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Post by kels99 on Jan 30, 2021 22:18:56 GMT
DD got accepted to Northwestern for grad school (still waiting to hear from some other schools), but we know nothing about the area. Safe? Expensive? Of course, well do some research, but I'd love to hear from anyone familiar with the area.
Thanks!
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Post by CeeScraps on Jan 30, 2021 22:51:20 GMT
I’m about 40 minutes away.
—Expensive—yes
—Save— I think it is
I would never get anything done as the school is on the lake! I’d be outside all the time!!
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Post by h2ohdog on Jan 30, 2021 23:02:42 GMT
Beautiful, safe city. I spent a lot of my childhood there. I’d move back if I could afford it.
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Post by kels99 on Jan 30, 2021 23:31:54 GMT
Glad to hear positive things about it. It's SO far away from home!
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Post by peabay on Jan 30, 2021 23:46:31 GMT
My baby is there right now for undergrad (and I did my graduate work at the Chicago campus.) Great college town. Not expensive to me - but we're from the northeast so it's all relative. Chicago, my favorite city on earth, is very close by; it's a beautiful campus and a terrific school. I'm sure she'd love it. And I hear you on the "far away" - it's 849 miles door to door.  |
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Post by kels99 on Jan 31, 2021 0:00:06 GMT
My baby is there right now for undergrad (and I did my graduate work at the Chicago campus.) Great college town. Not expensive to me - but we're from the northeast so it's all relative. Chicago, my favorite city on earth, is very close by; it's a beautiful campus and a terrific school. I'm sure she'd love it. And I hear you on the "far away" - it's 849 miles door to door. You made me check distance..1754 miles away😭 So glad to hear your positive comments though. It's a PhD program, so she could be there for 6 years! |
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Post by Zee on Jan 31, 2021 1:44:16 GMT
My dad used to work there but I haven't been there in years. Not the cheapest area around Chicago, safe as far as I'm aware. Many lovely homes.
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Post by peace on Jan 31, 2021 1:55:03 GMT
I have lived there and worked there. It is pretty pricey- but relative -as mentioned earlier.
It is safe. Mostly. But like anywhere else they just have to be mindful of their surroundings.
The college kids know their way around. My niece is there now and has loved the experience.
And I do love Chicago.
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Post by annie on Jan 31, 2021 5:19:44 GMT
Congrats! Very exciting! My daughter is in her second year at Northwestern and living in downtown Evanston this year. She loves it! Definitely not a cheap area to live, but overall quite safe. The campus, and really the whole area, are beautiful! Plus she loves the proximity to Chicago.  |
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Post by kels99 on Jan 31, 2021 21:55:25 GMT
Congrats! Very exciting! My daughter is in her second year at Northwestern and living in downtown Evanston this year. She loves it! Definitely not a cheap area to live, but overall quite safe. The campus, and really the whole area, are beautiful! Plus she loves the proximity to Chicago. If my DD ends up there, I might be picking your brain. Is your DD there for undergrad? |
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Post by pancakes on Feb 1, 2021 0:23:57 GMT
I went to grad school at NW (graduated in 2015) and lived in Evanston for a year...and I’m still in Chicago! I am happy to talk to you or your daughter off this thread (I’m in my early 30s, so I might be close to her age).
Where she would be in Evanston is very safe, very walkable. NW has a campus bus that she can take for free from Evanston to the downtown campus, which is just off of Michigan Ave.
Any of the Optima apartment buildings are nice and modern. I lived at 1500 Chicago and it was older, but quite spacious for a studio.
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Post by maryland on Feb 1, 2021 1:34:31 GMT
Congratulations! My daughters used to dance with two girls that went there. The older sister loved it, so the younger sister went too.
My friend has a son that is a freshman there. The way her husband worries, I can't imagine him wanting his son there if it wasn't safe. He got an athletic scholarship, but with covid, not sure if he is there or at home this year.
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Post by mrssmith on Feb 1, 2021 21:46:48 GMT
I live in Evanston. Safe overall except for breakins/thefts. Happens everywhere though. Like someone above said, be mindful of your surroundings and belongings.
COLD. NU is on the lake. The winds whipping off the lake can be brutal. I like good winter gear, but I think the youth of today prefer fashion over function!
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Post by peabay on Feb 1, 2021 21:56:17 GMT
My baby is there right now for undergrad (and I did my graduate work at the Chicago campus.) Great college town. Not expensive to me - but we're from the northeast so it's all relative. Chicago, my favorite city on earth, is very close by; it's a beautiful campus and a terrific school. I'm sure she'd love it. And I hear you on the "far away" - it's 849 miles door to door. You made me check distance..1754 miles away😭 So glad to hear your positive comments though. It's a PhD program, so she could be there for 6 years! {whispering} it took me 9 years to finish my Ph.D. |
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Post by kels99 on Feb 2, 2021 1:27:52 GMT
You made me check distance..1754 miles away😭 So glad to hear your positive comments though. It's a PhD program, so she could be there for 6 years! {whispering} it took me 9 years to finish my Ph.D. You just shush! |
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Feb 2, 2021 11:38:17 GMT
Cool.
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Post by kels99 on Apr 28, 2021 15:00:49 GMT
Coming back to this thread as DD has accepted and will be going to NU in the fall! Now to find a place to live. I'm suggesting she look at grad housing at least for the first couple of quarters while she gets the lay if the land and figure out where she'd like to live.
Any of you have experience with the grad housing?
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Post by maryannscraps on Apr 28, 2021 15:10:50 GMT
You made me check distance..1754 miles away😭 So glad to hear your positive comments though. It's a PhD program, so she could be there for 6 years! {whispering} it took me 9 years to finish my Ph.D. Five years, nine years. You're Dr. Peabay and should be amazingly proud of your accomplishment. I have a friend who is in her second year of her PhD in history at Boston College. She started when she was 58 and she's loving every minute. I don't blame her -- her advisor is Heather Cox Richardson. She expects to finish in five years, probably because her daughter is grown and she doesn't have any other distractions in her life right now. OP Good luck to your daughter -- that's a great school in a great location. |
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Post by danalz on Apr 28, 2021 16:20:57 GMT
{whispering} it took me 9 years to finish my Ph.D. Five years, nine years. You're Dr. Peabay and should be amazingly proud of your accomplishment. I have a friend who is in her second year of her PhD in history at Boston College. She started when she was 58 and she's loving every minute. I don't blame her -- her advisor is Heather Cox Richardson. She expects to finish in five years, probably because her daughter is grown and she doesn't have any other distractions in her life right now. OP Good luck to your daughter -- that's a great school in a great location. Heather Cox Richardson! I LOVE her and read her posts daily on FB. I would love to be able to learn more from her. |
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Post by rymeswithpurple on Apr 28, 2021 17:27:00 GMT
Coming back to this thread as DD has accepted and will be going to NU in the fall! Now to find a place to live. I'm suggesting she look at grad housing at least for the first couple of quarters while she gets the lay if the land and figure out where she'd like to live. Any of you have experience with the grad housing? I'm not sure if this is an option, but I lived my first two semesters of grad school (albeit as a Master's student) in a residence hall as a graduate-level Resident Assistant. (I'd been an RA for the past 2 years at the same school, so that helped). Every school is different, so I'm not sure if that's an option, but it paid for my housing and 12 credits of tuition (24 total of the 60 required). The only things I was responsible for were my meal plan, school supplies, and whatever books my then-boyfriend/now-husband hadn't bought since we were in the same program. |
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Post by pancakes on Apr 28, 2021 20:27:51 GMT
Coming back to this thread as DD has accepted and will be going to NU in the fall! Now to find a place to live. I'm suggesting she look at grad housing at least for the first couple of quarters while she gets the lay if the land and figure out where she'd like to live. Any of you have experience with the grad housing? Wooo!! What grad program is she in? I got my MBA there and the only (maybe 98%) students that lived in campus housing were the international students. Everyone else lived in apartments. I recommend any of the Optima buildings! She can just sign a year lease and decide to move if she wants to. Several of the buildings have doormen. She can walk to school. |
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Post by kels99 on Apr 29, 2021 1:41:45 GMT
Coming back to this thread as DD has accepted and will be going to NU in the fall! Now to find a place to live. I'm suggesting she look at grad housing at least for the first couple of quarters while she gets the lay if the land and figure out where she'd like to live. Any of you have experience with the grad housing? Wooo!! What grad program is she in? I got my MBA there and the only (maybe 98%) students that lived in campus housing were the international students. Everyone else lived in apartments. I recommend any of the Optima buildings! She can just sign a year lease and decide to move if she wants to. Several of the buildings have doormen. She can walk to school. Applied Physics PhD! Thanks for the apartment tip, we will look up Optima. |
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Post by annie on Apr 29, 2021 2:26:32 GMT
Coming back to this thread as DD has accepted and will be going to NU in the fall! Now to find a place to live. I'm suggesting she look at grad housing at least for the first couple of quarters while she gets the lay if the land and figure out where she'd like to live. Any of you have experience with the grad housing? Very exciting!! No experience with the grad housing. I'll ask my daughter if she knows anything. |
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Post by pancakes on Apr 29, 2021 5:02:28 GMT
Wooo!! What grad program is she in? I got my MBA there and the only (maybe 98%) students that lived in campus housing were the international students. Everyone else lived in apartments. I recommend any of the Optima buildings! She can just sign a year lease and decide to move if she wants to. Several of the buildings have doormen. She can walk to school. Applied Physics PhD! Thanks for the apartment tip, we will look up Optima. Smarty pants! Physics was probably my worst subject, haha. Optima Horizons, Optima Views, or Optima Towers. I think the first two are better, but it’s been 6 years since I’ve been in tune with grad life. |
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