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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on major.  Dyson's prestige over WashU, huge.  Many on this board look down on Cornell contract colleges.  [/quote]
Many on this board look down on Cornell, period. Cornell is much closer to WashU than it is to Dartmouth or Brown.

Cornell is in the JHU, WashU, Rice, Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Vanderbilt tier. It is a decided step below all the other Ivies and WASP.

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Because in the past, not-rich people attended in Cornell in large numbers.  And Jews, women, US minorities, and international students (especially from Asia before WW2).

Your comment comes from a place of class privilege rooted in rich Northeasterners' scorn for ordinary white collar jobs (e.g., agribusiness) and women's work (e.g., home economics which actually tied to dietetics, textile science, and other professional jobs where women could have careers).  Back to the days of the "Gentleman's C".  You probably have no idea where your prejudices came from, but the roots are pretty ugly.[/quote]

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