Northwestern vs. Vandy vs. Cornell vs. JHU

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<p>Correction of typo (above) for Northwestern breakdown (West 20% - not 2%):</p>

<p>Midwest 40%
Northeast 23%
West 20%
South 9%
Int’l 7%</p>

<p>Geographically, a very diverse student population.</p>

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<p>Many thanks for the advice, everyone. I think that it is going to come down to Vanderbilt or Johns Hopkins. After doing the final financial aid calculations, Vandy will cost me 8k a year before books/out-of-pocket expenses, and Hopkins will cost 28K a year. Essentially, the difference will be $80k over four years. I don’t know what to do, I’m losing sleep over this :(</p>

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<p>Oh, I didn’t see the numbers before I responded to your PM. 80K is not chicken feed, even for future engineers.</p>

<p>Maybe the weather will be bad in Baltimore when you visit, and the decision will be easier!</p>

<p>Don’t lose sleep yet. Wait until after you visit Hopkins.</p>

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<p>some updates:
[Vanderbilt</a> Admissions Profile | Office of Undergraduate Admissions Financial Aid Fast Facts | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/undergraduate-admissions-profile.php]Vanderbilt”>http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/undergraduate-admissions-profile.php)</p>

<p>2009/10 Undergraduate Enrollment by Region
South
41%
Midwest
16%
Middle States
17%
Southwest
10%
West
6%
New England
6%
International
4%</p>

<p>didn;t see this before, #s I posted were computer from state by state (& International) data that was on the website.</p>

<p>Also not the same one I used, but this gives state by state breakdown:
<a href=“http://registrar.vanderbilt.edu/stats/09F_tenthday.pdf[/url]”>http://registrar.vanderbilt.edu/stats/09F_tenthday.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Northwestern freshman #s are here:
[Fast</a> facts, Freshman, Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/freshman/facts/]Fast”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/freshman/facts/)
Class of 2013: Geographic distribution of enrolled freshmen<br>
Other countries* 143
Middle Atlantic 359
Midwest 863
New England 135
South 187
Southwest 124
West 317
*Countries most represented: Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom </p>

<p>However this is just freshmen and is not the same link i found before.</p>

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<p>Hmmm, let’s see…</p>

<p>Cornell and Johns Hopkins have nationally ranked mens’ Division1 Lacrosse squads, usually ranked in the top 3. Northwestern and Vanderbilt have no idea what Lacrosse is.</p>

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<p>"Northwestern and Vanderbilt have no idea what Lacrosse is. "</p>

<p>I guess you’ve never heard of the NU women’s lacrosse team. ::shakes her head::</p>

<p>[NU</a> lacrosse winning streak snapped at 41 - Chicago Tribune](<a href=“http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-18/sports/ct-spt-0419-northwestern-lacrosse--20100418_1_nu-lacrosse-kelly-amonte-hiller-katrina-dowd]NU”>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-18/sports/ct-spt-0419-northwestern-lacrosse--20100418_1_nu-lacrosse-kelly-amonte-hiller-katrina-dowd)</p>

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<p>Uhh, NU’s women’s lax team is referred to on lax boards as the “Evil Empire”, residing in “Evilston” (neither Cornell’s or JHU’s men’s lax teams garner that much hatred/envy).</p>