McCormick Sophomore - Ask me anything!

Crimsonstained7
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:52:42 +0000

Social scene is tough for me to judge, at least in the party sense. I don’t do well in huge groups of people with loud music, so I’m not into parties. From what I can tell, freshman mostly go to frat parties, sophomore also go to frat parties, but after that it’s mostly house parties. There’s almost always something going on thursday-saturday as far as I can tell.

As for the rest of the social scene, I love it. There’s always plays going on, and some of them are amazing (the rest are good, just not amazing). In particular, Arcadia was put on recently and it was honestly one of the best plays I’ve seen, not just by students, but really by anyone. Symphonic Wind Ensemble and NU Symphony Orchestra are astounding, which is to be expected from the top groups at a top music school. There are definitely things going on all the time.

People are generally pretty cool, there’s a wide variety of people. Honestly you can probably find anything you want here. I have a group of friends that used to just chill in a lounge and study (we no longer have a lounge right outside our door, but we still hang out). I go out to eat with people, take trips into Chicago, etc. Overall I’d say that the social scene is whatever you make it.

Dillo Day, last year, I had work for most of it. Chance the Rapper I got to hear a bit of on break, and I saw people flooding in. It’s honestly insane. You just have to wait and see.

Undergrad housing isn’t amazing. There are some great dorms, but it all depends on what you want. You’d have to be more specific on what you might want. Norris (the student center) is due to be renovated eventually, although I think it’s after I graduate that it starts. It’s not a great location, relative to residences, so it’s not as busy as it could be. It’s pretty cool though. Nice gathering rooms, Norbucks (Starbucks in Norris) is a great study space, there are good food options around, the game room is a great, underutilized resource. I’d say if it was relocated somehow it’d be pretty great.

Where your life revolves totally depends honestly. Freshman year, for me, it was mostly my lounge in my residence hall and one of my clubs. This year, a lot of it is the dining hall, Norris, and multiple clubs. I’d say that in general it doesn’t revolve around your classes or major, at least in Weinberg. The other schools do have quite a bit of camaraderie because they see each other in classes and clubs related to their schools more often.