<p>I was accepted into northeastern honors, 17k scholarship. 2230 on my sats. also took full freshman courseload at wpi this year. Through 3 semester have a 3.7 there. Not to look down on northeastern, but part of me feels as though I should end up going to a better school. NEU is #80 on US news and world report (i think) rankings. I got into rpi with a 10k scholarship, which makes it about 10k more per year than neu for me. the same rankings have rpi at 42. I didn't get into ivys i applied to. i am going for math. should i go to rpi or will northeastern get me into a good math graduate school? is northeastern (honors) better than I think it is? Looking for last minute advice...</p>
<p>don't get me wrong, I think going would be a lot of fun, and they would probably take my credits. boston is a plus too. it is just that rpi is definately a better school for math, but if northeastern can get me into a good graduate school that ownt matter much.</p>
<p>Yeah there is no doubt that RPI is a better math school. Northeastern is the way to go if you want work experience. If you are just looking to get through undergrad in 4 years and go to grad school, RPI might be better.</p>
<p>It also depends on the experience you want. Northeastern is gonna give you the experience of Boston as a city (and less debt), but RPI prob will give some more recognition in the math area. Anyway, those are just my thoughts.</p>
<p>looking at my costs, rpi will be about 175k. i know northeastern will give me 1 year of credit, which would make my costs 97k. if i could get into a good graduate school for math, the (roughly) 75k i save could pay for a good portion of that. I guess my real question is will northeastern honors (with say a 4.0 or close to it) and co-op get me into a similar grad school as rpi? or at least not one a lot worse than rpi?</p>
<p>and to add, 27% female at RPI is a downer. not to mention Northeastern is in boston which seems like it would be a lot of fun. I think I would have a lot more fun at northeastern than RPI, but if RPI is going to get me into a bomb grad school and northeastern isn’t, that would be a damper. I know RPI is really good for math, but I am not sure about northeastern. But if I get into a similar grad school I don’t think that would matter much anyway. I don’t know. I’m so unsure and May 1 is coming up soon!</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m definitely biased since I’m going to NEU in the fall, but Northeastern definitely looks like the better choice. A lot less debt, an awesome social scene and surrounding city, and limitless co-op opportunities seem to make for a pretty good college experience for me. I have a friend who went to RPI and hated it because of the lack of girls and any type of fun social scene. So yeah, my vote is for NEU, but again, I have no statistics on how the math dept is.</p>
<p>You should be fine when it comes to grad school, as long as you get good grades, work experience, etc. Graduate school is about the applicant, not where they attended college, a great applicant from RPI is about the same as a great applicant from NEU.</p>
<p>if northeastern can get me into a comparable grad school as RPI, then i would have no reason to go to rpi and i would definately go to northeastern. sounds to me like i would enjoy being at northeastern a lot more. if i can then get into a great grad school, that would be perfect!</p>
<p>i wonder why to say RPI is a better math school. for graduate school, neu and rpi are almost in the same ranking. [Rankings</a> - Math - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-mathematics-programs/rankings/page+3]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-mathematics-programs/rankings/page+3)
however, i couldn’t find any ranking of undergraduate math. can anyone tell me how to judge a undergraduate school’s academic quality on math?</p>