<p>These are my top two schools right now. I am interested in engineering/computer science and journalism. Journalism isn't my first choice for area of study but it is on the list. Both are reaches for me, and I have other schools on my list that are matches and safeties. I am just trying to figure out which one of these two is a better fit for me.
Dartmouth has no journalism major, but there is a student newspaper and magazine so it would be possible to be involved if I wanted to.
Northwestern has a great journalism program and a quality engineering/science school but from what I've seen the two are pretty exclusive of each other, so I'm not sure how much benefit it would be having both there.</p>
<p>Any opinions or advice are helpful. Ask if you need more info.</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Northwestern accepted 9.92% and 22.2% of their RD applicants this year, respectively. Neither is easy to get into. </p>
<p>Unless you plan to apply to only one, which is inadvisable if they are your top choices, what in the world is the point of ranking them? There’s no guarantee of being admitted to both or even one of them.</p>
<p>I know there is no guarantee of being admitted to both or to either for that matter. I said they were both reaches. I just want other people’s opinions. I am confident that attending either would be a great experience for me. I am considering maybe applying early decision to one of them because that would potentially increase my chances of admission. That is why I want to rank them. if I get rejected or deferred in ED then I can apply to the other along with my match and safety schools.</p>
<p>This is a very good point, especially considering Dartmouth has no essay on its supplement. So if the application fee isn’t a problem, it would take almost zero extra work to submit both apps as opposed to only one.</p>
<p>Another thing I should point out is that when you apply to Northwestern, you apply to a specific school, and engineering and journalism are in separate schools. This means you’ll have to choose one at the start. I’m sure there are ways to transfer between schools, but in the case that you want to major in BOTH, you need to check if that’s possible between two different schools. I know you can pursue a dual degree between the music school and any of the other schools, but I’m not sure if that’s the case for journalism.</p>
<p>That is my main concern with Northwestern. The fact that you can really only choose one of the two at Northwestern takes away the possibility of doing both. Dartmouth doesn’t have a journalism major but I could still be involved in journalism at the school.</p>
<p>I like the idea of either atmosphere. being just outside Chicago would be great because you aren’t forced into the middle of it all but the resources are there as well as the environment. Hanover is small but just about anything you want to do is on campus there so that doesn’t detract from that. I am from Oregon too so being on a campus that is considered to be an arboretum is an attraction.</p>
<p>“That is my main concern with Northwestern. The fact that you can really only choose one of the two at Northwestern takes away the possibility of doing both. Dartmouth doesn’t have a journalism major but I could still be involved in journalism at the school.”</p>
<p>If your goal is to participate in the student newspaper, neither school requires you to major in journalism.</p>
<p>If you are leaning more engineering, then Northwestern is the stronger program.</p>
<p>Being on the paper is not necessarily my goal. i was just pointing out that the exclusivity of the journalism and engineering schools from each other took away the chance of participating in both major programs, therefore leveling the field somewhat in that regard.</p>
<p>Northwestern is a reach but it is a low reach. I have been told that it isn’t a good idea to consider any school with an acceptance rate below 25% a match school. Schools with numbers like that have them because they have such a large applicant pool compared to their size and though having higher stats helps it is never a guarantee that you will get in especially if schools are trying to be diverse(academically as well as racially).</p>
<p>You can double major across schools at NU - one of my son’s friends is in Medill but is also majoring in economics in Weinberg Arts & Sciences. I think a lot of engineering students also double major in economics. You could ask NU admissions whether it is possible to be in the engineering school but also have a major in one of the Medill areas.</p>
<p>Agree with Redroses… if you are not confident about NU, then Dartmouth is a shot in the dark. Don’t waste your one ED on a huge reach. ED only increases your chance marginally, if at all. The admit rate is higher, but so is the quality of the applicants.</p>
<p>Northwestern is a low reach, not something I am concerned about. I am not asking about whether you think I could get in or not. I am asking about which you think is a better choice for me.</p>
<p>Unless you want be one of the ibankers wannabes, NU should be the clear choice for you. NU’s engineering school has one of the best CO-OP programs in the nation.</p>