rice or northwestern?

Sam_Lee
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:31 +0000

fyi, below are the us news undergrad engg rankings:
NU
Engineering program rank:14
Biomedical rank:11
Chemical rank:23
Civil rank:15
Computer rank:16
Electrical rank:13
Environmental rank:12
Industrial/Manufacturing rank:7
Materials rank:6
Mechanical rank:17

Rice
Engineering program rank:17
Biomedical rank:9
Chemical rank:20
Civil rank: NR
Computer rank:16
Environmental rank:16
Materials rank:NR
Mechanical rank:NR

NU probabably has better reputation in engineering but the difference is not significant. You do have a tough decision to make.