<p>Did you get off of the waitlist of both? You will here from me what many others here will say. Cornell Engineering is the better. That said, I am a physics major who is also looking into engineering. I had certainly heard of Northwestern, gotten their application, reviewed the school, and finally decided not to apply. Why? Because as far as science and engineering go, in my opinion, there are few schools with
A. Great Progarm in my major</p>
<p>B. Great other programs. (ie. easily preferred Cornell over UIUC, even though their engineering is on par.)</p>
<p>C. Great focus on undergraduates. Cornell is an undergraduate university (by the numbers).</p>
<p>Cornell had all three when others didn’t. (At least the ones I got accepted to :)) </p>
<p>I really got the impression that research was very available to the undergraduates. Plus, the professors were out of this world nice and amazing. I saw a few in action and met with one in person. Teaching quality was incredible, and the professor I met with was busy, sure, but enjoyed spending an HOUR with just me trying to get me to get excited about physics (and ultimately Cornell).</p>
<p>To be honest, I am not too familiar with NU beyond what I have shared. All I know is that when I look at where engineering and physics professors graduated from, Cornell is a popular name. Northwestern’s name doesn’t come up as much in those fields.</p>
<p>Journalism, etc are another matter…</p>