<p>Turned down Northwestern for Penn</p>
<p>Duke Duke Duke</p>
<p>NU for Yale</p>
<p>well, it came down to duke, cornell, northwestern or chicago. it was a really hard decision, but i finally chose chicago (city life, name, and its economics program).</p>
<p>name as in name recognition? Chicago probably has the least name recognition of all those schools, maybe more than northwestern. But still a great choice- in fact I think chicago has much better academics than northwestern.</p>
<p>RichardCory,</p>
<p>In looking at your other posts it appears you are definitely a Cornell person. Great for you. Great school. But I keep wondering why you feel the need to put other schools down. Chicago and Northwestern not having name recognition, compared to Duke and Cornell? You are kidding, right?</p>
<p>It's very hard for me to turn down Northwestern. I wanted to go there SO badly. But, unfortunately I was accepted to WAS and not the School of Music. (I applied for double degree). My heart is set on music so I have to turn it down for University of Toronto School of Music.</p>
<p>Duke has far more name recognition than the others (due to athletics), and Cornell's Ivy status gives it a boost. Outside of the Midwest, Chicago and Northwestern really don't have that much recognition.</p>
<p>Chicago and Northwestern are not regional superstars...they are known throughout the US and around the world.</p>
<p>Dorian Mode, maybe that's the case in the U.S...but it's certainly not the case internationally (I'm from Korea btw). Northwestern is extremely well known for its renown grad programs in many fields (especially Kellogg), while Duke, though known as a great school, is often viewed inferior to Northwestern (mainly because of graduate programs). On the whole, I'd say Duke and Northwestern are at the same level. Yes, Duke is a little bit more selective, but it lacks any aspect that is superior to Northwestern.</p>
<p>Oh, and internationally, Chicago is probably the best known among the four.</p>
<p>Maybe we're not thinking about this the same way. I'm thinking name-recognition for average people, while I think you guys are considering the views of people who know more about universities and their general reputations. I understand that Northwestern and Chicago are great schools. As a matter of fact, I applied to both of those, but not to Duke or Cornell (although I do like Cornell a lot).</p>
<p>Yeah I agree that to the layman, Duke is probably most recognized (mainly due to basketball as you said).</p>
<p>I believe you have reinforced the point I was trying to make. How do you measure name recognition of a U.S. University? Is it by asking people on collegeconfidential? Fortune 25 companies? People living in other countries? People who watch college basketball? I tend to believe most people on college confidential have thoroughly investigated colleges they applied to, and then accepted admittance to, after many hours of work, visiting, reading about them, etc. Name recognition (I assume for future employment or post-undergrad programs) would be one factor out of many others that were considered. So I say congrats to you all, in your choices. And best wishes for success! You've worked hard, researched much, talked to parents, teachers, friends, guidance counselors, students, profs, and admission personnel, and went through a tough competition to get into schools that you want to go to. And you all got into terrific schools. I have not doubt that you made the right choice for you, on the right factors that are important to you. So I think it is terrific to share where you are choosing to go. And I hope we don't feel that if the choice is different than the one we made, that we have to question the factors important to the other person.</p>
<p>I agree completely</p>
<p>Didn't mean to put any schools down. My bad. All four are equal in just about every way, including reputation.</p>
<p>turned down NU for cornell. mainly b/c I live in evanston....the campus is a mile away from my house. I need to get away!</p>
<p>I turned down NU for the College Scholars Program at William and Mary (now known as the Murray Scholars Program). I just could not turn down all the benefits of this program. </p>
<p>NU is a fantastic school and I do not doubt that everyone who accepted their offer of admission will receive a great education.</p>