Please put to rest the narrative that NU is always the superior academic school for everything or for every person. As an an undergrad graduate of NU and a graduate assistant at both University of Arizona and Penn State, I can attest that the best students are great no matter where they go. Yes, there is a difference in complexity of education... the average student will learn more complexity at NU than at UA or PSU, because the average student is much more suited to advanced learning at NU. But make no mistake, a motivated student at ISU or Minny will have every bit a chance of competing for coveted grad school spots IF they apply themselves AND the prof is suited to it. The difference is that this is easier to do for football players at NU where both the academic and football staff seem to put more of a priority on athletes also excelling in the academic world. And out faculty TEND to be more highly regarded in MOST disciplnes... engineering (other than materials science is a drawback). And this may not be a plus for a lot of recruits.
I LOVE NU and think we ARE the best choice for ALL student athletes because our staff really does emphasize the STUDENT (not to mention the HUMAN and LEADERSHIP aspects of education). But let us not diss a high school athlete when they have goals that MAY be as well served by other programs.
I believe our staff does an EXCELLENT job of finding the RIGHT student athletes for our University and am proud of all who make the difficult choice to be a Northwestern University Football Wildcat.
Tim
Edited because I misspelled "Wildcat" DOH!
I LOVE NU and think we ARE the best choice for ALL student athletes because our staff really does emphasize the STUDENT (not to mention the HUMAN and LEADERSHIP aspects of education). But let us not diss a high school athlete when they have goals that MAY be as well served by other programs.
I believe our staff does an EXCELLENT job of finding the RIGHT student athletes for our University and am proud of all who make the difficult choice to be a Northwestern University Football Wildcat.
Tim
Edited because I misspelled "Wildcat" DOH!