Littlebitanxious - Don’t be anxious! I have 2 kids that graduated from NU with engineering degrees. They both did Work Study, and both participated in Club Sports & IM sports while getting their degrees, so obviously there is more to NU than study! D flies to East coast every year to meet up with friends she met at Res College, and S met girlfriend as part of a study group at his Res College. Regarding school pride - they both still have “NU Family” window stickers on their cars. 
Good Luck to you!