Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It it werent in the Ivy League, it wouldnt be that big of deal. These days, the Southern Ivys are all as good is not better.

Emory, Duke and Vanderbilt are better schools.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

Let’s take Duke—in Engineering? No, it is not better than Cornell. In undergrad business? No, Duke does not have an undergrad business college and it does not have the best hotel school in the country. In Architecture? Again, no. How about industrial and labor relations? Again, no.

So what do you mean when you say that Duke is “definitely better than” Cornell or that those other schools are likely better than or as good as Cornell? Are you referring to the liberal arts colleges? Personally I would take Cornell A&S and its faculty over Duke’s, but even if you disagree I don’t see how you can assert that it is “definitely better” to study as an undergrad history, psychology, philosophy, government, English, econ.... at Duke as compared to Cornell. If I was a high school student interested in liberal arts there are definitely many considerations I would consider in comparing these schools, but overall rankings would not be one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

There is clearly a North East biased against the South. 30 years ago, schools like Tulane and Vanderbilt just werent that big of deal. They are now. Some people will never get over this for political or other biases. These schools are of Ivy quality and in some cases, better than them.

Duke and Rice engineering are better than any Ivy.
Emory public health and nursing are better than or equal to any Ivy.

Vanderbilt had a 50% acceptance rate. Now it's 8%. Times change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke and Vandy are much better than Cornell
Emory and Rice are about the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

There is clearly a North East biased against the South. 30 years ago, schools like Tulane and Vanderbilt just werent that big of deal. They are now. Some people will never get over this for political or other biases. These schools are of Ivy quality and in some cases, better than them.

Duke and Rice engineering are better than any Ivy.
Emory public health and nursing are better than or equal to any Ivy.

Vanderbilt had a 50% acceptance rate. Now it's 8%. Times change.

+1 DCU hates anything below mason Dixie including Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

Let’s take Duke—in Engineering? No, it is not better than Cornell. In undergrad business? No, Duke does not have an undergrad business college and it does not have the best hotel school in the country. In Architecture? Again, no. How about industrial and labor relations? Again, no.

So what do you mean when you say that Duke is “definitely better than” Cornell or that those other schools are likely better than or as good as Cornell? Are you referring to the liberal arts colleges? Personally I would take Cornell A&S and its faculty over Duke’s, but even if you disagree I don’t see how you can assert that it is “definitely better” to study as an undergrad history, psychology, philosophy, government, English, econ.... at Duke as compared to Cornell. If I was a high school student interested in liberal arts there are definitely many considerations I would consider in comparing these schools, but overall rankings would not be one of them.

Another DCUM pissing contest. This board sucks.

[Anonymous]

Cornell is extremely overrated. It would not be top 25 without the ivy tag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is extremely overrated. It would not be top 25 without the ivy tag.

Ipse dixit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the best ivy reject school. There's better schools in the south.

Other than Duke, not by a long shot.

Duke - definitely better than
Rice, Vandy - likely better than
Emory - As good as

Deal with it.

Let’s take Duke—in Engineering? No, it is not better than Cornell. In undergrad business? No, Duke does not have an undergrad business college and it does not have the best hotel school in the country. In Architecture? Again, no. How about industrial and labor relations? Again, no.

So what do you mean when you say that Duke is “definitely better than” Cornell or that those other schools are likely better than or as good as Cornell? Are you referring to the liberal arts colleges? Personally I would take Cornell A&S and its faculty over Duke’s, but even if you disagree I don’t see how you can assert that it is “definitely better” to study as an undergrad history, psychology, philosophy, government, English, econ.... at Duke as compared to Cornell. If I was a high school student interested in liberal arts there are definitely many considerations I would consider in comparing these schools, but overall rankings would not be one of them.

Another DCUM pissing contest. This board sucks.

The pissing contest seems to have been started by people who are keen to just criticize another university than the one OP was asking about, and do so without talking about any facts or substance. So I agree with you that this board sucks to the extent people feel the need to try to tear down schools that people are asking about and are interested in. I think those who are here for constructive and helpful reasons would be happy to talk about Cornell-related substance as asked for by OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a large campus in a medium-sized town in a rural area. Not really suburban.

This. I wouldn't describe it as a suburb. It's a large, world class university in a rural area.

[Anonymous]

What on earth is “better than” based on? I have never understood this. The people who making hiring decisions are not steeped in USNWR rankings, they only know what they vaguely remember from high school, which might be 2 years ago. So, as someone who hires, I don’t have any clue about Vanderbilt or Emory’s acceptance rate or SAT scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is “better than” based on? I have never understood this. The people who making hiring decisions are not steeped in USNWR rankings, they only know what they vaguely remember from high school, which might be 2 years ago. So, as someone who hires, I don’t have any clue about Vanderbilt or Emory’s acceptance rate or SAT scores.

2 - I meant 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a large campus in a medium-sized town in a rural area. Not really suburban.

This. I wouldn't describe it as a suburb. It's a large, world class university in a rural area.

It's not just a rural area... Ithaca is a great little progressive hippie town surrounded by beautiful lakes and gorges

[Anonymous]

Cornell is a lower level Ivy, certainly cannot be compared to other Ivy's. My DC got into Cornell engg as well as Georgia Tech 2 years ago, and decided to take Georgia tech to Cornell. He is very happy with his decision.
If Ivy brand is what you are looking for, Cornell may be your answer. If not, there are far better engg. schools