According to Chicago police radio, a single shot was fired at a bus driver driving a NU shuttle at Loyola station around 6:50pm today. No apparent injuries.

You should be able to listen to the recorded police radio history here: https://openmhz.com/system/chi_cpd?filter-type=group&filter-code=5cda1cd22be36800254a26b0

Edit: relevant radio broadcast is timestamped 6:51:46

With winter coming up, I’m wondering if getting an electric scooter is worth it, especially with Black Friday around the corner. I’ve heard they can be tough to use in bad weather, but I’d love to get some opinions from people who have it.

Also, where do you guys park your scooters during lectures?

Hi! I'm an undergrad freshman planning on majoring in Neuroscience (not premed track), and minoring in Data Science. But I don't know whether R or Python will be more useful in my field. Does anyone have any perspective/advice on it?

I have no experience w either whatsoever, but it seems like a really useful skill regardless of whether I decide to pursue research or work in the industry in the future. I want to be involved in research during and after undergrad, but I'll probably eventually want to go into industry (better work life balance lol)

Thanks for any advice :)

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I am an incoming exchange student and was wondering what the course load is like for this course. Also, does most of the grade depend on assignment or the finals? Thank you!

Since I'm Bienen dual degree, I can only take 2 Weinberg courses next quarter. Would Chem 162 and Stat 202 (with Arvind Krishna) together be too heavy? I've never coded or done stats before.

I just submitted mine and I like it, but curious about what percent of applicants did this optional portion of the app.

What’s better here: social psych w Wendi Gardner or psychology of personality with Almaz Mesghina?

Recently received an email from the Weinberg dean for an academic integrity violation for my Computer Science class, likely due to my online submission being flagged. Has anyone been through the process? What would a punishment look like?

I heard university dental clinics are generally better than some family owned ones since they don’t operate on profit. Was wondering if there’s something here or other schools nearby?

Is Northwestern generally a friendly environment for non-MSE undergrads applying to an MSE PhD? E.g. Should non-MSE-undergrad students be expecting to do a lot of "catchup" work to fill the several pre-requisites listed on the core PhD classes? My undergad was in mechanical engineering, and I'm curious if this is common.

Does anyone know if all the listed pre-requisites for the core PhD classes are difficult to sub other university credits for? Are they really useful and necessary pre-requisites or should I try to get out of them? (MSE 301; 314; 316-1,2; 332; 351-1,2)

I do want to experience more rigorous MSE growth, but I am also interested to spend more of my "extra classes" on interdisciplinary study. I have been working in materials R&D for several years, and in an undergraduate materials research lab for a couple years, so I have core interest in MSE, but also in policy and data systems. I am wondering, what is the sense of interdisciplinary collaborations at Northwestern? Is this generally encouraged or ignored or discouraged? (E.g. through allowing the required minor to be in a quite different field, to allow a mix of advisors, etc.)

Thanks so much for your help to figure out if this is a good fit!

Title, in terms of workload and grading. Coding shouldn't be too much of a problem unless it's a language I've never seen before in other classes

There are no written comments for CTECs so it's hard to gauge

I'm a Senior and due to messed up planning, I realized I have to take 230-2 before graduation and the last time I touched calculus is 230-1 from freshman year.

Honestly really stressed because I forgot almost everything about calculus and wondering if I can even pass this class. Does the class start off from where 230-1 finished off or is it a whole different topic in calc? Also any tips to prepare for it over winter would be appreciated!

Please help! I’m so scared that this is just like an automatic rejection lol. I checked all of my spam/trash/junk etc., but never got any emails.

I am an incoming exchange student at NU for the upcoming Winter quarter. I major in Econ at my home uni. Are there any very much recommended courses or certain courses taught by certain professors that one would enjoy attending? Thank you so much!

I'm EDing to northwestern and I was checking all the materials on their portal, but for some reason, my ED agreement is on there (and NU received it and says its complete), but when I clicked on the link attached, it was EMPTY.

What should I do? I signed my signature on Common App, but whys it empty on NU’s portal? Should I fill it out now and upload it to their portal?

SOLVED: I emailed the admissions office, and they said the link (that shows u the ED agreement) is intentionally left blank. So, as long as it says received and you get an email that your portal is complete, you should be fine

Hello everyone! I'm a senior trying to take a course in every undergraduate Northwestern school. Medill, Bienen, Weinberg, and School of Communications are done—now I only have SESP and McCormick left. I vaguely remember someone telling me that there's a class that non-majors can take that is relatively easy, but don't remember the course title. Can anyone help?

any international students applying ED that need quite a lot of aid? or any that have already been accepted?

Can anyone share the syllabus/curriculum content for this class? Does it stay basic accounting or does it move into finance principles and formulas as well. Thanks.

Hey y'all, I'm a freshman in Mechanical Engineering and I'm trying to figure out my classes for next quarter. I need a backup class or two in case I can't get into the classes that will actually go towards my degree (I have exactly four options for those and a mediocre registration time). I only have the option to take like 4 electives across my 4 years here because of bs/ms, so I'm hoping to take something actually interesting and fun to make it count.

Does anyone have suggestions for interesting/fun classes that are ideally not super hard (though I'm not entirely opposed to difficulty)? Could be any subject or school. Also hopefully not impossible to get into since I have freshman registration :(

Did anyone do the glimpse video when they applied to NU? I'm really struggling with an interesting idea and showing a diff aspect of myself from my essays.

Have had trouble using Libgen so cannot download Harlem on our minds: Place, race, and the literacies of urban youth for my class. What other sites work well?

Why do they have two different programs for a Master's in Data science. Which one is the best in terms of traditional data science Master's?

Prospective student here. I have taken 14 APs in an attempt to get into a school like this and am just now wondering. How much harder does it really get?

Hi! I was hoping for some CS class recommendations with pre-registration coming up not too long from now. My current plan is to take CS 212 with 340 or 343 and one more CS class (maybe 348 or 354?), but wasn't too sure if that's unreasonable. Thank you!

So, I'll be joining Northwestern for the Winter quarter (Jan-Mar) and, currently, am looking for suitable dorms. With regards to preferences, I would rank them in the following order: distance from Weinberg CAS, cost, and social life. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

my friend mentioned that NU’s bio department isn’t great and as someone who EDed recently and plans to major in the biological sciences i got a bit worried. is this true, or not at all? in terms of teaching, strength, publishing etc, as i do know NU research opportunities seem amazing.

would appreciate any answers!