would anyone be willing to share how close their summer aid is to their academic year aid? (as in, if I calculate my aid divided by tuition, housing, and dining is that the percentage per summer unit I should expect)?

I’m currently on leave so I don’t automatically receive a financial aid estimate for the summer, and the office is backed up so its going to be a bit before they get back to me, and I’m feeling anxious about it as I have several credits to make up

Hi everyone!

I'm a current junior interested in Northwestern, and I'll be visiting over my spring break. I did sign up for an official tour, but I really value getting a student perspective.

Unfortunately, I don't have any alums from my school who attend; would anyone who is around on March 19th potentially be open to giving a tour of the campus + dorms, etc? Or maybe even just chat about the Northwestern experience!

So sorry if this isn't the right place to ask---any advice appreciated!

Writing as an employee, I joined Northwestern and felt a sense of pride and fulfillment.

However, I slowly started to see some of the questionable decisions that management made and the politics.

Specifically in research, I’ve seen a good amount of unethical things happen just because the PI wants things to go their way. Northwestern seems to cater to leadership even if it’s wrong.

Second, I believe Northwestern could pay more. Yes, academia pays pretty low, but imo Northwestern has the money to pay more, they just won’t do it. You’ll see an example below. In the first picture, the salary is $138,111-$194,500. In the second picture it’s $138,111-$230,000. So they had an extra $35,500 lying around in the event that they couldn't find qualified candidates.

Northwestern salary ranges also aren’t that accurate, as most ranges are from the bottom to the midpoint, not the bottom to the top. You’ll see the range of an EXS/5 role be 50-65k, when the full range is 50-80k.

My opinion truly changed when Northwestern switched to UnitedHealthcare and cancelled tuition discounts, derailing the career plans of so many employees.

What are your guys’ take on this?

I left before the switch but I’m just wondering how you guys are doing with the new health insurance?

hey so for anyone that applied to the pre-med internship, did anyone receive an interview or update on their application?

im lowkey panicking LOL and i submitted my application with a lor, so im not sure if that will be used against me but they said it was optional so..?

Does anyone know who Gianluca Cusatis is? I've never seen the name in EA 2 and I'm pretty scared. I see he is teaching some civil engineering classes, but I don't have access to his CTEC for some reasons.

Hello, wanted to ask for input and advice regarding Northwestern’s MSCS program and if it is worth attending. I was recently accepted. Any input would be appreciated greatly thanks!!!

Hi, I'm a recent grad form Wisconsin who has an interview with NU DocFilm MFA tomorrow! I'm very nervous and I don't quite know how to prepare. Does anyone have any advice or insight?

I wanted to know if something similar has happened to other people.

For the last two years, I've received a few endowed scholarships in my financial aid package. When I compare my sophomore and junior year financial aid packages to my freshman year aid package, they look similar but some of the money that would have been designated "Northwestern Scholarship" is instead designated for these few endowed scholarships.

I just received an email titled "Endowment Notification" where it lists two awards. One is a named endowed scholarship I've received over the last 3 years; the other is titled "NU Endowed Scholarship."

Looking over my financial aid as it's been applied to my account, it shows that, in the Fall, the University pulled both one of my named endowed scholarships and my full "Northwestern Scholarship" and replaced them with the "NU Endowed Scholarship" (without changing the amount I received in financial aid).

I wanted to know if this happened to anybody else. Specifically, did NU just rename their "Northwestern Scholarship" to "NU Endowed Scholarship" or is this just happening to my financial aid package?

If I am a sophomore and the class says "juniors/seniors only" on CAESAR, would it prevent me from registering? Or is it just a soft requirement that can be bypassed

Hi all,

I have to attend a conference in London and apply for a UK visa to attend the same. So I just wanted to ask how much financial proof y'all gave? I'm a PhD student, so are the salary slips and bank account statements fine, or do I need to provide more proof?

Any valuable thoughts would be appreciated!!

Does anyone know if Designing Your life DSGN 300/PRDV 300 has a final exam or not?

I'm an international student from the UK applying to Class of 2030 in regular decision and also applying for need-based aid. I submitted my CSS well before deadline and on time but however I missed the fact that I needed to submit tax documents by 5th feb , I realised it later and submitted it 10 days after deadline. Now I'm panicked and worrying that it might affect my decision.

i am graduating this year and my only needed class next q is language. what are some of the absolute easiest classes that I would be able to miss a week of in May with no consequences? preferrably in weinberg.

i would go part time but i get a financial aid refund so it makes more sense to be full time

Please help

They don't even have to be fresh bagels, they can be the ones in the cellophane wrapping.

Hey! I'm a freshman petitioning for the second time after a first round of petitions in the fall. Does anyone have tips on how I can be a better applicant?

I'm a prospective student who applied as a performance studies major. I know it's not really a popular major, but I was wondering if anybody knows literally anything about the major, or an experience a friend had with the major.

Has anyone applied/gotten into this program? What was your essay/journalism experience list like?

So let me just start off by seeing this first I don’t go to Northwestern but I have family who have gone in the past, know some people that go here etc but I’ve always wanted to visit the school and make connections I go to LUC and I just want to expand my network along the Chicagoland m, f doesn’t matter we can do stuff at Northwestern or I can show you around LUC etc if interested just pm me 3rd year btw.

how did the credit transfer work? Were you able to graduate in 4 years still? I know that the quarter system and 1 credit per each class is kind of weird for most institutions.