Northwestern University Top Questions

Northwestern students are antisocial and unattractive. Harsh, but untrue!

People are nerdy. Engineering is a lot of work and every other major isn't.

Some stereotypes are that NU students are: rich, spoiled, over-achievers, socially awkward, and non-athletic. Northwestern is a boring school that shouldn't be in the Big Ten. They have poor athletics, greek life, and social scene. They're good for theater and journalism.

Northwestern is a strictly academic university with no traces of fun. Northwestern students are all socially awkward people who would rather study than have fun.

Pretty dorky, really into school-work

Nobody is social

Uptight, compulsive, intelligent, expressive, caring

We come from high income families. We are geniuses that have no social skills. All we do is study because of the quarter system and the elite enviornment we are in. We are wannabe ivy league. We are the enemy of all state schools. Financial aid SUCKS here. Jews. No guys. Lotta gay guys. Over achievers.

Priviledged, proud, intelligent, ambitious. (Read: Rich, pretentious, dumb, shallow, vapid. )

People say that Northwestern students are nerdy and study a lot. They also say that with the trimester schedule, there are always midterms which causes a feeling of tension throughout the campus.