<p>keenya2006,</p>
<p>I know what you mean. dcircle is the one that comes here to make claims that he couldn’t back up with evidence and data. He can’t prove lower fraction of NU grads end up in highly sought after jobs. He also implies an employer would pick one over another simply because of the name. That’s just can’t be proven. He also said NU faculty is less accomplished. It has surprised me a Brown grad would resort to making claims to demean another school without any solid data.</p>
<p>At least I show some facts that seem to suggest his claims are false:
- More top business consulting companies consider Northwestern as one of their target schools.
- Northwestern has higher number of more well-known and highly ranked programs.
- Among the CEOs of Funtune 500 companies, 5 did their undergrad at Northwestern (more if you count MBA at Kellogg) whereas 1 did their undergrad at Brown.</p>
<p>To the OP,
If you want to go to a school that has lower acceptance rate/higher selectivity and an Ivy name-tag, go to Brown. If you want to go to a school with a more reputable, top-10 econ program and wider array of business-related courses (Northwestern also has a top-5 management sciences department, a LOC department, and couple marketing courses through Medill), go to Northwestern. Everything else is subject to OP’s personal preference. Case closed… :)</p>