#Northwestern University (2024-2025)

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ivory sand
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exact time/date no clue

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for CS though

latent oriole
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wait for cs is crazier lmao

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wait are you sure it's nu and not neu? i heard some people getting off for neu

pale lion
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So guys I got rejected from ISP 🤣💀😂🥹😭💀😳🫠

spiral gate
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NOOO

past shore
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is there an NU server ?

pale lion
latent oriole
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No WL movement yet?

pale lion
fathom sage
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any waitlist action?

median citrus
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simple beacon
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its moved

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idk how many though

still dock
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i just got off this morning, i have until end of day tmrw to make a decision

fathom sage
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hopefully i get some movement too

spiral gate
latent oriole
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Anyone else got this?

timber tundra
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Yes

latent oriole
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Anyone got off recently?

twin bramble
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see u at uiuc

elder sorrel
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picking nu over uiuc is crazy work

past shore
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picking uiuc over nu is crazy work

delicate lynx
elder sorrel
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they hated jesus because he told the truth

spiral gate
elder sorrel
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as someone once said, one is a phenomenal engineering school… and the other is Northwestern

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🥀

spiral gate
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i picked nu cheme over uiuc

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🥱

elder sorrel
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interesting, what made you choose nu?

past shore
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Idk abt other fields tho

elder sorrel
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most engineering majors are crazy good at uiuc

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in baksoo's case (EE) there are so many more opportunities because the department (and engineering in general) is just so much bigger

delicate lynx
delicate lynx
elder sorrel
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uh yeah LACs are not well known for their robust engineering programs

delicate lynx
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harvey mudd erasure is insane

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there are plenty of LACs with good engineering programs

elder sorrel
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me when i do a "general engineering" major

elder sorrel
delicate lynx
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plenty of schools require you to take distribution requirements not just lacs

elder sorrel
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LACs have crazy distro requirements, if you want to get depth in your major you best look elsewhere

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places like swarthmore make you take like 20 classes outside of your major

delicate lynx
elder sorrel
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nothing is "bad" for your engineering education, if you find underwater basket weaving to be helpful then by all means go for it

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i personally find it difficult to choose a school where my opportunities within the major are limited and i'm forced to take a bunch of classes that arent directly relevant to what i plan to do

delicate lynx
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so having distros or a liberal arts format doesn't make a school automatically worse for engineering than another

elder sorrel
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no, but it does hinder how deep you can go into your major through classes

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likewise, 70% of the major related classes offered at a big public school wouldnt even be there at a LAC

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yes, there is more to college than the major (and classes) for some people like geneds but you can do those anywhere

delicate lynx
elder sorrel
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it is my opinion that there are far more opportunities provided at uiuc for engineering than at northwestern e.g. physical facilities

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and a big part of that has to do with department size

past shore
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blud got rejected by every private school he got into

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🙏

delicate lynx
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i enjoy witnessing cope

past shore
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I been to both uiuc and nu campus

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sum insane cope

delicate lynx
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nobodys even saying uiuc is a bad school asw

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its just not better

elder sorrel
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they kicked me out on may 6

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🥀

delicate lynx
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the individual opportunities that northwestern offers are just way more significant

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if uiuc is significantly cheaper that makes it the better option

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because they are similar in caliber for engineering but

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for a lot of people especially oos finaid means northwestern is cheaper

elder sorrel
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wildcat days pmo sm i could not rep northwestern after that

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the engineering presentation was just some whole brained engineering shit then some dude basically yapped abt his senior project

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i appreciate the on campus mod pizza

past shore
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if ur in state for uiuc just go there

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but being from a state that got zero good schools I'm just tryna go to the cheapest good school

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Alternatively if ur rich just do whatever you want

elder sorrel
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rich intl kids bro

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my bad im poor 🪫

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northwestern is quite good with their aid so thats a beeg plus

spiral gate
spiral gate
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but i thought the project was cool with the robots and springs and shit

spiral gate
# elder sorrel interesting, what made you choose nu?

so a couple things! it definitely wasn't an easy decision (i was also debating purdue, umn twin cities, and sort of unc chapel hill - i applied for chemistry there)

  • i interacted with a few uiuc students online, and some of them were weirdly very toxic and they just seemed stressed. northwestern people were a lot more willing to answer my questions and there was even a matsci '28er who talked to me about about finding research, helped me figure out a basic resume, etc.

  • from some somewhat sketchy sources, the male:female ratio in grainger is about 3:1. granted, cheme isn't technically in grainger, but i just would not be able to rock that. it's still like 2:1 in mccormick LMFAO but that's slightly better at least

  • cost; uiuc was more expensive than northwestern 💀 uiuc gave me zero aid/scholarships for some reason

  • uiuc also has a lot more people than northwestern, which presumably means much larger classes (at least in my first few years) and more competition when finding research. i also heard uiuc's clubs are a lot harder to get into and the environment just kind of exerts a little pressure on everyone. northwestern is a lot smaller but not like caltech small, which i appreciate

  • i belong to a small subset of people sharing a certain trait that we often face some sort of rudeness, hostility, harassment, etc. for. there's representation and people like me at both schools, but from what i've heard it's mostly just kind of there at uiuc, whereas the evanston/chi area provides a lot more support and even has a community of sorts

  • i also used to struggle with mental health a lot, and i feel like uiuc, despite being in a relatively large town/area, might end up making me feel isolated at times and bring those issues back out. i might run out of things to do, feel lonely or lost, etc. northwestern on the other hand is right next to chicago and also has a really beautiful campus- there's a lot to do, a lot to look at, and i really really liked it when i toured. i feel like just the general environment would provide me better support at nu (but i also researched nu much more heavily than uiuc)

past shore
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walk 20m outside uiuc campus and its just corn fields

elder sorrel
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walk 20m east of northwestern campus and it's just water

past shore
elder sorrel
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walk 20m in the fourth spatial dimension and you're in no mans land

twin bramble
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maybe just maybe if ur cs but other than that nah

elder sorrel
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many many cases where you might like that

elder sorrel
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personally i just found it hard to feel the love at NU for the major specifically

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couple other reasons too

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i think most cross admits for cs at least choose uiuc

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could be the same for other engineering majors but i'm not well read on that

delicate lynx
delicate lynx
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I don’t see why you’d pick northwestern if cs

elder sorrel
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median annual income?

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satisfaction in life?

delicate lynx
# elder sorrel whats outcomes based on

If you eliminate cs/ce college scorecard lists pretty much the same annual incomes for both schools for engineering and most people view northwestern as a better student experience

elder sorrel
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i think it's a bit difficult to compare the two beyond cs/ce in terms of outcomes

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northwestern is a very selective school already, meaning it self selects those who would already do well

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acceptance rate last i checked is 7.2%

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for grainger it's like 25% ish somewhere like that and much higher in-state

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so if the outcomes end up similar i think it would speak more to uiuc's ability to help students land successful careers

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in a more dramatic example, if students from harvard and squidward community college ended up with the same jobs it would be hard to argue that both schools did the same amount of work to get students to where they are