<p>newmassdad,</p>
<p>Look, Rhodes is just one of them; if anything, Rhodes may be the worst indicator since so few are awarded each year. We have done pretty well in other scholarships. We have also dominated the awards at Chicago area undergraduate research symposium. [Chicago</a> Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS)](<a href=“http://www.caurs.com/awards.html]Chicago”>http://www.caurs.com/awards.html) At the minimum, it shows that our participation level of this event is high, relative to other major schools in the area.</p>
<p>Like brebeuff said, winning fellowships may merely be a reflection of investment in the application process, not necessarily the caliber of undergrad research or undergrads at NU. But it does show NU has good number of students that do “above and beyond” (if going through the competition process counts) and there’s no evidence that we are at the low end among the peers.</p>