<p>I want to do biological/biomedical engineering, I was waitlisted from NU but got in, I am having a hard time deciding between NU and Cornell. My parents want me to go to Cornell because they gave me more money and they like it better (probably because my uncle went there). I haven't visited NU but I have visited Cornell. I know both schools are awesome and I'd be happy at either but I am having a hard time deciding. Any advice?</p>
<p>How much more money are we talking?</p>
<p>estimated cost for Cornell 12k/year, Northwestern 25K/year</p>
<p>Depends on whether that amount of money makes a difference to your family. I would make a pro con list - if money wasn’t really important. Do the pros and cons of each school.</p>
<p>Cornell is slightly more prestigious overall. If you want to go into finance, I suggest NU. If you want to go into medicine or another science field I suggest Cornell U.</p>
<p>NU is certainly not worth an extra 13k…besides, for biomed, Cornell engineering probably tops NU’s program</p>
<p>If you are at the level where you are paying $12k/year for Cornell, then the extra $13k/year for NU would probably be significant for your family. Cornell has stronger overall engineering and science, as well as overall prestige, but I do not know about bioengineering/BME. I doubt NU is stronger enough than Cornell in this field to be worth that much more, and in fact they are both probably pretty much equal in the field. So, Cornell sounds like the easy choice in your situation. If you still have qualms, try to visit NU if you can.</p>
<p>You visited Cornell, I assume liked it, got accepted, only have to pay $12,000 of the $55,000 sticker price, you haven’t even visited NU…seems that the fact you were initially not accepted at NU is giving you the impression that it may be better & thus you should jump at a chance for the reprieve. At face value from someone looking from the outside, the logical choice appears to be Cornell.</p>
<p>Why are you having a hard time deciding?</p>
<p>NU and Cornell are pretty even schools overall, but quality varies per department. If Cornell is giving you $13k/year more though, for Christ’s sake, go to Cornell! Paying over $50k more to go to NU would just be crazy.</p>
<p>That’s why it would be good to really think it through (maybe share his thoughts with us) as to why NU would be worth 50K more. We are not talking about MIT here.</p>
<p>I would not be paying 50k more for NU, just 13K more. My cost for NU would be 25k/year</p>
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25k-12k=13k/year, 13K X 4 = 52K. What am I missing?</p>
<p>You sure you want to study a subject with so much math involved? 
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<p>That $52k difference over 4 years could be a huge burden on you down the road. I don’t think any of us understand why this is a debate. Even if you consider these schools equal or Cornell slightly better overall as I’d say most outside Chicago do, the cost difference negates that. It’s simple economics.</p>
<p>my bad, I thought you meant per year not overall</p>
<p>If Cornell gives you more money and these following schools list Cornell as their peer school, I would say go to Cornell.</p>
<p>Yale, Princeton, and Brown listed Cornell as their peer school
[Peer</a> Data Links | Office of Institutional Research](<a href=“http://oir.yale.edu/peers-data]Peer”>http://oir.yale.edu/peers-data)
[Common</a> Data Set ?*Provost](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/provost/institutional-research/common-data-set/]Common”>http://www.princeton.edu/provost/institutional-research/common-data-set/)
[Office</a> of Institutional Research at Brown University](<a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University)</p>
<p>^This had nothing to do with that… stop dragging your insecurity with you.</p>
<p>As for OP’s dilemma, the obvious choice (to us) is Cornell - two comparably amazing schools (though I lean towards Cornell for good reason), and one costs 12k less/ year than the other - yep i’m going with cornell. However, it’s down to your own personal preferences - if you like the environment of northwestern or your program there so much better, then you could justify going to northwestern.</p>
<p>^ No one ask you to read. The links are academic point of views from other universities.</p>
<p>Sorry I made a mistake In my earlier post, the link from Priceton was ‘selected universities’ not their peer.</p>
<p>Here is the list of correct ones:
[Peer</a> Data Links | Office of Institutional Research](<a href=“http://oir.yale.edu/peers-data]Peer”>http://oir.yale.edu/peers-data)
[Peer</a> Institutions ?*Provost](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/provost/institutional-research/peer-institutions/]Peer”>http://www.princeton.edu/provost/institutional-research/peer-institutions/)
[Office</a> of Institutional Research at Brown University](<a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University)</p>
<p>This is nothing that you need to justify. The fact that you are posting this means that you are insecure.</p>