Rice vs. Cornell

[Anonymous]

Cornell and Rice are ranked the same. That says alot when the ivy can't outrank the non ivy, since ivys have an advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really depends on the kid. My kid is happy at Cornell. He would not want to be in Texas.

Mine too. Would much rather be cold than hot.

College is off from first week of may to august so you only deal with few hot weeks, Cornell is open for most of the dead winter so you really have to like cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really depends on the kid. My kid is happy at Cornell. He would not want to be in Texas.

Mine too. Would much rather be cold than hot.

College is off from first week of may to august so you only deal with few hot weeks, Cornell is open for most of the dead winter so you really have to like cold.

He really does! And his definition of hot is probably less forgiving than yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For someone interested in health policy, Rice has the advantage of having the largest medical complex in the country across the street. Cornell’s medical school and related hospitals are 250 miles away in NYC.

I work in "health policy" and have never met a Rice grad. I am from Dallas so I do know some Rice grads, but none of them are in the "health policy" field here in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you want your child to be happy, in which case, Rice.

Such an ignorant, useless comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For someone interested in health policy, Rice has the advantage of having the largest medical complex in the country across the street. Cornell’s medical school and related hospitals are 250 miles away in NYC.

I work in "health policy" and have never met a Rice grad. I am from Dallas so I do know some Rice grads, but none of them are in the "health policy" field here in DC.

So?

Rice is a smaller college on the undergraduate level, made even smaller as a liberal arts college by the fact that 40% of its graduates are engineers & architects. How many Rice graduates even go into health policy? I expect that the number is very small. Since Rice draws its student body from all over the country, how many of them stay in Texas after graduation? Since more than 60% of their enrolled students are from out of state, I imagine that many of them scatter themselves back across the country after graduation.

I find it to be of not surprise that you haven’t run across health policy professionals who are Rice alums even though you work in Texas. I imagine that Rice alums in this endeavor are few and far between anywhere we look. However, I have no idea how this relates to the university’s ability to provide their students with an education that would prepare them for this field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not prestigious outside of Texas. I highly recommend Cornell because public policy is a field where the institution you go to matters.

Agree. Rice is largely a regional school (37%of students are from TX).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless you want your child to be happy, in which case, Rice.

Such an ignorant, useless comment.

Truth hurts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not prestigious outside of Texas. I highly recommend Cornell because public policy is a field where the institution you go to matters.

Agree. Rice is largely a regional school (37%of students are from TX).

Texas is a heavily populated stated - almost 30 million. That’s close to 10% of the US population. It’s the 2nd biggest state in the country.

41% of Stanford’s enrollment is from California, the nation’s largest state. Regional school?
34% of Harvard’s enrollment is from Mass, NY, and CT, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
28% of MIT’s enrollment I’d from Mass, NY, NJ, and CT, all of which could fit into a corner ot TX. Regional school?
34% of Yale students are from those same 4 states. Regional school?
33% of Princeton students are from NJ and NY, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
44% of Cornell Students also Come from NY and NJ. Regional school?
30% of Columbia students are also from NY/NJ. Regional school?
37% of Dartmouth students come from NY, NJ, and 4 New England states. Regional school?
38% of Penn students are from PA, NJ, MD, & DC with same population as TX. Regional school?

Shall I continue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not prestigious outside of Texas. I highly recommend Cornell because public policy is a field where the institution you go to matters.

Agree. Rice is largely a regional school (37%of students are from TX).

Texas is a heavily populated stated - almost 30 million. That’s close to 10% of the US population. It’s the 2nd biggest state in the country.

41% of Stanford’s enrollment is from California, the nation’s largest state. Regional school?
34% of Harvard’s enrollment is from Mass, NY, and CT, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
28% of MIT’s enrollment I’d from Mass, NY, NJ, and CT, all of which could fit into a corner ot TX. Regional school?
34% of Yale students are from those same 4 states. Regional school?
33% of Princeton students are from NJ and NY, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
44% of Cornell Students also Come from NY and NJ. Regional school?
30% of Columbia students are also from NY/NJ. Regional school?
37% of Dartmouth students come from NY, NJ, and 4 New England states. Regional school?
38% of Penn students are from PA, NJ, MD, & DC with same population as TX. Regional school?

Shall I continue?

DP. It’s interesting that all these elite schools draw so heavily from their region. In the past, I’ve seen some DCUM posters denigrate Top 25 schools as “regionals.” Good to know that all the Ivies are “regionals” too!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not prestigious outside of Texas. I highly recommend Cornell because public policy is a field where the institution you go to matters.

Agree. Rice is largely a regional school (37%of students are from TX).

Texas is a heavily populated stated - almost 30 million. That’s close to 10% of the US population. It’s the 2nd biggest state in the country.

41% of Stanford’s enrollment is from California, the nation’s largest state. Regional school?
34% of Harvard’s enrollment is from Mass, NY, and CT, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
28% of MIT’s enrollment I’d from Mass, NY, NJ, and CT, all of which could fit into a corner ot TX. Regional school?
34% of Yale students are from those same 4 states. Regional school?
33% of Princeton students are from NJ and NY, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
44% of Cornell Students also Come from NY and NJ. Regional school?
30% of Columbia students are also from NY/NJ. Regional school?
37% of Dartmouth students come from NY, NJ, and 4 New England states. Regional school?
38% of Penn students are from PA, NJ, MD, & DC with same population as TX. Regional school?

Shall I continue?

WOW!! I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous]

Half of the applications Ivies get are thanks to name recognition, even people who doesn’t meet average criteria or even want to attend, drop one for curiosity gamble. It helps keeping acceptance rates low and make them look even more exclusive than they already are.

[Anonymous]

Cornell has some schools preferring state residents and it costs the same as state schools, that probably brings a good number of applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is not prestigious outside of Texas. I highly recommend Cornell because public policy is a field where the institution you go to matters.

Agree. Rice is largely a regional school (37%of students are from TX).

Texas is a heavily populated stated - almost 30 million. That’s close to 10% of the US population. It’s the 2nd biggest state in the country.

41% of Stanford’s enrollment is from California, the nation’s largest state. Regional school?
34% of Harvard’s enrollment is from Mass, NY, and CT, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
28% of MIT’s enrollment I’d from Mass, NY, NJ, and CT, all of which could fit into a corner ot TX. Regional school?
34% of Yale students are from those same 4 states. Regional school?
33% of Princeton students are from NJ and NY, which combine for the same population as TX. Regional school?
44% of Cornell Students also Come from NY and NJ. Regional school?
30% of Columbia students are also from NY/NJ. Regional school?
37% of Dartmouth students come from NY, NJ, and 4 New England states. Regional school?
38% of Penn students are from PA, NJ, MD, & DC with same population as TX. Regional school?

Shall I continue?

DP. It’s interesting that all these elite schools draw so heavily from their region. In the past, I’ve seen some DCUM posters denigrate Top 25 schools as “regionals.” Good to know that all the Ivies are “regionals” too!!!

Right. At least one poster commonly on ranking threads loves to bash UVA as a “regional” school. Good to know that UVA is hanging with the Ivies on that one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell has some schools preferring state residents and it costs the same as state schools, that probably brings a good number of applications.

Bolded above is incorrect. Cornell’s “state contract” colleges (tuition 40k) do not cost the same as NY state schools (tuition 10k)