Duke or Cornell for computer science

[Anonymous]

OP - which school did your kid pick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do they want to end up and what kids would they like more? Cornell seems to be a school with a lot more majors which may be good or bad. And it has a more secular vibe. Also colder. Ac isn’t an issue there beyond maybe two weeks at most.

Is Duke religious?

what on earth. no.

Duke has a Divinity School. Does that affect the largely uber-woke secular student body? No.

The Div School is even liberal as far as those settings go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do they want to end up and what kids would they like more? Cornell seems to be a school with a lot more majors which may be good or bad. And it has a more secular vibe. Also colder. Ac isn’t an issue there beyond maybe two weeks at most.

Is Duke religious?

what on earth. no.

Duke has a Divinity School. Does that affect the largely uber-woke secular student body? No.

The Div School is even liberal as far as those settings go.

I’m curious why the PP said that Cornell “has a more secular vibe.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the Duke fans comparing all of Cornell to all of Duke? Cornell is a huge school make up of 7 colleges. Engineering and CS are some of the most competitive.

For undergrad, you look at the combination of both program strength and overall school quality.

So Duke.

[Anonymous]

Duke is a perennial T10 school so if you're looking just for opportunities go Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke is a perennial T10 school so if you're looking just for opportunities go Duke.

A top ten school with very few programs ranked in the top ten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has gotten into both. Cost of attendance is almost similar. Which one would you recommend and choose ?

Either is fine. Pick based on best fit.

[Anonymous]

Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duke is a far better school than Cornell, much more respected.

Typical Duke grad response - arrogant and annoying and often wrong. My vote is Cornell

Neither school is famous for the likability of its graduates. Are there any other options?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duke is a perennial T10 school so if you're looking just for opportunities go Duke.

A top ten school with very few programs ranked in the top ten.

Look at this chart:

https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/csopenrankings/

Cornell #7

Duke #36

Once again Duke not ranked anywhere near the top ten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the Duke fans comparing all of Cornell to all of Duke? Cornell is a huge school make up of 7 colleges. Engineering and CS are some of the most competitive.

For undergrad, you look at the combination of both program strength and overall school quality.

So Duke.

Program strength and overall school quality (peer assessment)

So Cornell

[Anonymous]

They're honestly about the same overall, but obviously Cornell has a much more renowned CS program

[Anonymous]

They're about the same in the cross-yield rankings:

https://www.crimsoneducation.org/us/blog/cross-yield-rankings/#:~:text=Cross%2DYield%20Ranking%20Method%3A%20Crimson%27s,students%27%20preferences%20between%20top%20institutions.