<p>whats so great about northwestern? sorry, Im not familiar with this school since i don't hear about it much.... unlike the ivy leagues and top schools. whats the difference between northeastern and northwestern?</p>
<p>uhhh...one of the two is a LOT better than the other.</p>
<p>I don't really know what you are asking... "unlike the Ivies and top schools?" Not trying to get all school-defensive here, but NU (this one) is called "The Ivy of the Midwest" and IS a top school... Northeastern is not.</p>
<p>Northwestern is rated about 14th, according to USNews.</p>
<p>Northeastern is 98th.</p>
<p>Not that rankings are the be all end all, but they can give you a pretty good idea of the general level of the school.</p>
<p>Northwestern is a midwestern Ivy. As in it has all the cache and prestige of going to an Ivy league school, Nobel Laureate professors, great classes and classmates and all of that.</p>
<p>And the difference between Northwestern and Northeastern:</p>
<p>180 points on the SAT. (1140-1320 vs. 1320-1500) Or being in the 75th percentile or the 25th.</p>
<p>To put it in terms an eastcoaster might understand: What's the difference between Amherst and UMass-Amherst? Or Rutgers and Princeton? Or UConn and Harvard?</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. If you can't tell the difference on your own, you won't be getting into Northwestern anyway.</p>
<p>that's not true, and what if he just wants to know.</p>
<p><em>but</em> Northeastern is a good, solid school with many reputable programs, and its location rocks. It's just a completely different animal than NU.</p>
<p>northwestern is a school in the midwest, with many specialty schools including journalism, music, education, engineering, and communications in addition to liberal arts</p>
<p>northeastern is a school in boston that has a unique system of integrating the academic curriculum with real-world experience in the form of professional internships. I believe students there spend half the year working and half the year in class, either that or it is interspersed.</p>
<p>"what's so great about northwestern" is that it is a top school, with a tendency to be ranked each year anywhere from the 15th to 10th best school in the country; right around the middle of the "ivy league"</p>
<p>think of it as better than georgetown but worse than stanford.</p>
<p>It shares a connection with northweastern in name only, simply through happenstance.</p>
<p>NU was ranked 9th couple times. ;)</p>
<p>you're right, and i don't think it ever hit 15th, so ranked each year anywhere from 14th to 9th</p>
<p>i am of the opinion that it will jump several spots next year again considering recent developments at NU in conjunction with lack of recent developments at competing schools</p>
<p>Clearly the Northeastern misunderstanding is a sore spot among NUers... :-P</p>
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<p>But really, at this stage of the game - anyone who confuses the two schools or doesn't know the difference probably isn't "top college" material (kind of like people who confuse Penn and Penn St.).</p>
<p>The OP was merely asking out of curiosity; he's apparently applying for Northeastern.</p>
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<p>I get that - but most students who apply to the top universities/LACs do their due diligence.</p>
<p>k&s, you realize that by asking about these two schools, he's 'doing his due diligence' ... ? Let's not be unfriendly to people who are new to the college process. I had no idea what or where Northwestern was before I came on CC and Alexandre was kind enough to suggest it :D</p>
<p>lily - you do know that that there are tons of reference material about this at libraries, bookstores, his guidance office, on the net (much less this site and on this NU-specific section), etc. - where he could have EASILY found what differentiated the two schools.</p>
<p>It's one thing to have done some BASIC research and then posted about something a bit more substantial here w/ regard to NU, etc. - it's another to make a rather inane post.</p>
<p>Futuredreamer, you may probably get accepted if you send in your NU application to Northeastern. But would be sure rejected if you send your Northeastern application to NU. Just kidding. I was only dreaming.</p>
<p>k&s, I agree with lillybloom. There are lots of ways to investigate schools and, in some ways, CC is better than a book. Yes, you can look at stats and profiles and numbers and maybe s/he has or hasn't done that. Maybe this was his/her first stop.</p>
<p>Coming from the East, I have been shocked by the number of people who confuse these two schools. "Ohhh, Northwestern...that's outside of Boston, right?" is a common exchange.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think it would be friendlier to be helpful. "There's no such thing as a bad question," right? </p>
<p>Each of us always has the opportunity to pass on a CC thread.</p>
<p>Futuredreamer, NU is a much more competitive university than Northeastern. NU is in a suburb of Chicago and NE is outside of Boston. I know that NE offers, as someone else pointed out ahead of me, many internship opportunities as part of their core curriculum. That can be a really great thing when it comes time for you to look for a job. You'll already have a lot of experience under your belt.</p>
<p>It is not at the same "level" as Northwestern, academically, by quite a shot. But I have known people who have come out of great schools like NU and done zip with their lives and I have seen others come out of schools you have never heard of (they don't even get ranked in the college search books) who have gone on to be wildly successful.</p>
<p>The weather is cold in Boston and you'll get more snow. Weather is not a selling point for either school, that's for sure.</p>
<p>In the end, a degree from a prestigious school is always a positive, but it is no guarantee of success. That is left up to each of us.</p>
<p>Go on Princeton Review or Collegeboard.com and you can do a side by side comparison of the requirements of each school and also take a look at the courses offerings. That will help you know what you are looking at and where you best qualify. There is no "right" or "best" school except for as it relates to YOU.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>CCers, be nice...</p>