<p>Actually, D has Theatre friends completing double and even triple majors in virtually every school at NU. For some reason, economics seems especially popular.</p>
<p>Since admissions to Theatre are capped at 100, the renowned school has an exceptionally large number of applicants (many of them who have chosen NU over HYP since NU’s Theatre program is in another league), and the initial admissions screening of applicants involves selecting the most academically-qualified students, you will study among people who are capable of doing anything they chose to.</p>
<p>drewski,
You say that you want to major in theatre, so I am assuming that you have been accepted to NU’s School of Communication as a theatre major. There really is zero comparison between the theatre program at NU and the program at Duke. (Duke is a phenomenal school but not for purposes of a discussion of the theatre program.) My son is currently a theatre major at NU and after his junior year in high school he attended an intensive summer program on NU’s campus. One of his friends from that program applied to NU’s theatre program and was not admitted. He’s at Harvard. Another of my son’s friends from that program is currently at NU and chose it over Princeton. </p>
<p>wildcatalum-wonderful post about the acceptance of theatre students on campus.</p>
<p>Awesome conclusions. Now show us some proof or statistics rather than just making baseless statements, which needless to say, are not true. </p>
<p>“Rarely (if ever) do people even mention “Fuqua” in daily conversation, and to compare it to Kellogg is so pathetic, I choose not to comment.”</p>
<p>Tell us the corporate job that you have taken on for you to say this.</p>
<p>I love how you continue to discuss graduate programs at both schools like the OP should be concerned about that right now. What the OP should be concerned about is how well the undergraduate program prepares the students for those programs–an aspect Duke excels at.</p>
<p>But if you are talking about appearance on reality show called Bachelor, yes, Dukies seem more represented. Not sure if that got anything to do with classes at Duke though.</p>
<p>SAY - I understand your point, but there is a diff. btwn the (numerous) threads here on CC where posters post their subjective thoughts on which schools they think are most prestigious/ranking schools by prestige (which I ignore) and an assertion stating such a thing as fact.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong in this case of correcting such an erroneous assertion.</p>
<p>And case in point, CuseAmbassador can a learn a thing or two about reasoning when I pointed out that USNWR rankings isn’t exactly the greatest indicator of “prestige.”</p>
<p>Should we just let such posters continue to go forth w/ their ignorance?</p>
<p>"And case in point, CuseAmbassador can a learn a thing or two about reasoning when I pointed out that USNWR rankings isn’t exactly the greatest indicator of “prestige.”</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I mentioned this in my very first post on this thread. Go back and read it again. Carefully this time.</p>
<p>k&s how old are? I have no argument with you but C Amb is a current Duke student and as such incapable of realizing just yet how the real world works. An 18-20 year old will never be convinced of anything by a posting from an adult on this thread. Or he/she could just be pulling everyone’s chain just to get a rise from everyone on a NU thread.</p>
<p>^He or she claims to be at a professional school at Duke- extremely unlikely it’s the medical program so I’m guessing Law or MBA, since only a law student or an mba student would have such an impressive level of unearned self-importance.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, everyone! I just wish I could find a second major in WCAS that really appealed to me. It’s Duke’s Public Policy major and flexibility (and okay, I’ll admit it: the weather) that’s making me so torn. :(</p>
<p>We are trying to help the OP by dispelling false or questionable assertions by these other posters. Most of us probably could care less about convincing many of these posters who are probably trolling anyway. Cuse is apparently a grad student at one of the “professional schools” at Duke but did his undergrad at Syracuse.</p>
<p>OP, there is a reason why this thread has almost 100 posts and the same question you posted on Duke forum has only 18 so far. I’m not saying Duke is a better school, at all. Duke people don’t give a ****, because they know Duke is more selective. NU is a fantastic school, but people associated with NU just need to get over themselves and stop defending NU, which makes them look even more insecure and simply, stupid. People at NU just need to face the reality. Again, I’m not saying choosing Duke over Northwestern will guarantee you a life of success and prosperity. Duke is harder to get in. Period, and that’s a fact. I’ve seen many people (and I use the term many loosely but really, there are quite many, last year, and this year) from my school who got into NU, but not Duke, but none vice versa. Believe what you want to believe, honey.</p>
<p>I know someone denied from Northwestern ED and accepted to Stanford, Brown, Duke. </p>
<p>So, what’s your point? Do you not find it ironic that you’re bashing people for defending NU - on an NU board? I hope to God you aren’t being serious when you’re posting.</p>
<p>nolwenn,
If “Duke people don’t give a ***”, they wouldn’t have come here. At least NU people didn’t over there to do the same thing. It also doesn’t help people like you made another assertion that contradicts RD result threads. It takes two to tango. If we were classless and did the same thing over there, the thread over there would have been much larger also.</p>
<p>You won’t regret it. I’m in one of the professional schools and I seriously envy Duke undergrads. It is truly amazing. Sanford school is top notch, the student body is very capable and intelligent, and the weather, as you mention, will allow you to enjoy long walks across the gorgeous Sarah P. Duke garden. </p>
<p>Duke also implemented a new “house system” similar to that of Harvard & Yale’s residential system. It’s designed so students can have much more of a community feel while they’re there.</p>
<p>Why a second major specifically in WCAS? NU is EXTREMELY flexible, both because of the quarter system and the “one school” philosophy… it’s hard to imagine that anyplace is more flexible. NU has awesome public policy alternatives. For example, there was just a post on cc (a thread about environmental studies) about a recent Theatre double major who went straight to work in the White House dealing with environmental policy. </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, we live in a very mild climate and D has enjoyed the weather at NU so far. Also - if you’re serious about Theatre you’ll be indoors a fair amount. ;-D</p>
<p>It is interesting that so many pro-Duke folks come to the NU thread instead of posting on their own. Guess it just proves that NU is a more interesting place to hang out. ;-D</p>
<p>I would LOVE to double major into Medill or SESP, but I met with an academic advisor who says that’s not possible since I’m already in SoC. He drew a diagram of a giant circle (WCAS) and the five specialty schools around it. He basically said you can go back and forth between WCAS and a specialty school, but can’t do two specialty schools together.</p>
<p>@Cuse: I love Duke and all, and especially the gardens, but come on. In the end, if I choose Duke, it won’t be because of the gardens. -_____-</p>