@Boothie007
I definitely agree. During the recent years, I’ve been noticing increasing numbers of people matriculating to Northwestern turning down offers from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton because of spectacular programs (eg HPME or material science), a more attractive campus, greater and more generous financial aid boosts replacing loans with grants (current loans for NU grads are now capped at $20K), better sports, better quality faculty, etc. There’s also much more alumni and local involvement, interest, and donations towards the university endowment fund. I truly applaud President Morton Schapiro, along with the entire Northwestern administration and board of trustees, for smart investments and for the continued, accelerated improvements to the school. It’s quite an impressive feat that I am actually very surprised with.