<p>may 1st is rapidly approaching! ^^ anyone mind giving me some advice?! =)</p>
<p>i'm an int'l and haven't visited either campus.. from what i gather, both appeal to me in different ways. rice's "random" residential college system and its friendly welcoming atmosphere appeals to me. on the other hand, NU's econs/engine dept seems stonger. it has also greater name recognition. not to mention, i know people fr my countrygoing to NU. so in a way, that might be good. i doubt there're any fellow countrymen in rice.. </p>
<p>i'm q sure i'll major in econs+engineering (if that's possible without having to kill myself). after college, i'll be heading home to work. enjoying my college years and getting a feeling of "a home away from home" seems impt to me (though i'm not sure if its possible)..</p>
<p>any ideas on which would be a better bet??</p>
<p>thanks in advance! :D</p>
<p>Rice has an amazing engineering program! I am in the humanities and really try to encourage people to study engineering, but I am certain that our engineering program is top notch. Rice is known as a Science and Engineering school and is very well known among educated people and is very respected among its peers. The university isn't that well known among every day people, but you will impress anyone in Texas if you tell them you go to Rice and even if people don't know where the school is, almost everyone will tell you that they heard that Rice is a really good school.</p>
<p>Which country are you from?</p>
<p>Northwestern...Rice kinda sucks</p>
<p>smashin, considering that landofoo is going to the univ of Chicago (not either of the schools in question) I wouldn't take anything that he/she says seriously. I would more trust people who go to Rice. Both those choices are very very different atmospheres. Any school at the top will give you a good education. One is small, very friendly with nice weather. One is large and located in a windy city. Both are very good schools. BTW, my son loves Rice and it has given him so many opportunities, many of which he never even imagined when applying, including an internship in Japan this summer, fully paid.</p>
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Rice is known for its uber-flexibility with double majors. 40% of students double major, many of which in engineering and something else. It will be far less likely that you will have to kill yourself at Rice than at Northwestern.</p>
<p>Considering NU is on the quarter system and most students take 12 courses per year in a standard load, I would say that its VERY easy to double major at NU. I can't speak for Rice, but to say that double-majoring at NU (especially the engineering-econ duo) is difficult just isn't true.</p>
<p>smashin,</p>
<p>Econ + industrial engineering & management sciences is a popular combo at NU. They are both highly ranked (8th and 6th, respectively). There are also two Kellogg undergrad certificate programs, financial economics and managerial analytics, you can apply to at the end of sophomore year. The managerial analytics is mainly for engineers.</p>
<p>i have the same decision too!!</p>
<p>buuuut, i just sent my deposit to rice!!! woot. ^_^</p>
<p>Since may 1st is in a few days this is probably too late to help but... here's my answer. I'm just a high school student looking at colleges but I've done my research. I'm from Chicago and can vouch that NW is in an AMAZING city, but at the same time I would never go there since you basically have to be in the Greek system to have a social life (so I've heard from students there). On the contrary, everyone I've talked to has said Rice has a very open, friendly attmosphere. Since both are top quality schools I think the above is definately something to consider (and I'd go to Rice :-) )</p>