<p>I don't know which to pick. I visited USC, and my expectations were exceeded. I also like how I have the ability to go into the WVT Honors program..</p>
<p>So, which would you say is best for engineering? I am undecided but will probably do electrical or computer science or even mechanical (I truly have no idea lol).</p>
<p>I would take USC because the winters are extremely cold in Chicago. Northwestern is along side Lake Michigan. Did you visit Northwestern?</p>
<p>just because you are honors you should say yes.</p>
<p>I’m choosing SC over NU even without an honors program haha. From my friends who were offered admission to NU under engineering, most aren’t even considering NU cause they say engineering isn’t strong there? Haha good luck with your decision!!</p>
<p>Really?? I heard NU is very strong in engineering…
I hope it is.
And no I haven’t visited…yet. I do hate the cold though.</p>
<p>I messaged a few current NU students which basically convinced me that it probably isn’t the right school for me. They addressed all my concerns about the school & persuaded me that it isn’t as great as I think.I can forward their responses to you if you’re interested!</p>
<p>Please do!!</p>
<p>Idylunaticks,</p>
<p>Maybe your friends are considering Stanford/MIT. If you take the average of department rankings, NU is #6 among privates, behind only Stanford, MIT, CMU, Cornell, and Princeton. Its industrial engineering/management sciences and material sciences are top-5 programs in the nation.</p>
<p>That said, OP, if you are in some kind of honors program with awesome perks, you may want to take that.</p>
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I am a civil/ environmental engineering student in the honors program at USC and I absolutely love it (I’m biased of course). I have never visited Northwestern and I am sure they have a lot to offer also but I’m just going to tell you why I chose USC.</p>
<p>As a Pennsylvania native, I applied to mostly east coast schools (USC was the only school west of Penn State that I applied to). I didn’t really think I would like USC because I knew nothing about it, but I visited and as corny as it sounds fell absolutely in love with it. I just felt like I fit and after that I compared all the other schools I visited to USC.</p>
<p>Once I got here I realized how much USC and the Viterbi school has to offer. I have never once felt like a number and I love the atmosphere within the viterbi school and USC as a whole. Everyone here bleeds cardinal and gold and there are a lot of great resources (which I am sure you heard about when you came to visit). </p>
<p>In the end I say follow your gut- you’ll know which school is right for you and in the end, college is what you make of it- you can be happy anywhere.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>PS- if you have any questions, feel free to email me at <a href=“mailto:viterbi.student@usc.edu”>viterbi.student@usc.edu</a> and check out this link where you can see what life is like to be a Trojan Engineer (I’m on there, my twitter feed is Alindy!)</p>
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