Brown versus Northwestern ED?

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Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:13:53 +0000

Both are great schools. Personal preference as to location. Brown’s campus is 146 acres with several beautiful buildings, Northwestern sits on 231 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan with a less cohesive style of buildings. NU is just 30 minutes to downtown Chicago.

Complaints about lack of maintenance & updating at Brown have been widespread for years. Maybe this has been corrected in the last year or two.

No doubt that students are happy at Brown. I think that this is by design as Brown’s academic system reduces pressure & stress. Probably happier since NU seems to be a bit more intense atmosphere.

I recognize that Brown offers a more compact campus in an urban setting which produces a sense of coziness. Northwestern is more spread out & unofficially divided into North & South campuses. But I prefer the Lake Michigan shoreline, the view of downtown Chicago’s skyline, the more spread out campus & the adjacent upscale shopping & dining in Evanston over Brown’s setting. Again, I think that it is a matter of personal preference.