Northwestern vs Cornell for gov/history/law oriented student

[Anonymous]

Both schools will be great options -- which did your child like more? Any opinion on the geography difference?

[Anonymous]

Some things to possibly consider if deadlocked. Where do they want to potentially live after college? Ease of getting to each, Cornell is trickier depending on where home is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

Your personal experience doesn’t make it universally true by a long shot. The world is a big place and while you may have lived abroad for a while you only lived in a small part of it. Both schools are widely known world wide.

[Anonymous]

Cornell easily for ILR

[Anonymous]

Who keeps rage posting? lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

Agree. 💯
Have a kid at both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

Your personal experience doesn’t make it universally true by a long shot. The world is a big place and while you may have lived abroad for a while you only lived in a small part of it. Both schools are widely known world wide.

NP: Sorry, but that's not true. Cornell is really well known, esp. in Asia, where it has been the school of choice for very rich families and royalty. Northwestern is not known. Ivies, Stanford, MIT, *maybe* Berkeley for the science crowd -- they are the only names that are recognized outside of academia (and other than Harvard, even those are only recognized by very high status people).

I went to a T20 school not on the list above. Have had a great international career, but no non-Americans recognized my alma mater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

Your personal experience doesn’t make it universally true by a long shot. The world is a big place and while you may have lived abroad for a while you only lived in a small part of it. Both schools are widely known world wide.

I’m the PP. I lived in Germany, Italy, UK and Australia before moving back to the states. Sorry. My alma matter is an unknown there. Scream all you want….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

Your personal experience doesn’t make it universally true by a long shot. The world is a big place and while you may have lived abroad for a while you only lived in a small part of it. Both schools are widely known world wide.

NP: Sorry, but that's not true. Cornell is really well known, esp. in Asia, where it has been the school of choice for very rich families and royalty. Northwestern is not known. Ivies, Stanford, MIT, *maybe* Berkeley for the science crowd -- they are the only names that are recognized outside of academia (and other than Harvard, even those are only recognized by very high status people).

I went to a T20 school not on the list above. Have had a great international career, but no non-Americans recognized my alma mater.

I haven’t seen an international ranking that doesn’t include Northwestern at least well within in the top 50. Most rankings have it substantially higher. Cornell is usually more highly ranked, but it’s not top 15. In the scheme of things it’s not so different. It’s certainly not a reason to recommend Cornell over Northwestern to an American high school student, for Pete sake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The truth is if your kid end up having that choice, that is amazing. You cant go wrong with either school.

If your kid has international aspirations, Cornell has a better known brand outside of the US. But other than that, your kid should be happy with either.

This +1.

-1. Typical know nothing DCUM bullshit.

Oh my. Of course you know everything. The only bullshitter here is you. I’m a Northwestern grad. My wife is a Cornell grad. We lived abroad for years. The fact is, very few people even knew what Northwestern was. Everyone knew what Cornell was. We were both in consulting, and this was among our own colleagues and partners in the EU, not the average joe. I don’t care what you or your ridiculous commentary says. I’ve experienced it. Go away.

Your personal experience doesn’t make it universally true by a long shot. The world is a big place and while you may have lived abroad for a while you only lived in a small part of it. Both schools are widely known world wide.

I’m the PP. I lived in Germany, Italy, UK and Australia before moving back to the states. Sorry. My alma matter is an unknown there. Scream all you want….

One of my very best friends is a well known professor at ANU. Trust me, he’s heard of Northwestern.

You may have lived in a lot of places, but you obviously didn’t run around with a very worldly crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NU is located steps from a large metropolitan area. Cornell is located in rural NY with gorges, lakes and hiking trails

Northwestern has about 8000 undergraduates while Cornell has about 16,000. When you add in graduate students, the total enrollment is much closer (Cornell 26K vs NU 22K)

You already mentioned the quarter system at NU. Other than that, your kid will get the same excellent education at either school. It’s a matter of where they want to be and feel most comfortable.

It is also a matter of whether they can get accepted to either.

It is a long shot for both schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid, who is majoring in security policy and international affairs, hesitated between Georgetown and George Washington. He preferred George Washington. They are both in the top 10 *worldwide* for undergraduate and graduate international relations, according to the journal Foreign Policy. Cornell and Northwestern are not in the top ten for that undergrad specialty. Cornell is 15th for graduate school.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/top-twenty-five-schools-international-relations/

come on. you cannot seriously believe GW is better

Teehee