<p>I think NU's can offer more opportunities for internships than Tufts in terms of the cities they are located in.</p>
<p>i would think the opposite, thinking boston would have more to offer than illinois</p>
<p>My mistake. I wasn't thinking clearly when I posted that and now I can't edit.</p>
<p>I got accepted to Northwestern and UVa but rejected from Tufts. I am pretty sure I am choosing Northwestern because it is a better fit than UVa for me. Northwestern gave me amazing financial aid too, much better than all of my other colleges. </p>
<p>There were some kids at my cousins school that went to Tufts last year and they both absolutely hated it. I guess you will find that at any school though so it probably doesn't mean much. I think you should go to Northwestern but I guess my opinion is pretty biased.</p>
<p>^ Really, I've never heard of anyone "hating" Tufts...were they like big into sports or something...</p>
<p>Just wanna clear some misconception.</p>
<p>Actually Chicago has more jobs than Boston. You can probably do some research online to confirm this. But I can tell you Chicago's downtown is very close to NYC's in size (or at least it appears to be) and much bigger than Boston's. </p>
<p>At Northwestern, you actually take 4 classes most of the time, not three, per quarter. To graduate, the students there need 45 courses to graduate (engineering students need 48). It's a little more than average. Good number of classes only have one midterm, instead of two, so the saying that you have exams like every two weeks is an exaggeration. But the midterm does come quickly, esp for those classes that have two midterms.</p>
<p>The pros for quarter system is it gives you more flexiblility to work around your schedule if you want to double major or squeeze couple quarters of internships in the middle of academic year but still manage to graduate in four years. Here's why:</p>
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<li>more classes are offered twice a year, instead of just once. So if you can't take some required course in the fall because of being away or conflicting schedule, you can make it up in the spring.<br></li>
<li>if you are ambitious, you can take 5 classes per quarter (no extra cost for engineering students but not sure about others) and in one year, you can finish with 15 classes! To do the equivalent in semester school, you would have to take 7 or 8 classes! I'd done 5 before in a quarter but I doubt I can do 7 or 8 in one semester. Conflicting schedule likely happens anyway to stop you from doing that. I know a girl who graduated in 4 years with dual-major in econ and comp engineering and a co-op certificate (6 quarters of co-op) at Northwestern and that's how she did it. This is probably a rather extreme example of course and I only did one quarter of 5 classes in my life. But the point is it gives you a little more room and flexibility to design more aggressive schedule.</li>
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<p>tufts and northwestern are both superior to amherst IMO. UVA I don't know very much about. I think it depends on what you want to study. Northwestern's campus is prettier i think. both get extremely cold in the winter. Be advised also that Northwestern has a crazy math professor whose hobby is denying the Holocaust (I forget his name).</p>
<p>I find it interesting how everyone keeps telling me that other schools that I have gotten into are better than Amherst, yet it is the one that is hardest to get into, and has better placement for law schools and reputation among the people involved in academics.</p>
<p>however, for most common people, it seems to be pretty low on the list of prestige and what not (well, except I kinda care about law school placement)</p>
<p>but I am not really looking for the "name" of the school. I am going to be visiting all of them and then trying to see where I feel most comfortable.</p>
<p>I will be missing like a week and half of schools right before all the IB exams, and my teachers are going to go ballistic once I inform them of how much school I plan on missing...</p>
<p>Go to Amhrest, it's extremely prestigious.</p>
<p>are you kidding me? ARGHHHH people like you make me want to tear my hair out! Or at least be happy that I did not choose schools like that.</p>
<p>annandale, go to Amherst if you like a really small setting that's pretty isolated. That wasn't supposed to sound negative, because seriously, lots of people prefer a small enclosed school. Also, it's only lib. arts, whereas Tufts also has the research university aspect. Seriously, just take the school's characteristics into consideration and decides what suits you best. Prestige can be a factor, but christ almighty, not the ONLY factor.</p>
<p>I got into both Tufts and NU as well. Now I'm trying to decide between Tufts and Chapel Hill. I eliminated NU because I wasn't really satisfied with the financial package and can't stand the Chicago winter (although Boston's harsh climate definitely competes with Evanston's windy winter). </p>
<p>I'm undecided as well, but I applied to schools with an interest in economics, international relations, and journalism. I've begun to move away from the journalism idea (which was another reason why I eliminated NU). </p>
<p>Although I could see myself at NU, I think Chapel Hill or Tufts would be a "better fit" for me. You have to visit the campuses and see which school would be better for you.</p>