<p>First and foremost, go for the program… NU has engineering, communications, school of social policy… whereas Emory doesn’t. Emory has accounting and other b-school majors whereas NU does not. (although NU has a very strong economics program, math methods in social science program, and a business certificate… more on that later in the post)</p>
<p>What about the programs that both have?</p>
<p>As for pre-med, NU and Emory are both top-notch. Both have really good pre-med programs, with really competitive pre-med students. A good GPA in either program is golden.</p>
<p>As for journalism — this is self-evident. NU’s journalism program is one of the best in the nation and is leagues above whatever journalism instruction Emory offers.</p>
<p>For economics, NU’s economic progarm is better than Emory’s. NU has econ, mathematical methods in social sciences, and business certificate, all of which are strong programs that CAN (way too strong, especially ITE, to say will) place into great jobs post-graduation)</p>
<p>For liberal arts — I mean, the liberal art academics, I think, will be pretty much the same at both. Both great faculties, similar students. I give the edge to NU, partly because its relatively artsy south campus scene… Probably more active EC’s going on, better and more theater, although similar music. However, not a significant difference for academics in the liberal arts and – anyways – most of the liberal arts graduates at either are not going to have job offers flying-in. NU will have regional advantage in Chicagoland (get in ternships more easily, etc) whereas Emory has it in Georgia.</p>