<p>BleedingBlue,</p>
<p>I’m a current student in the School of Communication at Northwestern and couldn’t love it more. I understand your points about Cornell and “prestige,” however the School of Communication is incredibly well known by industry professionals all over the country. It is almost scary how many leaders in the communication fields went to the SoC and many are still very connected to the school. Zach Braff visited a few weeks ago not only to conduct a Q&A with students, but to screen the films of the winners of a film scholarship that he started at the school. And that is just one example of the amazing things happening all the time in the SoC.</p>
<p>While I understand that the college process is unique to each individual, I’d advise looking more into Northwestern before writing it off. While Cornell is a great school, Northwestern’s communication programs are very prestigious and I’ve found that several alumni and current students are able to make amazing and long lasting connections with professors and alumni and I think the success rate of the alumni demonstrates that something special is going on.</p>
<p>In short, I thought that maybe I might be able to shed some light on the topic since last year at the start of my college process, I knew very little about Northwestern at all. However, once I investigated the school, I found that the SoC offered so many wonderful opportunities that it made me want to attend very badly and I’m SO happy that I came!</p>
<p>I wish you the best luck with your decision! Congratulations on your acceptance!</p>