<p>What do you think. It is one of the best selling slogan from the University of Chicago's bookstore.</p>
<p>So when did your football team last beat a Big Ten opponent? ;)</p>
<p>It's just free advertising for NU. Both schools are really great schools. The style and feel of both schools are really different; it's hard to compare them.</p>
<p>haha, not bad, tiger. Who was the first Heisman Trophy Winner, eh?</p>
<p>Who's had more Heisman finalists in the past ten years? Haha... ok football time is done...</p>
<p>haha...NW does have an excellent football team. Upset quite a number of favorates. </p>
<p>But, There are 2 things I love about NW:</p>
<p>1) The ROCK! got to love the rock!
2) the friendly competition (if it still exists) between NW and Chicago...well, for old times sake anyway.</p>
<p>P.S. The thread has been kind of boring since (coughs) too long that I can't remember</p>
<p>I have a bunch of friends applying EA to UC, but only one that I know who did ED to NU. I think the academic history that UC has, with their Nobel prize winners, is very attractive to people.</p>
<p>I've read a lot of the posts in other threads about Northwestern, and I've been getting the feeling that some people think of it as a second rate school based on what they're saying. That kind of annoys me. Northwestern is a great school, and if someone gets accepted there, he/she should be proud (hey, if someone doesn't want the acceptance any more, I'd gladly take it - no questions asked). I know that this thread is very light-hearted about it, and that it isn't a big deal here. However, it still gets on my nerves when people negatively comepare Northwestern to other schools. </p>
<p>This can actually be extended to any school being compared to another school. For example, I also applied to both Michigan and Michigan State (already accepted at State, still waiting on Michigan - they're slow) as my back up schools to NU. Right now, I'm more fond of Michigan than I am of State. However, I live in a pretty pro State household and always have to hear about Michigan getting negatively compared to State. I hate it, and I'll be so happy on the day that it stops (even though it probably won't).</p>
<p>Please don't get too mad at me for saying this. Probably part of the reason why I'm a little touchy about the subject is because I have to wait until March to even know what my decison is, and I'm really nervous because I have no idea what that decision will be in the end.</p>
<p>well if we're just talking about which schools better.....</p>
<p>usnews college rankings</p>
<p>need i say more</p>
<p>lol, Talking about it that way is different. I get annoyed when people talk about schools negatively when they really mean what they're saying and are not doing it in a friendly way. </p>
<p>For example, the USNews College Rankings are lookin' really awesome right now (I agree with deferred).</p>
<p>what are some of the slogans on Northwestern Shirts? Any thing relating to UChicago?</p>
<p>I'm sure we could care less about our sister to the south, lol.</p>
<p>I thought NU (along with WashU) is harder to get in than UC these days? UC should direct their anger to US News instead of its harmless neighbor to the north. :)</p>
<p>Well, if you wanna go by the USNews rankings, Chicago beats NU in the stat that really counts--peer evaluation. Toss out those acceptance rates (NU is able to accept less due to more apps coming in) and graduation rates (Chicago is famously tough) and the peer eval is what other deans think of each other's schools and their ACADEMICS.</p>
<p>Acceptance rates don't equal entrance difficulty.</p>
<p>quite true.</p>
<p>US News Ranking's are very biased towards numbers, such as acceptance rates and SAT scores. Both NW and UChicago are good schools, even though UChicago is known worldwide and ranked 10th (always top 15) in the world in regard to Quality of Education and Research. </p>
<p>"I'm sure we could care less about our sister to the south"....haha, i like this.</p>
<p>"Well, if you wanna go by the USNews rankings, Chicago beats NU in the stat that really counts--peer evaluation. Toss out those acceptance rates (NU is able to accept less due to more apps coming in) and graduation rates (Chicago is famously tough) and the peer eval is what other deans think of each other's schools and their ACADEMICS."</p>
<p>LOL! First, someone told me there were slogans bashing NU all over UC's bookstore; now comes some cheerleading for UC at the NU's board. Go figure! I thought it's WashU that plays soccer with them while NU is in the Big 10?</p>
<p>Truth is, these are both amazing schools, I'm applying to both and I can tell you I will most definitely be attending whichever one I get into I'm choosing to ignore the possibility of a rejection from each.
has anyone here already been accepted to either of these schools?</p>
<p>Wouldn't it be great if both our institutions get "fused" together. Then, for hot girls, we Maroons can go to NW. For Academics, you wildcats can come to UChicago. Wouldn't this be the best?:)</p>
<p>lol chicagonobel peer evaluations...completely subjective; chicago attracts a different type of people than nw does. thats why nw has twice as many applicants each year as chicago; not bc nw is more popular than chicago or anything but b/c nw is better tailored to more students....wat am i saying
northwestern> chicago</p>
<p>chicagonobel, why do wildcats should "come to chicago for academics" when chicago doesn't offer as large array of majors as nw does? I agree chicago is a great school but it's not a a better place for every academic field. What about the engineers? How about those interested in communication studies/performing arts/music? Oh, please don't tell me chicago is a better place for journalism or tv/film. NU does have top programs in mat sci, industrial engg, civil engg, journalism, film studies, theater, speech...that attract serious students. Perhaps you want to take those superior complex somewhere else.</p>
<p>deferred:</p>
<p>It is quite true. Chicago and NW both attract different types of people. In regard to your statement on the number of applicants, Northwestern also accepts about twice as many canditaes as Chicago. And as to your other conclusion: "northwestern > chicago"...I had a good chuckle out of it. Both Chicago and Northwestern have their own, shall I say, pinnacles and dungeons. </p>
<p>Sam Lee:
Chicago providers her students with an excellent liberal arts education. The pinnacle of the liberal arts education is the coar, which you have probably heard of. It requires every one of her students to take many years of mathematics, sciences, English and electives. Why? In order to broaden our minds, show us the world that is out there before we make a decision and jump into it. In regard to TV/film, check the channel's again, Chicago has the longest continuously running student film society in the nation--Doc Films. </p>
<p>Chicago does not tailer the undergraduate education to squeeze her students into the working factories of the world. Quite opposite actually. The University, with a broad liberal arts education, brings the world to you and lets you see the world before you make any decision that will influence you for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>And on the side note, I am also applying to NW, well... for her great HPME program.</p>