Berkeley vs. W&M vs. Vanderbilt vs. Emory vs. WUSTL vs. Cornell vs. Northwestern

<p>How would you rank these in terms of..</p>

<p>1.) academic prestige/reputation (are they all basically on the same tier?) </p>

<p>2.) undergraduate education</p>

<p>3.) overall campus life</p>

<p>4.) order in which you personally would attend</p>

<p>5.) if you were an employer and got a stack of resumes, one from each school, without looking at anything else, what would be the order in which you would call the applicants for interviews</p>

<p>Alaskian, i just wrote this huge post on Emory comparing it to Mcgill… it has great info on Emory so if you want it , PM me.</p>

<ol>
<li>Academic prestige/ reputation: all are comparable. </li>
</ol>

<p>Berkeley>Cornell>Northwestern>Emory=Vanderbilt=WUSTL>W&M </p>

<p>2.) undergraduate education
Emory=Vanderbilt=WUSTL> W+M>Northwestern=Cornell>Berkeley</p>

<p>3.) overall campus life: no clue</p>

<p>4.) order in which you personally would attend
Emory>Cornell>Northwestern>WUSTL>Berkeley>W+M</p>

<p>5.) if you were an employer and got a stack of resumes, one from each school, without looking at anything else, what would be the order in which you would call the applicants for interviews </p>

<p>I’m biased but I would ask for the Emory grad… but I figure, Cornell and Berekely will be more recognizable to employers because one if a good, huge public school… the other is an Ivy.</p>

<p>The issues here are not about academics. All of these schools are peers. The issues are location, size, cost, weather, … The bottom line is question # 5. I hate to break this to CC world, but in real life, nobody splits hairs about schools like here on CC. All these schools will get you an interview and you will impress people on first impressions, but getting hired is all about the individual.</p>

<p>Ask the deeper questions and figure out what makes you happy. Then the answer will be clear.</p>