<p>So i am looking at well rounded colleges, with great learning experiences... i havent heard to much about Northwestern... someone mind filling me in?? What are they good at in terms of majors?? how are the class sizes??</p>
<p>Theatre, I know, is really good, because that's what I'm applying to. I've heard the economics is also excellent, and the engineering is supposed to be good as well. The music is good as well and the film. That's all I know about, really.</p>
<p>music school is one of top ten in country; engineering is 12th, i believe; communications school is one of the top 3 in country, i believe; theatre program is incredible; economics department is great b/c of the faculty; HPME is obviously good</p>
<p>it's just overall a great school with all of its programs within the top 15, if not better, in the country</p>
<p>chemistry/art history are also in the top-10. all depts in the engineering school are strong (top-20); NU has the first material sci dept in the world; it's been consistently ranked in the top-3. humanities/social sciences are mostly in the top-20. language depts are less strong but our german dept is supposed to be incredible and is a leading one with DAAD winners.</p>
<p>first material sci dept in the world???</p>
<p>that is kinda inaccurate... germany does....</p>
<p>also cambridge</p>
<p>for econ id choose u of chicago.. over NU... hmmm it seems its not a university for me... thanks though for the insight</p>
<p>If you're going for Econ, I wouldn't pass up NU, it's freaking amazing. I mean, come on. Kellogg is on campus!</p>
<p>NU's econ program is incredible, I agree with Rhapsody...</p>
<p>Hello, it's Kellogg! :D</p>
<p>Ambitiousteen,
History</a> of materials science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I find it interesting that you are so ready to dispute this distinction of NU without any evidence. You also seemed to imply that a top-10 econ program isn't good enough for you. If that's the case, let me tell you Harvard, Stanford, and MIT are the only schools that have #1 programs in various fields (engineering for MIT); but please do understand that they are <em>much</em> harder to get in than any university in Canada. So if #1 is all you've been looking for, you may want to have a reality check and adjust your expectation accordingly.</p>
<p>On the econ department, I seem to remember reading once that U of Chicago and NU routinely switch being 1st and 2nd in leading econ programs in the country, so that's a bit of a moot point.</p>
<p>NU's econ is reeaaaaally good; and it's perfect if you want to go into the kellogg school for your MBA later on</p>
<p>Social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics)
Journalism
Engineering (Material Science, Industrial)
Communications (Theater, Speech Disorders)
Art History
German</p>
<p>sparkycircuit,</p>
<p>Actually, as far as graduate rankings go, UChicago is consistently ranked higher. UChicago is usually ranked in the top-3 while NU is ranked between 4th and 8th. On the other hand, I think the difference at the undergrad level is likely negligible. Our perforamnce at the College Fed Challenge seems to support this. Despite our lower graduate ranking, our undergrad team had never lost to UChicago's team in the regional before (our team went on to win the national title three times and placed third last year). One may argue this isn't a good indication of the quality of undergrad program but CFC is the only collegiate competition for econ majors and students do apply what they've learned during the competition (unlike Putnam exam). Granted, it involves presentation and Q&A in front of judges, so communication skills may play a role.</p>
<p>well no i want a good all around school... and not in the fields this school excels in i.e. communications etc... I am pre-med and I am more into theoretical learning than practical for certain subjects... And I am not applying to canada all... i agree on you that canada is easy to get into very much... and Northwestern is ranked consistently on the Top for US... as for World you can check it out urself... here is the website...</p>
<p>QS</a> Top Universities: Top 100 universities in the THE - QS World University Rankings 2007</p>
<p>it isnt my type of school i guess. oo and i didnt know it was the first official inaugurated material science department in the world makes sense... need money to do "official" things... i was saying germany because most of the processes of material science theories were invented by germans...</p>
<p>Northwestern University's School of Education & Social Policy (SESP) is the only undergraduate program of its kind in the country. Theatre, communications, music, engineering, journalism, arts & sciences. Best known for economics, journalism & theatre.</p>
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well no i want a good all around school... and not in the fields this school excels in i.e. communications etc...I am pre-med and I am more into theoretical learning than practical for certain subjects
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<p>I am not sure what your bar is for "good all around" because NU fits that description to me. Our liberal arts/engineering departments are well-represented in the US News graduate rankings (within top-25). They may not be mostly top-10 but among the privates, only HYPSM, Columbia, Penn, Chicago, Cornell have better graduate rankings in the liberal arts/engineering (Penn/Columbia/Yale/Havard have weaker engieering while Chicago has no engineering). NU is on par with Duke/JHU and better than schools like Rice, WashU, Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, Brown, Dartmouth, Emory, Notre Dame, and Georgetown..etc. If you are into chemistry, our theoretical chemistry is ranked #3.</p>
<p>Mmm... that is graduate for sure... and they are not in the world... im looking towards traveling and getting jobs abroad... by what i've gathered id find id gain from a different school lol... </p>
<p>Dont hate on me anymore... i just did not find a connection with the school... and im just wondering if i missed something (which i did when u mentioned first material eng. department in the world.)</p>
<p>Thanks for the help</p>
<p>The World ranking you were looking at isn't a reputation ranking. Stanford is much more well-known than Duke/Australian National. The ones in the know <em>in Hong Kong</em> never think Hong Kong U is better than Berkeley (I came from Hong Kong). In fact, if that were real measure of how we actually see our university, none of us would be paying $200K to go to schools like Berkeley, UCLA, WashU, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgetown...etc when we can go to HKU for $5K/yr (people that get into those schools can easily get into HKU). That ranking also varies a lot year in and year out. If you are looking to work in business/finance, Northwestern has pretty good reputation because of Kellogg. You wouldn't go to JHU instead. But if you are going to work in the medical field, then JHU is almost second to none. As far as laymen you meet on the streets go, Harvard is probably the only school many of them have heard of.</p>