<p>@Lzio622, since both schools are amazing academically, you would probably benefit from thinking about what other qualities you are looking for in a school. When my daughter visited Wash U with my husband, she loved the school but felt that St. Louis (they spent two days exploring the city) was not all that. When she went to Northwestern, she loved the atmosphere, and then when we went into Chicago, she flipped. She loved it, and that was the end of discussion for any of the other schools that she had gotten into. Of course she doesn’t have the time to go into the city every weekend, but she has gone to concerts of her favorite indie bands, has gone to dance performances, has gone dancing, etc. Also, she is very involved with the Freshman Urban Program, better known as FUP ([FUP:</a> Northwestern University Freshman Urban Program](<a href=“http://groups.northwestern.edu/fup/]FUP:”>http://groups.northwestern.edu/fup/)), and this has made her dedication to community service greater than it was before.</p>
<p>Oh, as for the Ivy thing? Since my son went to Harvard, I pop over to their CC pages every once in a while. One guy posted that he got into Harvard and a bunch of other top-notch schools…but he was flat out rejected by NU. You never know.</p>