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<p>Please Help!</p>
<p>I live in Illinois. I’m about an hour from Northwestern, so it’s definitely not as much of a longshot as Cornell is.</p>
<p>I’d pick ND…it’s the only one that’s comfortable with what it is, and isn’t trying embarrassingly hard to be something else.</p>
<p>If you want to study business, then Mendoza is the place to be. It is an outstanding business school. The student body is athletic and lively. If you can afford the costly tickets, the football games are fun. If you are a practicing Catholic, it is the perfect place for you. If you are not Christian, you should weigh the pros and cons carefully. Both Cornell and Northwestern are quite secular, and have large Jewish student populations. At ND, no one would bother you about your religious and social views, but there is Catholic Mass in every dorm at 10 pm every night.</p>
<p>If you want to study business as a major and don’t mind the Ithaca location, then Cornell.</p>
<p>If you want an economics track with business as a minor or concentration and don’t mind going to school 1 hour from home, then Northwestern.</p>
<p>From my experience working in the corporate world the past few years, there is a slight hiring edge given to Northwestern or Cornell grads over ND. Not that ND isn’t an amazing school, but that’s just what I’ve observed. NU has a very strong reputation for econ and I think this is actually better than studying business undergrad. Wherever you end up working, they’re going to teach you the basic practical things specific to that company, which I think sort of detracts from the value of an undergraduate “business” degree. Econ, on the other hand, gives you a good theoretical grounding which provides you with a broader perspective. My alma mater doesn’t have an undergrad b-school and we do quite fine with employment.</p>
<p>Again, I think the academic/employment boost you’d get from NU or Cornell is small, but there might be other personal factors that could push you to ND (being very Catholic for example, or liking big time football). I don’t really have a whole lot of love for Cornell as a school, and I’m frankly confused by how they’re even an Ivy (we used to refer to them as SUNY-Cornell in undergrad), but hey, maybe you want to be in a larger school in upstate NY vs. Evanston or South Bend. A lot of it’s personal feel when you’re dealing with options that are this close together.</p>
<p>Empty as in not much going on around the city.</p>
<p>I’m not Catholic, but I am Christian. Honestly, I could care less about religion. I am who I am regardless of where I go so I would never pick school solely for that purpose. I just dont wanna feel like i regretted my decision when I pick. Especially when I’m looking for a job. I don’t wanna say I could have had a job if I went to ______. All things aside, would I be correct if I said that I wouldn’t be dooming my future with any of these choices?</p>
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<p>I think this would be a fair statement, although as I pointed out, I think the recruiting status quo gives a slight advantage to NU and Cornell over ND. That is to say, a bank looking to pick up a bunch of first-year analysts will go a bit deeper into NU or Cornell than ND. Generally speaking. But since these options are roughly equal as far as employment prospects, that’s why we’re trying to discuss <em>soft</em> factors for you to consider where you want to spend the next 4 years.</p>
<p>Cornell = Northwestern > Notre Dame</p>
<p>“would I be correct if I said that I wouldn’t be dooming my future with any of these choices?”</p>
<p>Yes, you would be correct.</p>
<p>Well then I take it from genereal consensus that COrnell and Northwestern are roughly equal. And notre dame is slightly lower?</p>
<p>I’d say all 3 are roughly equal. All three are places that have no trouble attracting excellent students and faculty.</p>
<p>Same problem… somewhat
Got into Notre Dame(Mendoza), Northwestern(Medill), Brown and Johns Hopkins
I am going to Notre Dame:
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<li>Nowhere else but Notre Dame…gave me a full-ride"</li>
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<p>That should be #1!</p>
<p>Yeah but nothing bets a school with stellar school spirit</p>
<p>^^Except for a free ride!</p>
<p>I would say NU is just as dynamic as Cornell. We have topnotch programs in music, theater, education, film, communications, journalism, and a whole range of arts & sciences fields. Campus life is vibrant with always something there for everybody from Greek events to ethnic shows to plays to concerts going on every weekend. We attract a wide range of students from nerds to “indies” to “jocks” of diverse political, religious, socioeconomic, geographic and racial backgrounds.</p>
<p>What I like about NU is that it’s its own brand, whereas Cornell is ALWAYS compared to other Ivy League schools (often by Cornell students themselves) and loses out consistently.</p>
<p>NU is astoundingly diverse in its strengths and consequently attracts an unusually diverse population that makes for a really unique campus culture. We have a lot of “Greek” types but also a lot of “indie” types and the two aren’t mutually exclusive. If you look at our alumni, we have famous artsy types who were involved in Greek life here, David Schwimmer, Zach Braff, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus being three notable examples. The quality of life at NU is really high, with a college town geared for college students (Wildcard discounts everywhere and decent nightlife options, with around 10 or so bars) and a world-class city right nearby for your metropolitan fix. </p>
<p>I would say that in the dating world after college, NU students are perceived as having a cool vibe (I don’t know, girls are weird), meaning pop culture and the general population tend to see NU students/alumni as the smart but well-adjusted types. This is not true of Cornell, except maybe the hotel school (but then the appeal only works for girls and is more about hotel school itself than Cornell in general). I’m not saying I agree with any of these perceptions, but this is what the public thinks, take it or leave it.</p>
<p>Stephen Colbert from The Colbert Report went to Northwestern if I am not mistaken.</p>
<p>Yeah he did. I’m not so much a fan of him though.</p>