored in Liberal Arts, and the Northwestern Job center cuts you off after a year-- so not so helpful post-graduation, either. Sure, some people look at 'Northwestern' and are impressed, so that counts for something... But overall I wish I'd gone to another school where
1) all the into-level classes were not weed-out classes. I wanted to EXPLORE possible interests before choosing a major, but I couldn't take risks at Northwestern given the difficulty of freshman-level classes and the need to keep my grades up for my back-up plan (law school)
2) NO SORORITIES OR FRATERNITIES. I can't emphasize this enough.
Unless you're on a sports team, Greek, a theater/radio television film major, or a music major, you're pretty much screwed. This university has nothing to offer you by way of social life.
I would have gone somewhere else. A thousand times over. | Campus Aesthetics: A, Campus Maintenance: F | | | |
| | Oct 03 2008 | 4th Year Female --
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| Bright | It really isn't a fun school. The clubs here are ridiculous. I have been to one or two meetings of random clubs, and each one pretends like they are CEOs in a giant corporation while they sit around a table acting all high and mighty. It's a joke. People take themselves WAYYYYYY to seriously, almost to the point where you can't take it anymore. I've always had tons of friends from all sorts of backgrounds, but since coming here I have found only a select few people who I can stand talking to. Sure, the people are smart, but if you can't talk to people and have no self confidence you aren't getting anywhere in life. People really look down on you if you aren't in greek life, as if you must be really lame. Some people wont even talk to me once they find out I am not involved in some stupid sorority. Looking at it is fun though. I'm comfortable enough to be able to just sit and laugh and people, for I know they are just living in a superficial life. Come to this school, make fun of it with me, and you'll have a good time. Just don't expect too much. | Campus Maintenance: A+, Individual Value: F | | | |
| | Aug 29 2008 | 1st Year Female --
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