I don’t understand how people can tell you that Cornell has more name recognition than NU and that it is slightly more prestigious overall. If a recruiter doesn’t know NU, not sure you’d want to work for them ! Us news ranks NU higher than Cornell and from my New York high school, it is more competitive to get into NU than Cornell because Cornell takes a lot more kids. But I’m sure it is different coming from other states because of the land grants. Anyway, they are both excellent institutions but if you are majoring in economics, I agree that NU has the edge and in my book, the better location. But you can’t go wrong with either choice. Good lick!