Northwestern University

Elsewhere in the world, people stir and mutter curses as dawn shoves them into wakefulness.

But here, friends, we tear home across campus on midnight bicycle treks.

Here we stumble home from Burger King distracted by theories of economics and the way the alcohol in our blood makes the clock tower blur into the stars.

Here we spin our brains like coffee-fueled turbines and blast our computers with chattering keystroke zaps.

Here, essays crack, crumble and landslide into printer-paper torrents as mental reservoirs overflow, burst upon unsuspecting assignments below us, drown them and saturate them and thrash them and stream on.

Elsewhere, people punch their alarm clocks and snooze in the shower. But here we know the dawn as it is: the first signpost of approaching sleep.

Northwestern University. It must be in the air here.

by n43000z May 6, 2010

northwestern university

Northwestern University is known as the Ivy of the Midwest. A highly selective and prestigious school with an entirely homogenous student body.

Northwestern Norms: Black North Face Fleece, Lacoste Polo, Apple iPod, Losing at almost every Big Ten Sports, walking with your head down, wearing t-shirts from Ivy League schools you aren't going to, and having an artificially low GPA because of extremely challenging classes.

"Going to Northwestern University is like having a beautiful girlfriend that treats you like crap." - The Princeton Review

by go_air_willy February 28, 2005

Northwestern University

Well balanced students who are very smart and committed to school work. Some are extremely stuck up. But most students can be summed up by the motto: work hard, play hard.

Ex 1: "Come on guys, we should be able to figure this out. I mean, we're Northwestern students."

Ex 2: "My friend was trying to brag about school, but they go to Berkley. I mean, come on, it's only Berkley. I got into Northwestern University."

Ex 3: "I spent all day working on this assignment. Time to go get hammered."

Ex 4: "Screw this hangover, I need to finish this essay."

by xoxo_gossipgirl December 24, 2011

Northwestern University

The school so named because it happens to be northwest of the University of Chicago.

Person 1: Hey, why's that school called 'Northwestern University'? Seems kinda dumb.

Person 2: There was already a way awesomer school called the University of Chicago. Guess they couldn't get creative.

by turnonthebrightlights137 August 7, 2010

Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University. NSU. A 4 year university located in Natchitoches, LA. Home of the Demons. The symbol of their school is a set of 3 columns left over from a plantation home that burned on the land. NSU was established in 1884. NSU is also home to a ghost by the name of Isabella. Legend tells that she lived in the plantation home that burned. Today NSU is known for its fantastic football team, and their mascot Vic was featured on Spike TV when someone recorded Vic and an opposing mascot having a fist fight during a game. When people say they went to Northwestern many people confuse it with the school located in Illinois.

I went to Northwestern State University. No, not the Northwestern in Illinois.

by Just call me Cuddles December 4, 2010

University of Northwestern, St. Paul

A small Christian college in St. Paul, Minnesota where every student is considered a failure if you're not married or engaged by the time of graduation.

Person: "I can't believe that they married at 19."
"They go to University of Northwestern, St. Paul. What do you expect?"

by idfc1998 April 16, 2020

university of northwestern ohio

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Just don't go to the university of northwestern ohio

by MIssingChromosone September 28, 2021