Unhappy at Northwestern :(

Sam_Lee
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:34:02 +0000

Coming from LA, I find the campus and community more conservative that what I had hoped it would be. Being gay, I was so used to having a group of close gay friends back home. Although there are obviously a number of gay students here at northwestern, it feels a little exclusive to the communications school (Theater, RTVF, Comm Studies) and it’s really hard to meet like-minded friends. I’m an econ (tentatively) major in WCAS.



Northwestern is actually more liberal than average when compared to other very highly selective colleges, according to CIRP freshmen survey results:

http://www.adminplan.northwestern.edu/ir/sspg/cirp/TFS_2010_PDF_PROFILE.pdf

Gays and lesbians should have the legal right to adopt a child
Agree strongly
Northwestern 64.3%
Privates - Very High Selectivity 56.9%

How would you characterize your political views?
Far Left/Liberal
Northwestern 3.5%/46.4%
ates - Very High Selectivity 2.5%/38.5%

Tolerance of others with different beliefs
Highest 10%
Northwestern 47.4%
Privates - Very High Selectivity 41.0%

Privates - Very High Selective include:
Boston College
CalTech
Case Western Reserve
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Emory
Northwestern
Rice
University of Chicago
Penn
USC
Vanderbilt

Northwestern may not be as liberal as you hoped for, but it’s actually more on the liberal side when compared to many others. The econ majors (along with engineers) may tend to be a bit more conservative but that’s true everywhere, not just Northwestern.