It all started with a phone call one Friday night during my first year. I picked up my phone, answering, “Hello?” “Hey Connie! It’s Alex. One of our piano teachers in AMASE dropped out last mi...Read More
When parents and students ask me about my home school at Northwestern, Medill, I open my response very intentionally and very carefully. “I’ll be honest, it’s really hard for me to say anything ...Read More
I grew up spending a lot of time on a lake, so Northwestern’s immediate proximity to Lake Michigan was a huge sell for me. Swimming on the beaches is nice when I can, but even taking a walk just to ...Read More
Ask any of my friends about how many activities I’m involved with at Northwestern, and I guarantee the response you receive will be “Too many!” I’ve never been one to shy away from an opportun...Read More
I came from a relatively homogenous high school. The uniformity was not one-dimensional either: my classmates in high school were all generally the same whether you looked at academic interests, race ...Read More
My first year at Northwestern, I lived on the first floor of Jones Fine and Performing Arts Residential college. Within the first few weeks, many of the fourteen of us living on that floor had become ...Read More