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NU is a fanatastic school where individual needs are met, learning is valued, and experience is gained and you enjoy doing it.

A liberal academic and social haven

Perfect, if you like the cold, are serious and focused about your career path, and really determined to make networking connections.

Northwestern University is very academically focused and rather difficult, but at the same time provides opportunities and fun for every kind of person, with its high number of extracurricular activities, concerts, and events.

Building the foundation for a lifetime of achievement - and having some fun while you're at it.

Northwestern University is a prestigious school with lots of activities, and there is a small town to accomidate your needs. They have fantastic faculty, great schools such as Medill, Kellogg, Bienen, etc., and many ways to get involved. There is a lack of a large "sports" presence so social life is not dominated by the cliche "highschool football" social scene. Faternity and sorority life is also not dominant but great ways of meeting new people. The weather is extremely cold during the winter!

Northwestern University is a place where students become well-rounded individuals posessing a basic knowledge of a wide variety of topics while immersing themselves in the best of their chosen fields.

The best part about Northwestern is the incredible drive and foccus of it's students. They run incredible programs. I am on both a Theatre Board, which puts up 5 mainstages a year, and on exec for the Sailing Team and I feel like I'm in an apprenticeship. For me, although classes are great, I am learning way more outside the classroom, just because students are so empowered to do and create and learn whatever they want.

This school is very academically challenging while simulatneously supporting a large artistic population and it is located near Lake Michigan and the city of Chicago.

Rich nerds of the Big Ten