Summer at Northwestern

ilabcurious1423
Fri, 26 May 2006 12:01:37 +0000

The rules are not strict at all. We had to be in the dorm by 11:00pm. Origionally, I thought that the restrictions would be annoying but really they are quite lenient. They give you the rules on the first day and they may seem to be very strict…but as long as you follow the forms you signed and get back by 11:00 you will be fine.

Many of us got into the habit of staying up until dawn very often. Most of my RAs were amazing; they schedualed trips to fun places in Chicago(Second City, a White Sox Game, Museums, Imax showings…). The people in the program were fun and interresting. We were able to go into Evanston and downtown Chicago whenever we wanted. People are not constantly working all the time, but having fun. Overall, it is a great experience!

Tip: If you end up not liking your class or professor you can easily go and switch on the first day.

One of my classes had a TA last year and one had a professor. I ended up loving the one with the prof and not liking the one with the TA.

There is a lot of reading for the classes and a few papers. Since I averaged around 3hrs of class per day (One class met Mon and Wed, the other Tues and Thurs), I had plenty of time to get it all completed.

If you are taking Chem or Phys you will probably have a slightly larger workload ahead of you.