Umich Honors vs. Northwestern

lemonz08
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:00:46 +0000

I’m choosing between Northwestern and the honors program at Michigan and can’t really decide. I’d be studying something in the humanities (social sciences, english, poli sci., etc.). I love smaller, discussion based classes and close relationships with professors. For a long time I was considering going to a small school (I can still choose Colgate or Bates), because of my interest in those smaller classes. I also come from a relatively small high school with a tight knit community that I love. But those smaller schools just didn’t have enough going on, and there wasn’t any energy to the campuses. I’m not a football nut but I love the energy of a big school like Michigan. I really want to feel like I’m at a school where things are really going on. I’ve slept at Northwestern and found that the kids seemed a little weird/nerdy/grade-grubber-kid-from-high-school, that the social scene was kind of small, and that there was not much energy or school spirit. When I went, there was an away football game and only a few kids were watching the game in the dining hall. I’m going back again hoping that my observation was wrong, and it is entirely possibly that my observations were subjective. I would describe myself as a pretty normal kid that leans towards athletics, and most of my friends in high school are similar. I’m from New York so they would both cost about the same. Do I seem like the type of kid that belongs at Northwestern? Am I wrong about Northwestern?