<p>I'm trying to decide between Northwestern (Arts & Sciences), GW Honors (Arts & Sciences), and Cornell (Industrial & Labor Relations).</p>
<p>Northwestern is where my brother goes so it's the school I'm most familiar with. It has the nice campus, the social life, strong academics, and Chicago nearby. However, it is all large school where I would not be in specialized program. Cost=$45,840</p>
<p>GW has the city and the social life (I think). I hope it has a little bit of a campus. I also hope the Honors Program is academically rigorous, but I'm guessing it is. Either way, the Honors Program is smaller and slightly more focused. Cost=$43,740</p>
<p>Cornell has the campus, the academics, the social life, and the specialized program. All I know is that I'm interested in social sciences, so I'm hoping the program at ILR is not too specialized. It also doesn't have the city, but rather the giant campus experience. Cost=$32,540</p>
<p>Any opinions? Thank you.</p>
<p>Cornell is basically dead.</p>
<p>In campus life, that is.</p>
<p>Forget GW. I'll tell you that atleast.
I, personally, like BOTH Cornell and Northwestern, so no comment on that part.</p>
<p>Here, lets do it via logic:
C=Cornell, N= Northwestern, G=George Washington
CvNvG
'C-given
'G-given
Therefore N</p>
<p>i don't get it. but i like it.</p>
<p>i wrote this response in another thread with a similar question:</p>
<p>i'm obviously biased but i'll try and give what my impression is:</p>
<p>cornell - party school, big greek scene, really competitive/elitist student body</p>
<p>northwestern - not a party school for the entire student body however for a select few groups it is an extremely big party school, big greek scene, noncompetitive student body</p>
<p>The difference between northwestern and cornell is going to be the following:</p>
<p>cornell - rural all the way
northwestern - urban location but suburban campus, you'd have to visit to understand fully</p>
<p>cornell - "east coasty" people, academics will follow suit, in typical east coast fashion it will look out for its kids (in terms of touble they get in)
northwestern - more balanced student body, academics will follow suit, in typical 'everywhere but the east coast' fashion it will try to **** over its students (in terms of trouble they get in)</p>
<p>they both will have very active social lives if you become part of the right greek organizations/meet the right people who like doing that kind of thing.</p>
<p>my personal opinion is that northwestern is pretty much the ideal school in every possible way and after being here i really couldn't imagine going anywhere else. cornell seems to be a love it or hate it kind of thing, there are several transfer students from cornell in this years transfer class.</p>
<p>this i always thought was not a very big concern in choosing a school but you might also want to think about the fact that northwestern will help a lot more if you want to work in chicago/parts of cali, while cornell will help a lot more if you want to work on the east coast.</p>