<p>Hey guys. I'm trying to decide between Northwestern and Duke. I really really love both schools a lot and have gotten into both of them (thank god!) I got accepted for biology/premed but I really want to switch to biomedical engineering and still stay premed. I know it's easy to switch into McCormick at NU but not easy to switch into Pratt at Duke, esp for BME. Duke has an amazing BME program, but it's going to be really hard to get into it after freshman year. NU has a solid BME program that I can most likely get into and also great certificate programs in music and management which I'm interested in. Also, I've heard that both schools have an awesome social scene and are really fun. One thing I love about Northwestern is that it's veryyy close to home and I love Chicago. But I love Duke's location too though because of the climate. Financial aid wise, Duke is about 5K more expensive (per year) plus travel costs from illinois to north carolina. I've joined the Class of 2015 fb groups for both universities lol and everyone is so friendly/cool on both. I seriously don't know which one to pick! So if you have any thoughts at all about why I should pick one over the other or just things you really love about each school, please let me know! hardest decision of my life!</p>
<p>Haha well you are posting on the NU board so obviously this will be pretty one-sided, Northwestern!!! I think that it really depends on the social scene? Duke is typically filled with really preppy fratty people, while NU is more liberal… (obviously that is just extremely generalizations so take what I say with a grain of salt). I think it depends how badly you want to do BME and how hard you will work for it… NU you can transfer schools before you even start as a freshman, but like you said Duke’s BME program is ridiculously strong… If you want to take a chance and go for it, then go to Duke. But Nortwestern will allow you to be a BME major right away. Also, I don’t know about Duke, but Feinberg has GREAT internship laboratory internships (essential when you apply for med school).</p>
<p>Nu!!!</p>