Duke v. Northwestern

HiWei
Wed, 21 May 2008 13:47:25 +0000

I was actually down to these two choices as well, and speaking as an Econ major, you’ll have plenty of opportunities coming out of school for both of these institutions. At Duke, the classes that I’ve taken so far are all engaging and interesting, and the breadth of classes is awesome because it is the largest major. One caution I’ve heard from others (I didnt take it) is that ECON 51 (the intro class) is a major weed-out class, but you can avoid that if you have both AP credit or just study hard.

The main reason why I picked Duke is that, for some or no reason, Northwestern costs significantly more than Duke, and I’m double-majoring in BME (which Duke is amazing at).

Again, you really can’t go wrong with either choice, so don’t fret too much. :)