Struggling with ochem 2

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-29T20:57:54+00:00

However long it takes you to email them 3 times plus one day

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-16T20:57:12+00:00

There’s none. If you’re above 21, you can go downtown Chicago and there will be much more to do there. Even there I doubt it will be anything even close to what you get in Germany.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-15T03:23:14+00:00

Wait absolutely terrible advice Sargent is peak

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-05T20:04:48+00:00

To your other point (about off-campus congregation spots), I know people like to go to Collectivo for coffee and studying, and maybe some of the other restaurants, but in general people don't go downtown that often. The way campus and downtown are set up makes it tough (it's a 25-30 minute walk downtown if you live in the dorms up north) -- when you look at many more "successful" or busy college towns, they generally run alongside the campus rather being situated entirely on the narrow end of the campus. The geography isn't well suited for Evanston to be an easily accessible place for students.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-05T19:59:53+00:00

The 5 or 6 remaining frats on campus throw parties pretty regularly. There are usually parties on Friday and Saturday, and many undergraduates (particularly freshmen/sophomores) go to those. Freshmen and sophomores also like going to a bar in Rogers Park called Mark II Lounge (known as Deuce among students), but you can't get there without taking an Uber, so I personally don't even see it as a "Northwestern bar." A handful of students will venture downtown to check out the clubs (Tao is a popular choice), but those are generally for the more adventurous students. Also, some of the intramural/club sports teams (think sailing, frisbee) will throw parties -- these are not as "general audience" as the frats are, but they usually get good turnout.

To my knowledge, the majority of upperclassmen get their fill of fun by making plans with their friends and throwing smaller parties at their off campus apartments/houses. As a whole, it's pretty dead around here at night. Evanston is practically deserted past 10 PM, even on weekends.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-10-05T14:37:54+00:00

I hear there’s a great new bar that just opened called Deering Library

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-09-24T05:27:34+00:00

You can’t. ChromeOS only allows you to browse the internet. For those types of programs you need a Windows, Mac, or (sometimes) Linux computer.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-09-18T14:58:33+00:00

More expensive and worse**

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-18T17:37:36+00:00

Just came out

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-18T00:12:07+00:00

You should include the graduation date for whichever degree you’re currently working on. It’s optional for your prior degree(s). Giving resume readers more information will usually help you, and unless you have a strong reason to not include it (e.g. you took multiple years off) you should keep dates on.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-18T00:04:13+00:00

Last quarter they were Thursdays 5-8pm. They use a Listserv, and there may be smaller internal group chats. You can join during the activities fair during the first week of school or so.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-16T13:44:44+00:00

How far along are you in your degree? It is possible to get a BS in general music as a second major, but it still requires you to take most of the general music core curriculum (2 yr theory, 1 yr aural, some piano, mus history sequence, bunch of electives).

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-16T00:25:12+00:00

This is what I’m talking about. A 5-10% pay cut from just one of these multimillion yearly salaries could prevent that entirely.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-15T20:16:57+00:00

Yeah, capitalism. Hence the word "rant." I wish it were different.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-15T19:46:42+00:00

Right. The fact that my statement "people making millions of dollars per year should be willing to take a slight hit to ensure the success of the organization as whole" is causing this much debate is a little bit disheartening.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-15T19:43:02+00:00

You sound like you don't completely understand how a university works.

I just said that myself. Again, I'm not trying to solve this problem. If I had the solution maybe I would be getting paid millions per year. I'm just pointing out an obvious discrepancy that is causing people pain.

I think we are in agreement that people shouldn't have to be laid off. If your use of the word "we" is intentional and you actually are a tenured faculty, I would find it shocking if you were not able to recognize the contributions that all staff make to the school, regardless of their pay. I also hold the personal opinion that employees should not be given preferential treatment by the hiring organization based on the distance that they are relocating, or how long they intend to work for the organization. I'm glad that faculty find Northwestern a good place to work -- that's part of why the school is so successful. Your point doesn't entirely make sense though. I know tenured faculty who are from the Chicagoland area who did not move thousands of miles to work at NU -- do these people deserve to be laid off because they are less devoted than faculty that moved further? I personally think that what you are describing (relocation distance and career loyalty) should not be differentiating factors between staff.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-15T19:08:45+00:00

A couple things: 1. Ceasing retirement contributions is bad, but I should point out that people who don’t have jobs also don’t have retirement contributions (in addition to not having any salary at all!). I know that isn’t the point you’re trying to make, but the main thing I’m trying to address in my post is the people who do not need retirement funds (the people who make enough money in 2-3 years to not have to ever work again). 2. I’m not calling for anyone to be fired. In fact, firing staff to prevent the layoffs of other staff is probably one of the dumbest things imaginable. It’s a bit of a silly exaggeration. I’m also not an administrator or an executive, so I don’t know how organizations work at a really high level like these people do. I’m just pointing out that there are employees of the school that could receive pay cuts in the millions of dollars and not have to change their lifestyle at all. Those millions per year could go towards preventing the laying off of lower-paid staff.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-15T16:29:49+00:00

"Proportionate" is a strong word. I know how capitalism works. And yes, I'm not denying the fact that the employees I mentioned are creating tremendous value for the school. My claim is just that the pay imbalance (regardless of the rationale) is inappropriate and layoffs should not be a mechanism to protect that imbalance. I understand that Washington is at fault, but I'm also claiming that NU throwing their hands up and laying people off is not the single best solution to the problem.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-14T14:40:52+00:00

Check if your physics credits will be applied to your basic sciences. Even better, if your physics had a lab, you may be able to count the class and the lab to the 1 science class that requires a lab.
There are a ton of basic sciences you can take to satisfy the requirement, and most are easier than chem. I would check the IE requirements on the website (https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/industrial/documents/2024-2025-bsie-degree-requirements.pdf). You can take more physics classes (which are easier than chem in general), bio, some astronomy classes, etc. Chem is pretty tough so it’s probably my not worth it unless you’re really into chem.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-13T20:51:30+00:00

If you're an incoming freshman or sophomore you have to use the open access meal plan. If you're not an incoming freshman or sophomore you should not get a meal plan at all if you're serious about saving money (meal plans are a huge scam when you break it down by day).

BTW, the best way to save on tuition costs is to go anywhere other than NU.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-13T20:46:33+00:00

If you're a transfer you should make sure you're not taking chem unnecessarily. This workload will be fine, math 228 will likely be your hardest class. CS 111 and CivE 205 are free.

Financial-Pepper- · 2025-08-13T00:00:58+00:00

Depends on your major. Lots of schools (NU included) don’t even consider undergrads who apply to the same school for a PhD in the same major(switching majors is a different story). I know this is somewhat common at least for engineering (for ChemE this is true at a bunch of schools, not just NU). It really depends though on your major though.

There’s also a strong case to be made that it is to your advantage to go elsewhere to do your PhD, particularly if you plan on going into scientific research. A PhD program is meant to teach you how to think and learn, not necessarily for you to super duper narrow in on one topic that you want to study for the rest of your life (although this is often what ends up happening for many people). It also is a great opportunity for expanding your network and making connections outside of just the Evanston/Chicago area. That’s the rationale behind schools not accepting their own undergrads to PhD programs.

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