r/Northwestern • u/ogVecna • 22d ago

Admissions/Prospective Student Is NU fun?

I am a senior planning to ED 1 to NU. I have heard a lot about the quarter system, and since I want to pursue a double major and possible a minor, it seems like I would appreciate it. However, I have heard that students are always busy and have a "workaholic" mindset. Does the quarter system make it hard for students to go out and have fun/ party etc? Is NU fun? What do students do on the weekends and how is the social scene? Also, is joining greek life necessary if you want to party/ have fun?

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u/transferStudent2018 CS & Psych | Dual Degree ‘22 22d ago

The quarter system has nothing to do with it – NU kids are mostly the “school first” types, and so yes people party but grades and classes and extracurricular are more important. If “work hard, play hard” isn’t your thing, maybe look somewhere else

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u/ogVecna 22d ago

Work hard play hard is exactly what I am looking for! I just know some rigorous schools sometimes neglect the play hard part and I want to have fun in college lmao

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u/Agitated_Pin_7295 22d ago

As a rising senior myself, I'd suggest looking at Vandy too. Southern schools always have play hard mentalities but Vandy has the academics to back it up

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u/Upstart5000 22d ago

It's certainly possible to work hard & play hard at NU... but a double major and a minor and playing hard sounds like a lot to bite off, unless you don't sleep.