<p>The Nortwestern University quarter system is not for the academically timid soul. It does, however, offer a lot of variety and the enhanced ability to double major since students take more courses each year at NU than at other schools. If one’s idea of college is to spend four years partying, then Northwestern University is not the right school. Again, it may help to think of Penn & Cornell as universities offering a somewhat similiar campus culture in less spectacular settings. Although I have a friend who reads applications for SESP, I really do not know much about this one-of-a-kind school except that the average SAT I scores soared last year for SESP admitted students.</p>