Anonymous wrote:The future is in the South. That's where the US is growing in population and power is shifting from the NY to the southern states. In a generation Rice and other universities in the south like Duke and Vanderbilt will completely overshadow Cornell.

Climate change will force the shift back in the other direction. In a generation, cities like Miami and New Orleans will be under water. Hurricanes will have become more frequent and more intense and will be taking their toll on stares in the Southeast and Gulf Coast. The combination of hear and drought will strain the resources of states in the Sun Belt.

Trends don’t continue in the same direction forever. Changing conditions can and will diminish trends and in some cases reverse them. The next pipe line will not be bringing gas and oil down from Alaska & Canada, it will be bringing water because if the tremendous water reserves in Canada. With the Colorado River and it’s reservoirs drying up, life will become unsustainable in places like Arizona without such a pipe line.

Grew up in Houston so know Rice well. Kid goes to Cornell. I think Rice is great but would choose Cornell. Ivy is ivy. Full disclosure I was rejected from both 30 years ago.

The future is in the South. That's where the US is growing in population and power is shifting from the NY to the southern states. In a generation Rice and other universities in the south like Duke and Vanderbilt will completely overshadow Cornell.

I’d want my kid to choose Cornell over Rice. But I’m a HYP grad so perhaps biased to the ivies

Anonymous wrote:Really depends on the kid. My kid is happy at Cornell. He would not want to be in Texas.

Mine too. Would much rather be cold than hot.

Anonymous wrote:Cornell has 60,000 undergrad, Rice has 6,000. It’s anotger apple and orange comparison.

Ah, I think you mean Cornell has 16,000 …

You can’t underestimate Cornell’s Ivy status. Many applicants and their parents would give their right arms to attend an Ivy, any Ivy, any major, any track.

Cornell has 60,000 undergrad, Rice has 6,000. It’s anotger apple and orange comparison.

Rice 8.56
Cornell 8.7

Acceptance rates are pretty similar even though Cornell has prestige of being an Ivy and being in NY as well as charm of state programs.

Anonymous wrote:Public policy at Cornell is part of the state funded program with preference to state residents or is it part of the private programs?

Is it easier to get into Cornell if you are an NY resident or is it a limited privilege for select programs?

Public policy at Cornell is part of the state funded program with preference to state residents or is it part of the private programs?

I would pick Cornell. Great choices to have!

Rice, Cornell is declining.

One is a food and the other is a great school

I’ve worked with people who went to both schools and whose kids have gone to both schools. Cornell has more name recognition, but the Rice grads all seemed happier and more confident in a healthy, not arrogant, overly competitive way. And I say that as someone who now despises Texas’ recent misogynistic and racist laws.