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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what to make of it, DS likes it but also likes a number of other schools more. He's considering EDing for "strategic purposes" since it seems a bit easier to get into than some of his higher choices. Is Northwestern more akin to schools like UPenn, Duke, Columbia, and Yale, or more akin schools like Cornell, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, and UChicago?[/quote]

OP: Your groupings suggest that alack of familiarity with Northwestern, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, U Chicago, U Penn, Duke, Columbia, and Yale. Eight of the nine universities are on the same level academically,  although it does vary by major. And, of course, geography and campus cultures differ.

College Transitions states that Northwestern University's overlap schools are:

Cornell, Duke, U Chicago, U Michigan, and U Penn.

Northwestern's overlaps as reported by Northwestern are:

Duke, Stanford, U Penn, Yale, U Michigan, Princeton, WashUStL, and Harvard. (Cornell, U Chicago, JHU, Vanderbilt, & Columbia are not on this list.)

For engineering majors, Northwestern, Michigan, Duke, and U Penn are similar.

For theater majors, Northwestern is superior to Yale, but similar regarding liberal arts.

Academically, Northwestern is superior to Vanderbilt as suggested by The Fiske Guide To Colleges which gives Northwestern its highest rating of 5 Pens versus 4 for Vanderbilt (the scale includes 4.5).

Columbia & Chicago are different due to each school's respective core curriculum.

A high percentage of small classes (under 20 students each) is reported by Columbia (if Columbia's figures can be trusted), U Chicago, Northwestern, Princeton, and Harvard.

Chicago & Northwestern report the lowest percentage of classes with 50 or more students at 6%. Duke is at 7%; Yale reports 8%. Princeton, Columbia, & U Penn report 9%; Harvard is at 10%; Vanderbilt reports 13% of classes have 50 or more students and only 57% of classes have fewer than 20 students.

Class sizes are based on pre-Covid reporting.

Regarding academics as well as class sizes, the only outlier on your list of nine universities is Vanderbilt.[/quote]

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