<p>I'm an international student and now I'm considering about my ED choice. I totally have no idea which one is better, Duke or NU, or JHU maybe? All of them are very good schools, but I reallt can't determine which one is my best choice.I'm planning to study chemical engineering. I hope the school would not be too cold or too social. Prefer a relatively large city, but not the key point. Any suggestions or introduction to these ( or new) colleges?
BTW, my SAT was 2100, I retake it in Oct, and hopefully it would be over 2200, Any suggestions?! I really appreciate your help!</p>
<p>Northwestern is very cold in the winter, Duke is very social, so go with JHU.
They are all excellent schools, you can’t go wrong with any choice.</p>
<p>Duke has no chemical engineering. NU has a highly ranked one. Chicago is cold in the winter but it’s no Montreal or even Toronto.</p>
<p>If you have your heart set on Chemical Engineering, I would apply to either JHU or Northwestern ED. JHU is near Baltimore while NU is close to Chicago so both are located near big cities.</p>
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UC Berkeley. No ED/EA admission; urban campus with good public transportation to San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area; #2 ranked undergrad chemical engineering program resides in the smaller College of Chemistry; temperate climate year-round; Berkeley has international recognition.</p>
<p>All three are excellent schools. As others have noted, Duke does not offer Chem E, so would not make a good ED choice if that is your preferred field of study.</p>
<p>Between JHU and NU – to be perfectly honest, the difference probably comes down to intangibles – which campus do you like the best, would you rather be in the midwest or the east, etc.</p>
<p>Doesn’t UCB cost all internationals $60,000 a year, while premier private schools cost needy ones nothing?</p>
<p>kwu, Northwestern and JHU are not generous with international students. Very few private universities are truly need blind.</p>
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And even fewer have great chemical engineering programs. </p>
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International/OOS tuition, fees and on-campus housing is $49,772 for 2011-12.</p>
<p>Thank you so much guys! I think I’ll probably choose between NU and JHU. Can’t wrong with either of the schools, I believe. Another question, which one is easier to get into for an international student? And what about their standard test requirement?</p>
<p>Thanks! I’ll apply to UCB for RD. It’s also a very wonderful school.</p>
<p>I’m under the impression that JHU attracts more internationals, thus a more competitive applicant pool, but admissions for internationals is already tough to begin with. Neither NU or JHU will be easy. Both schools require SAT reasoning or ACT with writing. If you’re doing chemical engineering, I would suggest taking a math and science subject test to show your interest and give you the ability to apply to NU’s honors or science program if you want.</p>
<p>Northwestern has higher stats but is pretty generous with ED applicants. I think the difficulty is about the same.</p>
<p>I have taken 3 subject test Maths2 800 Chemistry 800 Physics 790
Can anyone recommend some schools rank between 20 to 30s which have pretty good atmosphere and strong science and chemistry related major? For now I’m sure for UCB, UCLA and CMU</p>
<p>^One more positive for Northwestern: it has a great chemistry department. Despite its high ranking, only 20 or so chemistry BS degrees have been conferred each year in recent years. So you have a very low student:faculty ratio and there are tons of research opportunities. The department has a strong history of producing Goldwater Scholars:
2012: 1
2010: 3!
2009: 1
2008: 1
2005: 2
[Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program: 2011 Goldwater Scholars](<a href=“http://www.act.org/goldwater/sch-2012.html]Barry”>http://www.act.org/goldwater/sch-2012.html)</p>
<p>Yeah but is there Northwesternium on the Periodic Table?</p>
<p>^lol. I knew you would be injecting Berkeley again sooner or later.</p>
<p>And why doesn’t Duke have chemical engineering and I can’t find out on the common app!</p>
<p>[Departments</a> & Centers | Duke Pratt School of Engineering](<a href=“http://www.pratt.duke.edu/departments-centers]Departments”>Academic Departments & Research Centers | Duke Pratt School of Engineering)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Science</p>
<p>The subject of ChemE isn’t offered but Duke is an incredibly interdisciplinary institution so you might be able to assemble a courseload that resembles that of a typical Chemical Engineering major by speaking with the Department of Undergraduate Studies. NU and JHU might make more sense in your case since they actually have ChemE departments but if you like everything else about Duke, I would apply there as well.</p>
<p>^I am not sure about that. ChemE is the older discipline from which biomed or env engg borrow many theories and principles. You can actually build a decent biomed or env curriculum by taking classes from bio, civil, and chemE departments but the reverse is probably much harder. It’s actually a bit of an irony that Duke doesn’t have chemE but have the other two. </p>
<p>Furthermore, it’d be a huge disadvantage when it comes to recruiting. You won’t have a B.S. in “chemical engineering” and there’s probably not much recruiting, if any, from companies that like hiring chemEs (Dow, DuPont, Exxon, P&G…etc).</p>