where would u go?

College Search & Lists
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<p>is going from Cornell to Northwestern a bad move?</p>

42

<p>My preference:

  1. Northwestern
  2. Cornell
  3. WashU
  4. Rice</p>

<p>I’d never go to Chicago unless I were paid.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Rice</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>WUSL</li>
</ol>

44

<p>hahah slipper!</p>

45

<p>Go where you think you’ll be happy. If you follow rankings and go to the most prestigious school you got into that others want to go to, you’ll wind up at a school you don’t like and want to transfer out of.</p>

<p>Wait, that already happened.</p>

46

<p>I’m pretty sure the OP isn’t basing his decision on these posts…</p>

47

<p>anywhere but chicago.</p>

48

<p>Go to Northwestern.</p>

49

<p>berkeley/ucla (reach)
probably will end up at UCSD or UCI :rolleyes:</p>

50

<p>what do you guys have against chicago?</p>

51

<p>Pompous, self important student body that in the end are no more successful than any of their peers, but insist on having no fun anyway.</p>

52

<p>excellent social life. fun. school spirit. chicago lacks these things in terms of what i would be looking for in each. college is supposed to be the best 4 years of your life- its not all about the hard core academics; the most important things are learned outside of the classroom.</p>

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<p>Northwestern</p>

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<p>Speaking as someone has already been through the admissions process, done detailed research on many of those schools, and my brother and I actually having the choice of attending most of the above schools, along with many NU vs UC tournaments occurring at my IL high school, this is how I rank their desirability:</p>

<p>Undergrad:

  1. Northwestern/ Rice
  2. UChicago –> good majority chose NU over UC, but top academics
  3. Cornell
  4. WUSTL</p>

<p>*Unlike most of the posters on this board, I am not a wimsically-ranking high school student who overblows Cornell because its an ivy.</p>

<p>*also, I do not rate a school such as Rice last simply because I have never heard of it before/ know very little about it.</p>

<p>*I don’t rate WUSTL last because of its embrassing demonstrated interest/ yield manipulation procedures. However, in this case, the other schools simply offer more.</p>

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<p>1.Northwestern (Football! Chicago!)
2.Chicago (Chicago! Social Sciences!)
3.Rice (Houston! Tuition!)
4.Cornell (Rural campus….)
20.WashU (uh…)</p>

56

<p>Well said about Rice, peter parker.</p>

57

<p>actually most kids here aren’t flagrantly bashing cornell like most people CC do.</p>

58

<p>I’ll go ahead and rank the four schools I know, based mainly on my impressions from visiting:</p>

<ol>
<li>Rice</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
</ol>

<p>Note: this takes into account the Integrated Science Program at Northwestern. Without that program, flip NU and Chicago.</p>

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<p>I actually had a hard time choosing between Wash. U. and Harvard…it’s a great school (but I’m EXTREMELY glad I picked where I did, haha) and I think anyone would be happy there, intellectually and socially. UChicago, of course, is an excellent school.
Cornell: ehh…
Rice: too hot, but they have great programs
Northwestern: good school, but I don’t know much about it (I didn’t even apply, lol)
Hope that was helpful! I definitely can’t overemphasize how good WashU is.</p>

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<p>Northwestern – tough choice between this and Chicago
UChicago – harder to get a good GPA, don’t like the attitude of the school
Wash U – dislike it for personal reasons
Cornell – NY weather sucks, too many Asians, I’m not interested in engineering
Rice – it’s a great school that’s consistently overlooked but I dislike Texas and I’m not looking to go into engineering</p>