Northwestern vs U Chicago?

KommAtMeBro
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:35:40 +0000

I’m a rising senior who has toured both schools in the past year so ill give you my opinion of them. An obvious difference in academics is Chicago’s “core curriculum” as others have pointed out. Northwestern gives you a bit more freedom in choosing classes. Northwestern is more in a suburb, but uchicago definitely is not in downtown Chicago. It’s actually in an area called Hyde Park which is a half an hour away from downtown Chicago. And although I’m not too familiar with Northwestern’s professors and alumni, uchicago talked nonstop about all their renowned faculty and alumni that students could have the opportunity to work with. This is just my opinion, but the whole “where fun goes to die” thing seemed to be 100% true. While I was at Chicago I didn’t see anyone who looked happy. All the students were walking alone and on such a nice day there was no one outside hanging out or anything. I felt depressed just being there for the tour. The only people I saw who seemed to be having any sort or fun whatsoever were some frat guys who were hanging out on their front porch. At Northwestern I felt the students seemed to be a lot happier and friendlier, and got the vibe that it seemed to offer a slightly more traditional college experience including parties and sports. Also, uchicago’s campus is absolutely beautiful, but Northwestern’s food and Rec centers are waaayy better. So really I think it takes a very specific type of person to like uchicago, and if you’re that type of person you’ll absolutely love it, but overall I liked Northwestern a lot better.