WashU vs Northwestern?

lollybo
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:56:07 +0000

This is the washU thread, so of course washU’ll win. Go to the northwestern thread, and things’ll be different



Of course, it’s called self selection bias.

I also got accepted into both Northwestern and Wash U. I went to camp during HS at Northwestern, and I was a little annoyed at the campus. Some buildings had no air conditioning, you often had to cross busy and annoying streets to get to class, and there were homeless people very close to campus. Speaking of homeless people, there were a LOT off campus where all the restaurants were. On the plus side, the library is huuuuuuge, and the variety of food was great (but somewhat expensive).

St. Louis as a city feels very average. The ethnic food often sucks, and you have to drive to find any good Chinese places. However, like other people say, the campus is much nicer and the city as a whole is very accessible. At first I wasn’t really impressed, but there are a lot of hidden gems you have to look out for. Also, everything is really close together. There’s a really nice italian restaurant in Little Italy, there’s a nice Indian place in Central West End, and there are several good Chinese places on Olive. All of these places are within a 30 minute of each other too.