<p>What even makes it better than U of I? U of I has way better engineering across the board and it actually HAS an undergraduate business program. Please note, I’m not trying to bash NU, I am just curious as to why it is regarded so highly.</p>
<p>because there are other fields besides engineering and business…</p>
<p>which fields is it specifically known for? people have no reason to love northwestern. its not an ivy, its not stanford, its not even notre dame. Yet, people drool over northwestern, much more than U of I for some odd reason.</p>
<p>It’s not even Notre Dame?
I thought NU is somehow better than Notre Dame! …Well, maybe I was mistaken?</p>
<p>People drool because it has smarter students and is more selective and prestigious. To answer your question, NU is generally known for journalism, theater, economics and chemistry.</p>
<p>It’s not Notre Dame?</p>
<p>What is Notre Dame? lol</p>
<p>just go research NU and compare it to U of I</p>
<p>i would say northwestern is not below notre dame in any way at all… probably better…</p>
<p>“Please note, I’m not trying to bash NU, I am just curious as to why it is regarded so highly.”</p>
<p>“people have no reason to love northwestern. its not an ivy, its not stanford, its not even notre dame. Yet, people drool over northwestern, much more than U of I for some odd reason.” </p>
<p>sounds like you are trying to bash NU :(</p>
<p>Lulz. guys, don’t feed the ■■■■■. look up Northwestern University on Wikipedia and that should be enough.</p>
<p>but I’ll take this opportunity to say great things about a university I love so much: it’s the people 
and the resources available there that make it great. For example, NU’s endowment is what… at least twice as much as U of I? I know someone there who’s getting full financial aid when U of I would’ve cost much much more with inferior programs in the social sciences.</p>
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<p>It’s a valid question. </p>
<p>Some people will point to lower faculty:student ratio, though in my economics classes (at NU) I rarely had <30 kids in a classroom, and regularly over 150.</p>
<p>Some people will point to higher average salary for faculty at Northwestern, though the cost of living in Evanston is higher. ([Workplace:</a> Pay for Professors - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/workplace/2005/04/25/pay]Workplace:”>http://www.insidehighered.com/workplace/2005/04/25/pay))</p>
<p>The answer is really in the quality of the students. Studies have shown that university students gain the most not from their classroom experience, but from their interactions with peers, and after finishing college I find this largely to be true. The SAT ranges for the two schools are as follows:</p>
<p>UofI: 1180-1410
NU: 1360-1530</p>
<p>As you can see, UofI’s top 25% is barely above Northwestern’s bottom 25%. Of course, there are smart kids at University of Illinois and I’m sure any student there would be able to find a group of smart, like-minded peers, however this social group would exist in the context of a campus where 75% of the students scored below a 1410 on their SATs.</p>
<p>Since I transferred from a public university similar in some ways to UofI I can tell you that the quality of education is largely THE SAME between the two schools (in terms of professors, classroom experience, etc.). I know that will come as a shock to many. If anything, the quality of education at Northwestern can even be worse because there is a certain aura of arrogance and entitlement that can be sensed from the professors which is not felt at a public school where, in general, I felt professors conducted themselves with more humility and candor. </p>
<p>However when it comes to student body there is ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON. Since the majority of your time is spent in the dorms, living with roommates, socializing, in the library, this is truly what is important.</p>
<p>PS: I am not suggesting that SAT scores are everything, but I think you will find, upon visiting schools, that higher SAT scores are highly correlated with people who “have a plan” and are working hard to “be something” after college.</p>
<p>RE Notre Dame - Notre Dame is a very religiously affiliated school which crosses it off so many intelligent peoples lists!</p>
<p>um… it’s better than u of i in every way, kid</p>
<p>arbiter213: Supposedly Nick Jonas wants to go to Northwestern too…It would be really ironic if they both end up at NU.</p>
<p>Did you really compare U of I to Northwestern, overall? <em>I really wanted to call this person a noob, but doing so would make me the big, bad wolf. AHAHA.</em> Go do your research and come back, telling this board what you learned. I really hate these type of threads. I don’t know if the topic starters are truly naive or just out to annoy the heck out of me. If this case is the former, then sorry kiddo. Learn to find the great aspects yourself. If it is the latter, you need a life.</p>
<p>Omg nick jonas and selena gomez at nu would be amazingggggggg!</p>
<p>hopefully u know uiuc is possibly one of the best tech schools :the comp sci, engineering, and physics is second to very few schools i know grad comp sci is num 1 in the country also engineering is top 3 graduate and num 4 undergrad the grad physics top 5 along with business num 10 (falls short of kellogg) but accounting is num 1. prob the mccormick school cant compare with uiuc engineering but the liberal arts-history, language, possibly chem,bio, northwestern has an advantage over uiuc.</p>
<p>UIUC engineering admits “on paper” are better students than northwestern’s but northwestern is more prestigious being a elite private school in the midwest</p>
<p>if the jonas brothers get admited im xfering to uiuc</p>
<p>urbuddy- I find your lack of understanding of the concept of “punctuation” disturbing coming from a supposed NU student. Though I’ll take comfort in that you seem to be an engineer…</p>
<p>UIUC comp sci > MIT and Carnegie Mellon? Learn something new every day</p>
<p>nick jonas and selena gomez at NU would not be amazing.</p>