Is Cornell really still the "worst" ivy?
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Anonymous
Probably skewed by California residents or those with a strong California preference. Not much reason to apply to USC otherwise. |
Anonymous
The same students Cornell wants? Cornell fell off, just admit it. The only thing holding it up is that it's an ivy, only the most striving Asians will be persuaded by that. In modern admissions, you need more than that. That's why it loses to Duke almost 9:1 in cross-admissions. |
Anonymous
All the ivies should be top 20 nationally if the methodology works. That only leaves a handful of non-ivy peers that are real competitors, about 10 or less. People dip below that for strong financial or geographic reasons. |
Anonymous
Duke is a southern school and that draws kids for the weather and southern culture. Academically, Duke has no business in the top 20. |
Anonymous
True, but what about Duke and Notre Dame? Cornell loses badly to those too. |
Anonymous
Unless you either are an athlete or are doing something film related, you are an idiot to choose USC over Cornell. The USC name does go pretty far in LA so maybe if you are from there and strongly want to stay there. But that is a very small percentage of the population. Not even close. No disrespect to USC. Very good school. But anyone who thinks it is close to Cornell has never flown east of the Rockies. This is the dumbest thread. Cornell is a great school. Most people choose other ivies over Cornell except for some specialized reasons. But Cornell is a great school. If you meet someone who went there they are very likely extremely smart. Comparing it to most other schools is just nitpicking. |
Anonymous
They’ve admitted “several hundred” by WL per CCO. What?!? |
Anonymous
Whatever. Where did you go to school? |
Anonymous
Why do you care? Or the better question, what schools do your kids go to? Clearly not Cornell. Did they not get in? |
Anonymous
If that makes you feel better. There are two different people on Reddit who chose Emory over Cornell because they liked the weather and Atlanta. Also, Cornell only beats Emory in cross-admissions by 64% to 36%. That's very good considering Cornell is an Ivy, and Emory's backdoor campus, Oxford, is included in the calculation. https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Emory+University&with=Cornell+University |
Anonymous
Unless you live in a Catholic shtetl (does your kid go to Chaminade, Delbarton, Regis, or Gonzaga?), Cornell does not "lose badly" to Notre Dame. Not even close. Remember that a huge percentage of the population does not even consider ND. It is a very good school, and perhaps it beats Cornell slightly (though I don't think so), but it does not beat it badly. Duke probably doesn't beat it badly either, though that is more possible. |
Anonymous
Exactly. So many opinionated people here who likely could not have gotten into Cornell nor could their kids. And I don't even like Cornell. But a) I respect it as a school, and b) I think these threads bashing schools are childish and showcase the ignorance of so many people. Cornell should be happy - they do not want people this dumb. |
Anonymous
You're trying to make this about USC, when Cornell only beats UVA, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, and WashU in cross admits. And it doesn't beat them by much either. |
Anonymous
One of the top 5 to top 10 schools. |
Anonymous
Huh? When did it fall off? Is the new USNWR ranking out? It fell? Link? No one cares about Cornell’s “ranking” like you do. Ask yourself why. What deep seated insecurity are you masking? Or wait, I think I get it. In your lame mind (where you are spending 48 hrs responding to a thread holed up in your house without guests on a holiday weekend) going off the rails, was your kid dinged? Wow. Sad pathetic life. You probably passed those traits on to your kid. Touch grass honey. |