Sam Lee

^Actually material science is the exception.

harrym89

Thank you for the specific details.

If were to double major in economics or some other business major would it be better to go to NU?

Or let's say I major in IE and then decide to go to grad school for MBA.

Then would NU be better regardless of the cost?

danielhstennis08

i think all these kids are crazy. northwestern is a MUCH better school. georgia tech is sooooo easy to get into. if you got into northwestern, you are crazy to go to tech. it's engineering is way overrated. i've even heard that from current students. look at the stats of people who got rejected to northwestern. some are outstanding. if the money was A LOT more for NU, then i'd understand tech. i think you all are insane.

toxic_waste

^ someone said somewhere else on this board...getting into schools like UIUC and GT isn't the problem, getting out is.

anyway, if financial aid hasn't come out yet, wait and see. private schools are typically more generous with aid than public ones.

Sam Lee

In general, privates tend to be pretty flexible with double-major or changing major even as late as the beginning of your junior year. I can tell you at NU, double-major is very common; IE+econ is one of the most common for double-major across two different schools at NU. You'd have to find out what GaTech policy for double-major is.

Top MBA programs usually require people with few years of experience and by that time, your job performance, GMAT, and recommendation from coworkers are more important than where you went for undergrads. Undergrad GPA would be a factor, however. NU has more competitive students but it may actually be easily to get good grades at NU due to its grade inflation. It's hard to say.

kanavulator

Okay, well I'm a different person, but I'm going through the same debate. I have to choose between Northwestern and GT. I am planning to pursue a professorship (in the future) in Biomedical Engineering. I've been a little wary of whether or not i'll stay on this path, so the plus that Northwestern offers is that, if i do change my mind, I'll be better off.

However, if I stay in Biomedical Engineering, GT is ranked #3 in the nation for it while Northwestern is ranked #11.

Social life is very important to me. Many of my friends are attending GT but a fresh start sounds very appealing to me. I'm glad to know that Northwestern's social life blows GT's out of the water.

The cost of the school is ultimately not an issue to me, my parents are pretty well-off in that aspect. However, something important to me is to know which school will get me into a better graduate school?

What other advice do you guys have for my decision-making?