<p>What makes Chicago and Northwestern so different?</p>
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<p>you can almost say its been discussed a little. almost.</p>
<p>The only similarities are that both schools are excellent and both schools are in or near Chicago.</p>
<p>They’re not even remotely similar. I don’t get why everyone wants to compare them.</p>
<p>… and I think that NU people rankle Chicagoans and vice versa, so it’s fun to fight.</p>
<p>Thanks for the hyperlink ride. </p>
<p>So my question is which is better for psychology? I’m thinking NU but I’m not sure.</p>
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Absolutely no difference between the two.</p>
<p>Both are equally strong.</p>
<p>Go to the one you like (chances are, you won’t like both - they’re polar opposites).</p>
<p>Yeah if you pick for better “psychology program” you’re making the biggest mistake of your life. These two are polar opposites, pick the school you like more.</p>
<p>I don’t know that they are “polar opposites”, but they are quite different in nature; that is, I think there are a few students who could, very easily, thrive in both schools. I would suggest, however, that you look at things you DON’T like about both schools in order to pick one over the other…</p>
<p>Do you like Chicago’s Core Curriculum?</p>
<p>In real life, NU and U Chicago administrations have a great deal of respect for the other, and often work collaboratively. For example, if Chicago is recruiting a professor from another part of the country and the professor’s spouse is also an academic and there is no open position for the spouse’s field at Chicago, they work with Northwestern to see if there is a position that could be offered at Northwestern for the spouse so that the couple can move. (And vice versa, of course.) I don’t really perceive any rivalry other than friendly. NU is just a more “typical” college experience (in the sense of athletics, Greek system, etc.) than Chicago with its quirky intellectual bent, but the students at both are extremely smart. Chicago just appeals to a narrower crowd, that’s all.</p>
<p>Yeah. They’re both great schools, and the “rivalry” is good-natured at heart. But I honestly think that for most people, they’d like one or the other, probably not both. </p>
<p>Northwestern is very traditional - in a Harvard/Yale sort of way. </p>
<p>Chicago is very quirky and offbeat - in a Reed sort of way.</p>
<p>While the “environments” at both schools are different - the schools are similar in many ways that at one point they almost merged.</p>