Cornell VS. Northwestern for BME and Engineering in General

LuvsLabs
Tue, 01 May 2018 17:06:45 +0000

Mom of current HS Jr. interested in Engineering colleges here. This thread popped up during a general search as we’re creating/editing his college list.

I just checked ABET Accreditation for Biomedical Engineering for both, and it seems NU IS accredited and Cornell is not. http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx

Of course, if you do change your engineering concentration, which is probably likely, that may not matter. But, since you did specify it for now, we’re being advised that ABET definitely matters.

My D, who is a freshman at another college, was a Theater “Cherub” at NU during the summer and she absolutely loved Evanston. (She applied ED to NU and was rejected and pretty heart-broken for awhile, but is thrilled where she landed.) It’s easy enough to avoid Chicago, and yet it’s right there whenever you want all it offers!

I grew up in WAY upstate New York. It was, and still is, pretty economically depressed. I’ve lived in NJ, very near to NYC for 30 years. For someone who grew up in a major city, upstate NY might be boring for you. An upside to that could be that you’ll be much less distracted from your engineering workload.

For whatever it might be worth, I encourage you to proudlly attend Northwestern. I’d be thrilled if my son were accepted there, especially if he hadn’t applied ED - the admit rate for regular admission is just nuts!

You have an enviable choice to make - congratulations to you!