similar to NORTHWESTERN?

College Search & Selection
#1

<p>Which universities are similar to Northwestern's social scene and academics?</p>

#2

<p>Duke. Vanderbilt.</p>

#3

<p>Washington St Louis, Georgetown.</p>

#4

<p>.....Michigan?</p>

#5

<p>i would throw nyu in there too</p>

#6

<p>I'm sorry, but I don't think NYU is anything at all like Northwestern. </p>

<p>Northwestern is very traditional - a secluded, residential campus with pretty old buildings; lots of frats; sports; a slightly preppier student body. </p>

<p>NYU is a whole different world - an urban feel, rather than campus feel; non-existant frats and sports; a more eclectic, artsy student body. </p>

<p>They're both good schools...just nothing alike.</p>

#7

<p>Cornell
Michigan
Illinois</p>

<p>Just larger :/</p>

#8

<p>USC (but not the neighborhood), Stanford, other east coast schools in nice areas outside of a major city. NU is unusual though with the sports and the frats.</p>

#9

<p>I would say Cornell</p>

#10

<p>I second Vanderbilt.</p>

#11

<p>stanford and duke??but very different location...</p>

<p>its really hard to find a ivy caliber academic+active sports scene..</p>

#12

<p>
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USC (but not the neighborhood), Stanford, other east coast schools in nice areas outside of a major city. NU is unusual though with the sports and the frats.

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I'd say Duke is the closest match and then Vandy; perhaps Stanford.</p>

#13

<p>Duke> Northwestern.</p>

#14

<p>definitely Wash U</p>

#15

<p>Northwestern offers a terrific blend of great academics, great social life and great athletic life. There are only a handful of colleges that can compete with Northwestern when compared this way. I would suggest that you consider the following:</p>

<p>Stanford
Duke
Rice
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgetown</p>

<p>If you are ok with a larger environment, then consider:</p>

<p>U Virginia
USC
U Michigan</p>

<p>If you want a similar environment, but are ok with smaller social/athletic scene, then consider:</p>

<p>U Penn
Wash U
Emory</p>

<p>Here is how these colleges compare:</p>

<p>Size, Grad Rate, % of classes under 20 students, % of classes over 50 students, SAT score, % of Top 10% students, Acceptance Rate, College</p>

<p>8153 , 93% , 74% , 8% , 1410 , 83% , 30% , Northwestern</p>

<p>6422 , 95% , 73% , 10% , 1440 , 89% , 11% , Stanford
6330 , 94% , 73% , 6% , 1445 , 89% , 23% , Duke
3049 , 93% , 62% , 9% , 1435 , 87% , 24% , Rice
6378 , 89% , 67% , 6% , 1375 , 79% , 34% , Vanderbilt
8352 , 96% , 55% , 11% , 1395 , 84% , 27% , Notre Dame
6853 , 94% , 58% , 7% , 1390 , 84% , 22% , Georgetown</p>

<p>14,676 , 92% , 49% , 15% , 1325 , 88% , 37% , U Virginia
16,729 , 84% , 62% , 12% , 1370 , 86% , 25% , USC
25,555 , 87% , 45% , 17% , 1315 , 90% , 47% , U Michigan</p>

<p>9730 , 94% , 74% , 8% , 1430 , 94% , 18% , U Penn
7386 , 91% , 73% , 9% , 1450 , 95% , 21% , Wash U
6646 , 87% , 66% , 6% , 1385 , 88% , 32% , Emory</p>

#16

<p>Cornell is rather similar in prestige.</p>

#17

<p>Boston College is quite similar in size and location.</p>

#18

<p>I have met alot of people at USC who narrowed down their college selection between USC and Northwestern. The schools share strengths in specific fields, including theater and journalism.</p>

#19

<p>and both usc and nu have strong undergrad business school...</p>

#20

<p>dnduswo, NU does not really have an undergraduate Business school...not in the traditional sense anyway. NU has recently developed a special program but it hardly qualifies as a "Business school". </p>

<p>At any rate, I agree with many of the comparisons made above. Boston College, Cornell, Duke and Michigan, Stanford, USC, Vanderbilt, Wash.U etc... all share some things in common with NU.</p>