College applications can be difficult for high schoolers navigating recommendation letters, personal essays and the overall process. The new student organization ‘Matriculate at Northwestern’ aims...

As of today, just seven U.S. universities claim to practice need-blind admissions for all applicants. Need-blind admissions is a practice where the applicants’ families income and ability to pay for...

Michael Fitzpatrick, senior director of first-generation and lower-income initiatives for the Office of the Provost, said his biggest challenge as a FGLI college student was navigating the different, often...

    On episode seven of Digital Diaries, we talk to two students about their experiences as a first generation low income student at Northwestern. [music] ERICA SCHMITT: From...

We’re all too familiar with the feeling when you’re introduced to a new atmosphere and you’re using Google Maps to get around campus. And when you ask for directions, you get hit with jargon like...