WashU, Vanderbilt, or Northwestern?

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure NU is the clear choice here. ESPECIALLY for econ. Don’t know why people are saying otherwise

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

[Anonymous]

WashU Onlin business school + CS minor.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

My man Northwestern is way better known than University of Chicago

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

My man Northwestern is way better known than University of Chicago

I’m going to guess you were one of those frat boys or sorority girls there puking up your guts thinking oh this is sooo much fun

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

I had an absolute blast, and the grand finale was being hired into Morgan Stanley’s NYC office out of school.

My man Northwestern is way better known than University of Chicago

I’m going to guess you were one of those frat boys or sorority girls there puking up your guts thinking oh this is sooo much fun

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

My man Northwestern is way better known than University of Chicago

I’m going to guess you were one of those frat boys or sorority girls there puking up your guts thinking oh this is sooo much fun

I had a blast at NU, but the best part was getting a NYC job from Morgan Stanley right out of UG. Sorry I had a good time!

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

UChicago can be better than NU and I can still reccomend NU over WUSTL and Vandy. Not mutually exclusive.

Plus, every ranking besides USNews ranks NU above UChicago, and I know far more kids who want to go to NU than Uchicago. Where fun goes to die.

Not sure that’s a completely fair assessment. UChicago has a tough core curriculum for sure. It is rigorous and better known than NU. Perhaps those who cannot handle such rigor and want to be in Chicago go to Northwestern

lmao kids who want to have a good time while getting the same job post-grad go to Northwestern over UChicago

Ohhh you are so misinformed

My man Northwestern is way better known than University of Chicago

I’m going to guess you were one of those frat boys or sorority girls there puking up your guts thinking oh this is sooo much fun

I had a blast at NU, but the best part was getting a NYC job from Morgan Stanley right out of UG. Sorry I had a good time!

Don’t be sorry. I’m just glad to hear you made it out alive

[Anonymous]

Hands down NU. The former two are not in the same league as NU, a top-10 school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you’re confusing UChicago with Northwestern as UChicago overshadows Northwestern in econ and pretty much everything else

Both Northwestern and UChicago are stellar for econ, UChicago more notably so, but they're both top 10 not just in the country but in the world for economics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through threads like these reminds me of how uninformed and/or uneducated people on DCUM can be.

OP, it would be a rare student who chooses WUSTL over either Vanderbilt or Northwestern. Between Vandy and NU the edge goes to Northwestern, particularly for the fields you listed.

That said, there are nebulous tertiary factors to consider, such as “fit”, weather, and the ability to see oneself thrive in an environment for four years.

For the record, I am unaffiliated with all three schools, though I have close friends who attended Vanderbilt.

Parchment says 54% of the students who get into both Vanderbilt and WUSTL choose WUSTL: https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Washington+University+&with=Vanderbilt+University

For WUSTL-Northwestern admits, the WUSTL win rate is 49%.

I think the reason WUSTL can hold its own is that it’s a calmer, kinder, more comfortable place than most of the competition. I haven’t see Vanderbilt. I have degrees from WUSTL and Northwestern, and WUSTL was simply nicer place.