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[quote=Anonymous]Cornell:  The easiest Ivy to get in and the hardest to graduate.

The classes are tough and the competition even more tough. It is not like Harvard, Brown, or MIT - easier grading and more collaborative.

My daughter has two friends at Cornell.  One is a 2021 Class and is pretty happy.  She is in a pretty easy major, was pretty lucky to get in, and has been grateful and enjoying being able to be there.  Hates the weather, not a fan of Ithica, but not regrets.

She also has a friend that is 2022 and is very smart and worked her butt off to get there.  She has had a very tough year. She was also accepted to Rice and has very much regretted not going. She is anxious, stressed, depressed, and thinks it is tougher than most other kids at other schools taking the same courses.

She also has a friend 2022 at Michigan.  She worked her butt off to get there.  She is still working hard, but she is enjoying every aspect of the school. Sports, clubs, parties, sorority, etc... She is extremely happy there.

Michigan will have more various types of kids.  It is a better college town.  And overall kids seem happier there.  If Cornell is a dream or a school she was crazy excited about getting in, then she will probably do okay.  My gut is telling me she would regret not going to Michigan though if she really loved it there.

If you and her switched which one was "ivy" my guess is she would be 100% in Michigan.

Which one is she going to WANT to do everything at that school.  Which one will make her happy for 4 years.  Which one feels like home?

Cornell may have the Ivy name, but you can not beat Michigan alumni when looking for employment.

Good Luck.  What a lucky decision she has to make![/quote]

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