I’d like to revive this old thread. Back in 2010 the Princeton Review website put Northwestern’s “quality of life” at 76 (on a scale of 60 to 100). In 2016, it stands at just 63. I’d appreciate hearing people’s thoughts on why it seems consistently low. Some of the comments from 2010 suggested that maybe it was a bad winter day when the survey reached students. But now it looks like not just one year. And another reason to suspect that Chicago weather isn’t to blame is that U of Chicago and DePaul are both up at 92. Thoughts anyone on why NU doesn’t look too good on this metric?