<p>Then you're missing out on a great aspect of NU :P</p>
<p>uhhh. It's not the "school of secondary ed. and social policy". It's the School of Education and Social policy</p>
<p>LOL @ Secondary Education</p>
<p>What an insult to my school, dfleish! :)</p>
<p>Hopeful1 - What did you mean by this in your earlier post?</p>
<p>:: Another found out that top law schools definitely know and distinguish between ILR and Arts and Sciences students. We all learn from our experiences ::</p>
<p>Are you saying that the law school acceptance rates differ between the schools at Cornell? Do you know which school has a better rate?</p>
<p>Hey, sorry about that, but I insulted myself too because I'm in SESP as well :) I thought someone told me once that it stood for that, and because one of the programs is Secondary Teaching I guess it just stuck with me. Whatever, LOC is where it's at!</p>
<p>Just as a side note..when I was deciding whether to come to Northwestern or not, I was really obsessed with people knowing what a great school it was. However, now that I go here I could care less, because I love it so much..you just have to go with whats best for yourself.</p>
<p>Hah! Prestige doesn't count? You just CAN'T say this to high school seniors :).</p>
<p>I guess prestige counts when you go out and try to find a job. You can check then how prestigious it is by looking at the list of companies that come here for internships or the co-op program of the engineering school. Last week I attended a presentation of UBS Bank; if you want to go into banking, consulting, investing, you'll know what that is. Right now, I have a slip sticking near the main entrance to my dorm saying Google will be here on Friday(was it?) to look for students interested in technical positions with the company. If you're leaning towards computer science, you'll know what that means. There's also Ford, IBM, Intel, General Motors, Toyota (?), government (NASA, etc.) -- these companies all participate in the co-op program I mentioned.</p>
<p>One more thing on how prestigious NU is in the Chicago area. When I arrived at the O'Hare Airport, one of the clerks asked me and my friend "What's the purpse of your trip?" "We're going to be Northwestern freshmen." And she said "Ooooo, Northwestern -- smart people."</p>
<p>So company recruiters know it, clerks know it, you can tell your friends about it so they'll know too -- you're all set! :)</p>
<p>Meaning: it is prestigious enough; evaluate your interests and research schools according to those. If you're so smart that you'll get in many great places, but you don't know what you're doing or like to slack off, well -- what does it matter then.</p>
<p>If you were addressing that comment towards me, I never said prestige doesn't count, I meant that it shouldn't be the only, or most important factor in a college decision at least for me.</p>
<p>so the economics, chemistry, and some other stuff are great. How about biology or sociology or culture studies?</p>
<p>Northwestern is among a handful of schools recruited by top consulting firms.</p>
<p>My parents were Cornell graduates, my in-laws were Northwestern graduates, we live in Illinois.
The regular, average Joe in Illinois confuses Cornell University with Cornell College, my in-laws didn't know that Cornell was an Ivy League school. In New York, everyone knows Cornell.
The regular, average Joe in Illinois doesn't know where Northwestern is and often confuses it with Northern. My parents didn't know anything about Northwestern.
My son suffered from the "prestige" war waged by grandparents from both sides. As a result he initially refused to apply to either school. I, as his mother wanting to make sure he had options, filled out the applications, ultimately with his help, to both schools. He was accepted at both.<br>
We was waitlisted at his first love Yale and after MUCH mental anguish and heartache decided to attend Northwestern. My in-laws have been insufferable. It has gotten SOOO bad that my son has refused to supply them with his email or snail mail college addresses. He has been working hard to "fall in love" with Northwestern and so far so good.
Prestige is something you are "buying" when you buy an education. It is part of the package. Is it everything? No.
Those "in the know" know Northwestern, otherwise "not so much".
That is true about everything in life. Everyone knows the big names and all the rest "not so much".
If you are trying to impress the masses, Northwestern is not going to cut it for you. If you are trying to impress "people in the know" i.e. law schools, corporations, graduate schools...Northwestern(and your work there) will have the awe factor.</p>