<p>Please compare the two schools, and reveal which one you prefer.</p>
<p>Northwestern. For amny reasons</p>
<p>id that good enough?</p>
<p>what do you want to major in?</p>
<p>Northwestern. Because it's nearer to Chicago/Lake Michigan and is considered more prestigious-has better programs in what I want to study in. Plus, the application is common app :P</p>
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Northwestern. Because it's nearer to Chicago/Lake Michigan and is considered more prestigious
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<p>I have many friends at Mich that chose it over Northwestern because its considered more prestigious (they're international kids though). So your claim is false. Both are equal prestige wise.</p>
<p>It depends what you want to study.</p>
<p>My view is influenced by my interests... business. Northwestern is top 5 in BSchool rankings, so that rep trickles down subconsciously to undergrad. </p>
<p>One school is medium sized, one is very, very large. Other things being equal, for undergrad I'd choose smaller.</p>
<p>UMich is cheaper but bigger
NW is more expensive but smaller</p>
<p>prestige is about equal
Umich engineering>NW engineering
NW Business>Umich business</p>
<p>dont know about other programs, but that is how i see it.</p>
<p>if you can go to either, you have done very well</p>
<p>Michigan's Ross School of Business is ranked #5, so I would not ranked Northwestern ahead of Michigan. I would say there equal in Business.</p>
<p>for undergrad education, NU is superior to Michigan. There is no argument here. </p>
<p>Do you want to be surrounded by kids (mostly who are from Michigan) or by kids from around the country? Do you want to be apart of a student body who boasts an SAT average above 1400 or one that is barely over a 1300? These are the questions that should be answered.</p>
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I would say there equal in Business
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<p>northwestern doesn't have a business school. they have a kellogg certificate program which is >>>>> than the ross school of business.</p>
<p>^^ Those 100 points make such a difference. <em>sarcasm</em> I personally floated from a 1300 to a 1400 SAT between the two times I took it, after a little bit of studying between the first and second time. I don't think I got significantly smarter overnight.</p>
<p>Michigan has a lot of top-ranked programs in classics, anthro, etc., but I would probably want to check out the quality of programs for undergraduates for myself. Personally, I think I would end up choosing Northwestern, though, because of Chicago, if nothing else.</p>
<p>^^^ 100 points is the difference between michigan and clemson, would you say those two are comparable, as well?</p>
<p>SAT isn't everything. Michigan Ross has very good placement also.</p>
<p>collegebound - are you sure you don't have another screen name, because I saw someone else spouting similar bull**** on another thread.</p>
<p>wait, how can northwestern have better business....without a business program? </p>
<p>someone please fill me in</p>
<p>^^ I'm glad you noticed. Just shows how full of **** people are on this forum. They don't have a clue and yet persist on giving advice.</p>
<p>Northwestern has a graduate business school (Kellogg school), which is arguably better than Ross (although in some rankings, it isn't, such as the Wall Street Journal). I'm not talking undergrad here.</p>
<p>No, I don't have another sn. Someone copied and pasted my comment.</p>
<p>For the record, 40% of the University of Michigan's student body comes from out-of-state. Also, students are not direcly admitted to the Ross School of Business it is reserved for the best and brightest once they prove themselevs on campus. I would gather to say the avg SAT is about 1450 for those admitted at the sophomore year.</p>
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You mean the Recruiter's Popularity Contest rankings? It's well known that the WSJ ranking more or less grades each school's career center and how amenable its b-students are to the recruiting companies participating in the survey -- not so much the quality of the school or its grads. There are definitely some great schools in this list but HBS, Stanford, Wharton, and Kellogg not in the top 10? This ranking is questionable at best.</p>
<p>With the state of Michigan going down the economic drain, UM should worry about staying ahead of Wisconsin.</p>