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04-15-2008, 10:56 PM
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| Duke vs Northwestern vs JHU - Engineering and Business
I was admitted to these schools, and I can't decide which one to commit to. Originally, I was planning to study just BME, but recently I've started leaning towards EE and Business. How would the undergraduate engineering and business programs compare at Duke, NU, and JHU?
Would one school offer more opportunities than another? Research? Professors? Courses? Variety?
Thanks in advance for your input! | 
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04-15-2008, 11:03 PM
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| For BME I would choose Duke. I absolutely loved Duke, but I was waitlisted :-p For other engineering disciplines such as electrical, Northwestern is certainly ranked higher. However, I believe that no matter which of those universities you choose in the end that you will receive a wonderful education. Anyhow, just my opinion. | |
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04-15-2008, 11:16 PM
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| I think all of these schools will give you great preparation for whatever you want to do. It's all a matter of what kind of experience you want from your undergraduate experience. I think all these schools are very different or have different attitudes. Also Northwestern is on the quarter system. These are things I'd consider.
Didn't Bloomberg go to JHU for Electrical Engineering? | |
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04-16-2008, 12:40 AM
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| If you're considering business, Duke and NU may be better choices. | |
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04-16-2008, 01:02 AM
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| I would agree. I think both have certificate programs in business (I know NU has one), plus they have great economics programs. I still think they're all three great schools, and it all depends on what you want from the school in terms of an experience. | |
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04-16-2008, 03:32 PM
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| Bloomberg studied Mechanical Engineering at jhu | |
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04-16-2008, 04:47 PM
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| no, electrical engineering. check wikipedia. | |
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04-16-2008, 05:37 PM
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| Thanks for all the input!
I was also wondering how Duke's four engineering majors (BME, ME, EE, Civil) compares to Northwestern's ~10 engineering majors? How much of a difference will this make in the overall scheme of the engineering school? | |
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04-16-2008, 06:08 PM
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| Well, NU's engineering is stronger across the board. Pretty much every dept is in top-25. Duke's BME is a top-5 program and is much better than its other 3, which are considered 2nd-tier (ranking-wise, not students of course).
Even if you don't care about rankings, it's obvious that NU has wider range of disciplines to choose from. You won't be able to major in chemE, industrial engg/managment sciences, or mat sci...at Duke. | |
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04-16-2008, 06:10 PM
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| JHU's BME program is very well known, I believe you need to apply directly to the program as part of your application, you can still be accepted to JHU without being accepted to the BME program. | |
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04-17-2008, 03:01 AM
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| Yeah, for Engineering, I think the question about which school to pick is, "Do you want your life to suck at NU, or do you want your life to suck more at JHU." Seriously, I hear that place is a social wasteland (from people who go there). But I'm sure if you asked some people here they would say the same about the social atmosphere here haha.
Engineering here is hard, but rewarding and fun. If you take an interest in EA, you'll find that you come out of it with a lot, and after working at NU over the summer in a group project, I've found that EDC is very applicable. Where elsewhere you'll spend the first year learning basics, at NU you will spend your first year doing engineering. Highly recommended. And don't let people fool you into thinking that engineers work non-stop, I've definitely found time to spread myself out on campus and get involved in greek life, student groups, and meeting new people.
But now back to my Applied Math problem set 
(Note the time. Not even close to being done)
Edit: I notice that it says 1:00 AM, but that is because I'm from Seattle and that's Pacific Time. | |
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04-17-2008, 03:31 AM
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| dont do jhu, you will hate your life.
i am from maryland and all my friends hate their lives there. | |
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