Northwestern University
Breakdown of “Extracurricular Activities” at Northwestern
By Gender
| Males | A- |
| Females | B+ |
By Major
| Anthropology | A- |
| Biology | A- |
| Business - Management and Administration | A- |
| Chemical Engineering | B+ |
| Chemistry | B |
| Civil Engineering | B+ |
| Communications | B+ |
| Computer Engineering | B+ |
| Economics | A- |
| Education | B- |
| Electrical Engineering | A |
| Engineering Department | B+ |
| English | B |
| Finance | A- |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A- |
| Industrial Operations Engineering | A- |
| Journalism | A- |
| Math | A+ |
| Mechanical Engineering | A- |
| Music - Composition/Theory | A |
| Music - Performance | B- |
| Other | B- |
| Perfomance Arts | A- |
| Philosophy | A+ |
| Physics | B |
| Political Science | A- |
| PreMed and Medical | A |
| PreVet and Veterinary | A+ |
| Psychology | B- |
| Public Policy | B- |
| Sociology | A- |
| Undecided | A |
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Extracurricular Activities
“... Between the top-notch academics, Big Ten sports, the beautiful campus, and close proximity to a world class city, you cannot ask for much more ....Read full comment
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Sports are big and FREE to go to if you're into that ...Read full comment
“... Try to only pay NU tuition and the activities fee ...Read full comment
“... Northwestern has a very broad range of opportunities; academically, socially and extracurricularly, you will find yourself availed of worthwile en...Read full comment
“... There are tons of opportunities for extracurricular involvement ...Read full comment
“... This allows for both familiarity and a chance to be involved in a wide assortmenet of activities ...Read full comment
“... I joined a bunch of activities and consider my self very normal (I was my high school class president ...Read full comment
“... Wonderful combination of challenging academics, loads of activities and big time college sports ...Read full comment
“... On the other hand, being a third of the size of a typical state school allows you to actually get involved in a number of activities and not onl...Read full comment
“... Sure, you might get bored of eating out, shopping, or watching movies, but compared to almost every other school out there, Evanston has more to...Read full comment
“... The campus has the shape of an elongated rectangle which contributes to poor centralization of any social activities ...Read full comment
“... The sports are worth comming here -- it is like the best parts of the Ivy League and A Good state school ...Read full comment
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Unless you're on a sports team, Greek, a theater/radio television film major, or a music major, you're pretty much screwed ...Read full comment
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I liked Northwestern's: motivated students, arts activities, range of courses, quarter system, Res College life, campus, location near Chicag...Read full comment
“... If you are interested in sports or performing arts, the facilities are great, and Chicago offers plenty of opportunities to see games and concer...Read full comment
“... Socially, everything you could possibly want: great gym facilities, dorm/frat/house parties, intramurals for everyone, Evanston's great next doo...Read full comment
“... Regardless, I did activities that I enjoyed and met a great group of people similar to me ...Read full comment
“... Administration sucked, but extracurriculars were awesome ...Read full comment
“... pros:
- the first suburb outside of a major city; chicago is easily accessible
- big 10 sports
- an incredible swimming and athletic facility (...Read full comment
“... There are tons of extracurricular activities and many friendly students here ...Read full comment
“... If you are interested in sports or performing arts, the facilities are great, and Chicago offers plenty of opportunities to see games and concer...Read full comment
“... Our extracurriculars are top-notch, both for networking and just having fun ...Read full comment
“... Don't rely on your dorms or the Greek System, just join student activities, that is where I have seen the friendships last ...Read full comment
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