<p>Thanks， guys！</p>
<p>I’d go for Northwestern over Duke for engineering, or for almost everything else.</p>
<p>I would pick Duke over Northwestern</p>
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Why is that RML? Is that just your personal preference?</p>
<p>I view Duke and Northwestern as peers. I agree though that i’d probably pick Northwestern over Duke as well. But that’s just my personal preference (i prefer big cities like Chicago.)</p>
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This description matches Johns Hopkins perfectly. Decent but not overwhelming social scene, cool but not freezing winters. Baltimore is a very cool city if a bit iffy in spots, and DC is only about 1-1.5 hours away and easily accessible by train or bus.</p>
<p>If you’re open to expanding your list, definitely take a look at Rice. Tulane is generous with merit aid for domestic students; I am not sure about international students.</p>
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<p>If you’re interested in Duke but want to major in Chem E, consider Vandy instead.</p>
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<p>There was recruiting last year from P&G and Exxon. </p>
<p>Yes, not having a CE is weakness.</p>
<p>Rice is also what I’m going to apply for RD. Could anyone tell me something about Michigan University? Is it a relatively safe school?</p>
<p>Anybody help me with my Michigan Question?</p>
<p>Do you mean "safe’ as in easy to get admitted to or actual campus? UMich is a match for you but not a safety and I believe it has a non-hostile campus environment as well.;)</p>
<p>Between Northwerstern, JHU and Duke, I think Northwestern is your best bet given your interests (Chemical Engineering and city life). </p>
<p>Michigan would be a good taget school (assuming you match that 2100+ SAT score with excellent grades in school), and is actually stronger than your ED schools in ChemE. Michigan is also located in Ann Arbor, one of the nicest college towns. If you apply to Michigan, make sure you apply EA. It is much harder for international students to get in RD.</p>
<p>A good safety for you would be Wisconsin-Madison. It is located in Madison, one of the greatest college towns and Wisconsin has a top 5 ChemE department and a reasonable cost of attendance ($40k/year, vs $55k at Michigan and $60k at NU, Duke or JHU).</p>
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Minnesota would be even better. Arguably the best Chem E program in the Midwest, super cheap relative to other universities ($27K for tuition + room/board), and in one of the largest metro areas in the country.</p>
<p>It may be too cold for the OP, admittedly. Wisconsin might be as well. Anywhere that has lakes freezing over for 2-3 months at a time is definitely “too cold” in my book!</p>
<p>Minnesota is indeed a top option in ChemE (not even considering the price) and not really that much of a difference in Winter weather than Chicago (couple degrees colder but less windy).</p>
<p>Minnesota is also excellent. I should have included it as well, although I prefer Wisconsin’s campus, Minnesota is as highly rated in ChemE, costs $10k less than Wisconsin and is located in a larger city. Minnesota would also be a great safety.</p>
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<p>You are overstating how cold Chicago is or how warm Minneapolis is or both.</p>
<p>Minneapolis is about TEN (not couple) degrees colder and the wind speed is just 1 mile/sec less. Minneapolis has an extensive system of enlosed pedestrian footbridges in its downtown while Chicago doesn’t. That Chicago is particularly windy is more of a myth; in fact, Boston is quite a bit windier (few degrees warmer on average, however) in the winter than Chicago. It’s also no windier than Detroit in the winter.</p>
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<p>At U of MN, you can also get from one end of campus (main campus - East Bank) to the other without going outside. Plus with your charts Sam, I see that Mpls has 20% less percipitation. Nonetheless, I’m a huge Chicago fan as well. I just don’t see the Mpls weather as a significant negative compared to Chicago.</p>
<p>Wow, good schools that I haven’t thought. I’ve already apply Gatech, would this one be a safety school for me then? ( not physically safe)</p>
<p>University of Texas–Austin is ranked 4th in CE [U.S. News Ranking] and it is warm there - unlike most all suggested schools which have FREEZING cold winters. GT in Atlanta also very mild winter, ranked #7 in CE.</p>
<p>NU is ranked #21 in CE.</p>
<p>For 2012 UT is #5 and U MN is #4; both great schools but UT will cost you $15K more a year OOS. I would think weather should be kind of far down the list in priorities for serious students. But, if it is high up the list, consider the price you are paying for the weather you like.</p>