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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are headed for a visit soon. We are in VA and other fav is UVA so obviously IF DC could get in to both, $$ may be a factor.
Can anyone draw comparisons other than price-tag?[/quote]

Cousin just graduated from Northwestern: they had small classes other than a couple if 150 person intros. They made many connections with professors and that is how they got their internships which later led to job offer at the end of last summer: 6 figures, big city, private equity firm. Their significant other was premed there and is going straight into med school, had smaller classes than the econ major, was doing science research from early on through a professor connection. 
UVA, where many family members go, is very different. It is a great school, but the first 2 years are all large classes (unless Echols scholar which guarantees some seminars). Engineering there has much smaller intros and more opportunities to get to know professors early. UVA is not a "target" at the same level for the private equity companies, but UVa does much better than other schools. 
UVA is a great top US school with 18,000 undergrads. Northwestern is an excellent, world-class school with only 8,000 undergrads. [/quote]

Totally untrue to say UVAs first two years have large classes. Totally depends on your major but my two have only had a couple large intro type classes first year and the rest have been between 30-60.[/quote]

You don’t think 30-60(!) is large?[/quote]

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