<p>Hello everyone.</p>
<p>I've been lurking on CC for a while, but I've never actually signed up and posted. I just wanted to sign up to tell everyone that I've finally decided to go to Northwestern!</p>
<p>I can't wait to meet everyone there. I'm so relieved that my college search is finally over! Does anyone else feel the same way?</p>
<p>me too! it took me a long time to decide, but it's official!</p>
<p>Same with my son - that opens up a Wait U, I mean Wash U spot. It was a very tough decision for him.</p>
<p>good decision for your son. Northwestern trumps Wash U in everything but campus aesthetics.</p>
<p>NUGrad,</p>
<p>Hmmm...I think they have better dorm food too; luckily, there's Evanston (and Chicago) with numerous great yet affordable restaurants when one gets tired of eating on campus.</p>
<p>Yeah I chose NU over Wash U as well, it was actually more like NU over Michigan business but wash u was in the back of my mind somewhere</p>
<p>S just made his choice: #3, Cornell - #2, USC - #1, NU!! </p>
<p>FINALLY!</p>
<p>I would've put USC #3. Hahaha.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you for getting into Northwestern!</p>
<p>A tough one for me. But finally I decided NU over Duke and others.</p>
<p>Yay! Congratulations everyone... I am so glad this whole application/waiting process is over. I chose NU over Duke too! I really think the campus is prettier here (contrary to what some people think), and the students are so much nicer than at Duke.</p>
<p>Tell me incidentally, why not Duke while its overall ranking is way above NU?</p>
<p>"way above" at that high in the rankings, it is hard to distinguish between schools. all about personal preference when it comes down to the decision</p>
<p>probably for the same reason BROWN is the third most preferred ivy, behind only harvard yale and princeton, even though it is ranked "way below" the rest; because some schools are just more attractive overall - they have certain aspects about them that just make them more desirable</p>
<p>don't believe me? look:
<a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=601105%5B/url%5D">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=601105</a></p>
<p>and duke is barely higher than northwestern in revealed preference, and as you can discern from that list, religious affiliation helps significantly.</p>
<p>I liked NU better just from my personal impression of the school; not because of the rankings. And I got a scholarship from Northwestern but not Duke, (a small one, but it's still a plus!) Aside from that, I liked the quarter system, the social scene, and the fact that it's so close to Chicago, among other things... I know a lot of people who picked Duke over NU as well, and most of them didn't choose it because it was ranked above Northwestern but because they actually liked the school.</p>
<p>incidentally is right....if a prospective is choosing one school over another (at these levels), that person is not doing a service to themselves. At these level schools, your decision-making process should be based on where you'll be happiest for the next four years of your life. Your education, prestige, prospects for after-school success.....all these schools will offer you that. However, a student that "fits" with the school that they choose will enjoy a far more fulfilling experience, both academically and socially.</p>
<p>sorry, left out something in the previous post...it should read: if a prospective is choosing one school over another (at these levels) "because of rankings", that person is not doing a service to themselves.</p>
<p>"Your education, prestige, prospects for after-school success.....all these schools will offer you that. However, a student that "fits" with the school that they choose will enjoy a far more fulfilling experience, both academically and socially."</p>
<p>This is excessively true</p>