<p>I went to Northwestern, twenty-five years ago, and from all that I’ve read the school has changed. My recollection is that Northwestern was more “balanced” in the past. Now it seems to be half pre-business and the other half pre-theatre, some journalism to round things out, and less socially adept overall. </p>
<p>Everything is so much more competitive now. I wasn’t/am not a slacker - it’s just that our decisions were made on more than rankings. That’s not to say we didn’t see ourselves as “Harvard of the Midwest” at times, it’s just that we didn’t think that much about it. I don’t think there was as much Ivy envy - though admittedly there were few of us who chose Northwestern over an Ivy.</p>