Northwestern or Duke?

ibrockmad
Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:17:04 +0000

First let me say that you can’t go wrong either way. Duke and NW were my two top choices, and I ended up applying ED to NW, where I was accepted. I believe Duke to be a better overall school than NW academically speaking, however, I believe that NW is a better school for engineers (McCormick). Duke Basketball is a huge draw, at least for a sports fan like myself, but if you’re a sports fan NW does have Big-10 sports (football team is pretty solid). I visited both schools, and I got the impression that NW was a more social school than Duke. If you are positive you want engineering, I would say NW may be a better fit.