Northwestern vs. Wash U

illinois_kid
Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:41:44 +0000

I’ll concede Northwestern has a better name…

But I’m not really interested in a breakdown of the differences in “prestige” of the two excellent institutions… I was more concerned with the strengths of the life sciences at the two schools, the availability of research for undergrads (esp. research starting very early on) and the social outlets and campus atmospheres of the two schools. As far as I’m concerned, the two schools are both fine universities with great opportunities, but I’d like (and I assume the other prefrosh who showed interest in this thread) would like some more opinions on the actual things the schools have to offer us rather than a lengthy argument about “prestige” or “better rep”.