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Anonymous wrote:A more prestigious Michigan with harsher academics, worse location, no sports culture, but more prestige.

SUNY Ithaca.

You rather go to Michigan?

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Anonymous wrote:From our DMV private, Cornell takes legacy kids who are not among the top students. Not a great look.

Isn’t that the case for pretty much all ivies?

No. From the same school, Harvard admits the No 1 or 2 kid in the class (if they apply) every year.

Just to add that UPenn takes several kids (who are not athletes or legacies) every year. Not too 10 percent, but usually top 20.

This is Sidwell for sure.

It’s diverse in the best kind of way because it has so many programs that don’t cater to tech/finance bros and don’t feed straight into Wall Street.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our DMV private, Cornell takes legacy kids who are not among the top students. Not a great look.

Isn’t that the case for pretty much all ivies?

No. From the same school, Harvard admits the No 1 or 2 kid in the class (if they apply) every year.

Just to add that UPenn takes several kids (who are not athletes or legacies) every year. Not too 10 percent, but usually top 20.

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Anonymous wrote:A more prestigious Michigan with harsher academics, worse location, no sports culture, but more prestige.

SUNY Ithaca.

Do you get some Google alert so that you can post this tired response on every Cornell thread? I’m sorry you and your kid didn’t get in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From our DMV private, Cornell takes legacy kids who are not among the top students. Not a great look.

Isn’t that the case for pretty much all ivies?

No. From the same school, Harvard admits the No 1 or 2 kid in the class (if they apply) every year.

Anonymous wrote:From our DMV private, Cornell takes legacy kids who are not among the top students. Not a great look.

Isn’t that the case for pretty much all ivies?

From our DMV private, Cornell takes legacy kids who are not among the top students. Not a great look.

DC is a second-year student majoring in ILR. The campus is large and sprawling, so you must enjoy walking—especially as an underclassman, since you commute from North to Central Campus for classes. The university offers excellent food and new, modern dorms for first- and second-year students.

There is a very intense pre-professional vibe here, with many students aiming for careers in investment banking, consulting, law, or medicine. Because it is a target school for IB and MBB, the environment is competitive; clubs are difficult to get into and the coursework is rigorous, with an average GPA of around 3.44.

Regarding social life, hockey games are smore popular than football. A major highlight is Slope Day, held on the last day of spring classes, which features a massive party and live concerts by top artists. This summer, DC will be interning in corporate finance/accounting for a Fortune 500 company. Overall, DC likes Cornell and would make the same choice all over again.

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Anonymous wrote:To Cornell's credit, it is an accessible school for smart unhooked students - unlike most of the Ivy schools. Engineering and Dyson are going to be tough admits for everyone though.

Any person, any study. That's their founding principle. Cornell would rather be non-elite than be inaccessible.

Agree. They don't seem to play games, its one place where the system isn't rigged.

DC is second year in engineering and had summer internships last year and has one this year. DC joined a project team and research lab. DC also doing ROTC and will become an officer. It’s all about time management. Cornell has been great! It snowed this past week! And the food is so good!

Anonymous wrote:To Cornell's credit, it is an accessible school for smart unhooked students - unlike most of the Ivy schools. Engineering and Dyson are going to be tough admits for everyone though.

Not quite true since Cornell favors legacy. The kids I know that go there are all legacy.

Anonymous wrote:To Cornell's credit, it is an accessible school for smart unhooked students - unlike most of the Ivy schools. Engineering and Dyson are going to be tough admits for everyone though.

Any person, any study. That's their founding principle. Cornell would rather be non-elite than be inaccessible.

Full pay undersubscribed major kids looking for instant prestige

DD was class of 24 Engineering. Her experience was greatly affected by covid but she enjoyed her time there and is well employed now.