Why Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences?

Join one of 30 club sports or sign up for intramural play in eight others. Catch Wildcats football at Ryan Field. Help with the Dance Marathon, the campus’s largest charity fundraiser, or the Special Olympics. Become part of an a capella group. Hear a lecture by a former ambassador. Attend a student theater production and concert on campus the same day.

Make friends with a dynamic and diverse group. Northwestern students are as multifaceted as the 50 states and more than 20 countries from which they originate. Your friends may be in the schools of music, education and social policy, engineering, or journalism, as well as in the arts and sciences. Students say much of their learning comes from the varying perspectives of their classmates.

Analytical and logical thought, effective self-expression, imagination, intellectual flexibility, well-reasoned ethical and aesthetic judgments-- Weinberg graduates have the skills to succeed, even in a rapidly changing economy. That’s true in developing fields such as biotechnology, global markets, and information technology, and in more traditional careers in medicine, law, business and academia.

Because you’ve learned how to learn, you’ll have an important advantage that employers value – flexibility of mind – no matter what your field or how many times you take a different path.

Weinberg graduates find ample opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. Your education here will empower you not only to succeed in your personal and professional life but also to be a force for positive change. A few more thoughts....