WashU, Vanderbilt, or Northwestern?

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I wouldn’t want my kids studying or living in the South.

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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!

Nice! And bragging about it on a mommy website. Tells me what I need to know about Northwestern and Morgan Stanley.

[Anonymous]

To be frank I simply don't know anyone notable or impressive who graduated from WUSTL. I'm sure they're all great folks and quite smart, but not quite *stellar*.

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Northwestern

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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.

absolutely no one from my DC’s friend group across the big three would choose Wash U over Vanderbilt - not even close

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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.

absolutely no one from my DC’s friend group across the big three would choose Wash U over Vanderbilt - not even close

I’ve never seen anyone in my circle choose WashU over Northwestern

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I'm in NYC and know many students who chose WashU and Vandy over 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

As well as kids who want to do music, theater, engineering, etc. go to Northwestern. People who want to live in an area where they can go out after dark (and heck even during the day) and not constantly worry about their safety go to NU.
In reality, each school has a very different feel....people should pick what appeals most to them (if they actually got into both). In my experience, the people applying to UChicago and NU are very different style of students.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in NYC and know many students who chose WashU and Vandy over Northwestern

find this extremely hard to believe -

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in NYC and know many students who chose WashU and Vandy over Northwestern

find this extremely hard to believe -

Just look at the data from Parchment. Anecdotal reports are statistically meaningless. If you have a better source than Parchment, tell us about it

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Northwestern is clearly the most prestigious. WashU clearly the least.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is clearly the most prestigious. WashU clearly the least.

Depends on who you ask. Each year, universities themselves choose their peer colleges when reporting to the US Dept of Education.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/an-art-and-a-science-colleges-tricky-task-of-selecting-peers

All three colleges being discussed (put down?) here on this thread chose the other two as their peers. Hopefully this will put an end to this thread which has degenerated over time, but I doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is clearly the most prestigious. WashU clearly the least.

Depends on who you ask. Each year, universities themselves choose their peer colleges when reporting to the US Dept of Education.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/an-art-and-a-science-colleges-tricky-task-of-selecting-peers

All three colleges being discussed (put down?) here on this thread chose the other two as their peers. Hopefully this will put an end to this thread which has degenerated over time, but I doubt it.

I guess I would place more value on what the university administration thinks over some random anonymous posters.!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in NYC and know many students who chose WashU and Vandy over Northwestern

Extremely sus. I'm a New Yorker and WashU simply isn't on people's radars over here, and def not over a school like Northwestern, or Vandy for that matter.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in NYC and know many students who chose WashU and Vandy over Northwestern

Extremely sus. I'm a New Yorker and WashU simply isn't on people's radars over here, and def not over a school like Northwestern, or Vandy for that matter.

you have a right to your own feelings