<p>Why should a student choose WashU over Emory, Vandy, UMich and Northwestern? Or why not? I've got to figure out which to use ED for... Please comment on social life most.</p>
<p>This is on the boards of all 5 schools</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>umm... Emory and UMich and NWestern don't have as much of a social community "oomph" as WashU does. i know its sounds weird but everyone at WashU feels like he/she belongs to WashU, not just a little part or some certain group. Vandy certainly has more parties if thats what you mean.</p>
<p>is washu very clique? compared to the others? Thanks a lot</p>
<p>Because of the students who choose to go therenicest students, and very accepting of others too. Some of these students chose Wash U even though they got into the higher ranked schools such as Northwestern, Harvard, and Stanford (hard to believe, but true).....</p>
<p>actually northwestern is ranked 11th along with WashU in USA today's 50 top colelges. just wanted to point that out.</p>
<p>Your correct, both schools were dead even according to US News Best Colleges. I wonder what the ranking will be this year?</p>
<p>i hope WashU comes out ahead. if not, mebbe going to WashU instead of Northwestern was a mistake. bah, i'd like to not think about that. Its about the quality of the education not the name that gets you somewhere in life. :)</p>
<p>But remember, these college rankings are very strange. You can never understand how they compare each college to its counterpart</p>