hoping to dispell some rumors about NW

tophatinparis88
Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:53:04 +0000

academics, as others have said are definately nothing to laugh about. i don’t think i’ve done this much reading for classes in my life. it also hurts that you can’t use sparknotes like you could in highschool. your books are either textbooks or books written by your professor haha.

but there is some truth that students at NU can be snobby. many of the kids who go here come from upperclass, rich white suburbian households (not to generalize, but there are a good amount more here than at other midwestern schools). and a lot of these same students are used to having everything except their grades handed to them. the people on my floor do not clean up after themselves and our kitchen is constantly covered in hair and dirty pots and pans, as if a magic housekeeping fairy is going to come and do their work for them. and many of them look down on those who work in the cafeteria and treat them as if they are nothing.

but this is most definately NOT true of everyone and is not the be all and end all of the student population. it is not something that has ruined my experience here in the least. just know that you will encounter some pretentious people. but seriously, once you get into the career world, you’ll find that anywhere.