Let's be real, they are both excellent options. Let your kid go with his gut about where he would fit in the best.

Anonymous wrote:Where do they want to end up and what kids would they like more? Cornell seems to be a school with a lot more majors which may be good or bad. And it has a more secular vibe. Also colder. Ac isn’t an issue there beyond maybe two weeks at most.

Is Duke religious?

CORNELL!!! b/c my boy is attending College of Engineering on AFROTC scholarship!

Are the Duke fans comparing all of Cornell to all of Duke? Cornell is a huge school make up of 7 colleges. Engineering and CS are some of the most competitive.

Cornell is half public 2nd rate Ivy.
Duke is a level up.

Duke

Anonymous wrote:My kid has gotten into both. Cost of attendance is almost similar. Which one would you recommend and choose ?

If it were my kids, Cornell. We are better in cooler temps.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell for CS no brainer. Overall prestige the same

bullshit. cost of attendance is same, choose Duke which is T10. Cornell is good but nowhere near Duke.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023

cornell 20

duke 50

this is more in line with my experiences

duke's a good school, but outside of basketball, not a powerhouse

This list is so funny that it's a complete joke. It ranks UChicago and ETH Zurich over Princeton. Ranks NYU over Brown LOL

I only looked at the top 20 or so. But I think it's broadly relevant for graduate research.

It's completely useless as any kind of metric for undergrads in the US however.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell for CS no brainer. Overall prestige the same

bullshit. cost of attendance is same, choose Duke which is T10. Cornell is good but nowhere near Duke.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023

cornell 20

duke 50

this is more in line with my experiences

duke's a good school, but outside of basketball, not a powerhouse

This list is so funny that it's a complete joke. It ranks UChicago and ETH Zurich over Princeton. Ranks NYU over Brown LOL

How Duke is T10 is a mystery. If considering individual departments/programs, few, if any, are actually top 10! And most consistently rank below Cornell. Am I missing something?

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell for CS no brainer. Overall prestige the same

bullshit. cost of attendance is same, choose Duke which is T10. Cornell is good but nowhere near Duke.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023

cornell 20

duke 50

this is more in line with my experiences

duke's a good school, but outside of basketball, not a powerhouse

+1

Anonymous wrote:Duke - you get to impress your hairstylist
Cornell - you get to impress the CS tech bro who's hiring

Haha. This made me spit out my coffee.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell for CS no brainer. Overall prestige the same

bullshit. cost of attendance is same, choose Duke which is T10. Cornell is good but nowhere near Duke.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023

cornell 20

duke 50

this is more in line with my experiences

duke's a good school, but outside of basketball, not a powerhouse

Anonymous wrote:Cornell for CS no brainer. Overall prestige the same

For undergraduate, I almost always saw duke outrank Cornell. When talking about tiers, depending on how tiers are defined, I saw Cornell share the same tier with duke, or one, rarely 2 tiers below. I have never saw duke below Cornell on tiers. It is safe to say Cornell is half tier below duke, to be fair. Any way, they are both good school, you won't make a mistake by choosing either one.

Duke - you get to impress your hairstylist
Cornell - you get to impress the CS tech bro who's hiring