Top 10 Things to Know About Northwestern

Soooo, before you get to campus, there are a few things you need to know about the beautiful place we call home. Now, it’s not like these are the ONLY ten things you need to know, so that’s why you should make sure to read your Purple Prep! If nothing else, it’s purple, and purple is the color of royalty, the Minnesota Vikings and platypus beanie babies. Without further ado… LEGGO!

Seriously, what other school president would do this?

1. We love Morty and Coach Fitz.

Any negative word against President Morton Schapiro or football coach Pat Fitzgerald is treasonous and punishable by forcing you to spend a week as a UChicago student. AIN’T NOBODY WANT THAT! Morty is one of the greatest speakers everrrr, and Fitz is the winningest football coach in Northwestern history… and he’s only 38. These guys run this place.

2. There is a free shuttle that goes to Chicago.

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. The favorite word of college kids everywhere. You also get a bunch of free t-shirts during Wildcat Welcome. It’s the best.

3. The food in Evanston kicks some major tushy.

Everything from fancy pancy Italian to greasy Chicken Shack, you’ve got it all. And, since Evanston is super awesome, it has a bunch of great places for vegetarians and vegans to get tasty stuff, too!

4. The lakefill actually has healing powers.

Not even a basket full of furry puppies burrowing in a unicorn’s mane while it prances into a sea of chocolate can beat the view of Chicago from Northwestern.

5. Northwestern is rullllll good at women’s lacrosse.

They’ve won seven of the last nine national championships. As in, like, the best team in the nation. Seven times. So, when your cool friends that go to Ohio State start bragging about their basketball team, BOOM, blindside them with the women’s lacrosse!

6. The abbreviation is NU!

Despite what some places say, we go by NU, not NW or N’Western or anything! This is only problematic when the ‘Cats play Nebraska, who also goes by NU, even though it’s the University of Nebraska. That’s why the “N” in Nebraska stands for “knowledge.”

7. We’re not all nerds.

HAH, JUST KIDDING. #NUrdwestern

GOT HEEEEM!

8. Some pretty cool peeps went here and occasionally will visit.

And Seth Meyers is not opposed to neck hugs. Nor is the random security guard to his right, apparently.

9. There’s a thing called “hot cookie bar.”

This is the night where the dining halls have this piping-hot concoction that will make any good day great. It’s basically a warm chocolate chip cookie that you scoop onto a plate. It’s better than it sounds.

10. Wildcat Welcome will be one of the best weeks of your life.

I mean, there’s a reason that we wanted to be your PA’s. It’s because Wildcat Welcome is soooooo disgustingly awesome (and because we want you all to love it here as much as we do!). You get the entire campus to yourself, you don’t have to take classes, you get to meet ten bajillion new awesome people, and you get to spend time with your other PAmigos. What more could you ask for??? NADA!

Welcome to Northwestern!

WHOOO HOOO YOU DID IT!!!! Congrats to all of you on making it out of high school alive – no small feat, to be certain.

Who are we? We are Piku and Jim, your two Peer Advisers for your first year (and beyond!) at Northwestern! Basically, we are here for you if you have questions, need advice, want to vent, or find a cool sticker collection you thought you had lost (stickers are da bomb, yo). To read our bios, click here!!

Most of this stuff was covered in the email that we sent to y’all, but here we will try to give you easy ways to find all of the links/stuff you need before move-in day! We’ll try to keep a checklist over on the right of stuff that needs to get done/when it needs to get done, annnnd we’ll try to put some fun lists on here so you can learn a bit more about Northwestern!! Okay, get excited, because we know we are. SO SOON!!! Let us know if you have any questions!