<p>I am in a dilemna here. I really love NU, but I can't shake the fact that UIUC is throwing a lot of good things at me. Location isn't a problem- I live roughly an hour from NU and roughly 3 hours from UIUC. My rationales, thus below:</p>
<p>The problem is this. </p>
<p>I love NU.
I like UIUC.</p>
<p>Both have decent Asian Studies programs.
Both have an active Desi community.
Both have sororities that I can look into before joining.
Both haven nice study abroad programs</p>
<p>Pros for NU</p>
<p>Close to the city
Great liberal arts program
LOVE the active SASA
Love the beautiful campus
Friendly student body
Small classes
Nice dorms</p>
<p>Cons for NU</p>
<p>My FA is awful, compared to what Vandy gave me. (9k in grants vs. 18k in grants, not including loans). I know that being the single child of two working parents doesn't help, our EFC was 34k. :/</p>
<p>Um...yeah. I'll get back to you when I think of other cons.</p>
<p>Pros for UIUC</p>
<p>Member of LAS James Scholar program (top 10-15% of class)
Cohn Scholar (12 students accepted from LAS, get small seminars, research opportunities
Campus Honors Program- Chancellor's Scholar (125 students chosen from the roughly 7000 undergrads, special classes, research opps, a ton of stuff)</p>
<p>Just a lot of personalized attention at what I know is a huge school. </p>
<p>Cons</p>
<p>Huge school
Big classes
TOO many people I know are going here
Not as gorgeous campus
Urbana-Champaign =/= Evanston/Chicago
FA sucks here as well, (we're trying to convince them to reevaluate me for Provost, I mean, if they gave me this much attention already...) but it is still a lot cheaper, considering.</p>
<p>I am lost. Honestly lost.</p>