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<li>the only private in the Big Ten</li>
<li>lakefront property</li>
<li>a huge lagoon and a beach</li>
<li>location: Evanston + Chicago</li>
<li>new president</li>
<li>quarters–more classes, more flexibility, more double-majors </li>
<li>engineering first -unique first-year curriculum (see the post above mine)</li>
<li>engineering co-op</li>
<li>special programs that are well-respected by others: MMSS, ISP, Kellogg undergrad certificates</li>
<li>Dance Marathon</li>
<li>student theater scene with the nation’s largest number of independent productions by students</li>
<li>The Dolphin Show (America’s largest student-produced musical)
13 women lax</li>
<li>success in external scholarhips: 2 Rhodes (no school got more than 2), 1 Marshall, 1 Mitchell, 5 Gates Cambridge (the most in the nation), 2 Churchill (Harvey Mudd is the only other school with more than one), 4 Goldwater (tied with 5 other schools for the most), and 29 Fulbright (likely among the top-3 if not the most) this year
15…</li>
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