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Consider Northwestern! Its a completely underrated school and is a great home for 4-5 years.

People get really worked up about the weather. I have yet to experience a Chicago winter, but I have plenty of older friends from Florida, Texas, southern California, etc. They made it, and you can too if you learn to dress for the weather. As for winter depression--we ain't no Cornell. The general atmosphere is a happy one at Northwestern, and as far as I've heard it stays that way. People are supportive and concerned. The school makes an effort to plan fun events to brighten things up during the coldest months. I've had problems with seasonal depression previously, but I've been having my best winter in years so far. I do recommend getting a sun lamp if you know you have problems, though. You wouldn't think it would work, but it does. It's amazing.

People get really worked up about the weather. I have yet to experience a Chicago winter, but I have plenty of older friends from Florida, Texas, southern California, etc. They made it, and you can too if you learn to dress for the weather. As for winter depression--we ain't no Cornell. The general atmosphere is a happy one at Northwestern, and as far as I've heard it stays that way. People are supportive and concerned. The school makes an effort to plan fun events to brighten things up during the coldest months. I've had problems with seasonal depression previously, but I've been having my best winter in years so far. I do recommend getting a sun lamp if you know you have problems, though. You wouldn't think it would work, but it does. It's amazing.

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You have the best of all worlds. Division I sports, the beach, academic superstars and the arts. Plus you're close to the city!

It has a number of speciatly schools that are known across the country, such as its journalism school, its communications school, engineering school, and education/social policy school.

Northwestern is very unique because of the student body the university attracts. I have met students from all over the country and around the globe. One of my favorite frequent events during the year is when I meet someone new and exchange phone numbers, only to have my cell phone read the area code and tell me what far away place my new friend is from. Aside from the social aspect, I think Northwestern pushes you rewardingly hard academically, but not over the edge to the brink of insanity.

I would seriously consider other schools.

My school is more academically prestigious. It is also the only one I applied to located in a suburb. It is located on the lakefront and is very spacious. It was the most expensive, but also offered the most financial aid assistance.

Northwestern University is known by my friends back home as a school of nerds. To be completely honest, that actually is pretty true. The reason that most of my fellow classmates are getting an education at Northwestern is because we constantly had our noses in books. That's one of the reasons that Northwestern is so special. We all have a clear vision of a bright future of countless accomplishments and leadership positions and will do whatever it takes to make our dreams a reality. Northwestern is so unique because everyone's dreams are big, no matter how nerdy.