Northwestern vs. Vanderbilt

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<p>Hi all,
I was accepted for transfer at Northwestern and Vanderbilt, and I am an incoming sophomore. I was at a high ranked engineering school for my freshman year, but the school simply wasn't for me.</p>

<p>I was however able to do quite well in my classes, and therefore got accepted into these two great schools, in my opinion. Now I am trying to decide between the two.</p>

<p>At my first school, I was an Aerospace engineering major, but I plan to move to a Mechanical engineering major simply because neither Northwestern or Vanderbilt have an Aerospace major.</p>

<p>I have also been thinking about engineering management, because I like the business aspect of it.</p>

<p>Which school would you suggest I attend?</p>

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<p>[College</a> Confidential Discussion](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?8/80692]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?8/80692)</p>

<p>2004 thread suggests repeatedly that Northwestern has the superior engineering program and that Vanderbilt’s is almost unheard of by comparison.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1213609-usnwr-2012-best-undergraduate-engineering-programs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1213609-usnwr-2012-best-undergraduate-engineering-programs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This shows that NW’s engineering program is ranked significantly higher than Vanderbilts.</p>