<p>My sister is an alumni pre-med from Northwestern (now a physician) and loved it. Her friends seem to love it too. I attended for summer quarter and sadly was also assualted by a fellow student as mentioned by the original poster. NU administration did try to cover it up especially as the assailants father was a donor and well known–that was 25 years ago. Evanston police were more helpful. Sad to hear it is still happening. I did not enjoy my class. Also the food was not great at all. I graduated from my flagship state school, and although it had its issues, it was a far better for me and much safer but I am sure there is a student(s) that had a bad experience there. Good luck to all. Individuals will have different experiences at the their universities, you cannot use that to predict how it will be for you. Visit, talk to the dean of students, meet with some professors and then decide.</p>