Anonymous wrote:[youtube]Anonymous wrote:One drawback for Rice is small network, non ivy status and Texas location. Cornell has ivy name recognition, huge network of alumni and NY location.
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The contrast.
Anonymous wrote:Both are wonderful schools, and Rice has a particularly intellectual vibe. However, Rice is unfortunately in Texas, an open carry state where abortion has been banned and whose constituents continue to vote in fascists who are happy to vacation in Cancun while those they represent literally freeze to death on account of the state's faulty grid system. So my choice at this point in time would be Cornell.
Anonymous wrote:Both are wonderful schools, and Rice has a particularly intellectual vibe. However, Rice is unfortunately in Texas, an open carry state where abortion has been banned and whose constituents continue to vote in fascists who are happy to vacation in Cancun while those they represent literally freeze to death on account of the state's faulty grid system. So my choice at this point in time would be Cornell.
Anonymous wrote:One drawback for Rice is small network, non ivy status and Texas location. Cornell has ivy name recognition, huge network of alumni and NY location.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These schools are in completely different environments. Does your kid want small town and cold or big city and warm?
Imagine thinking the 4th largest city in the US is a "small town."
Ithaca is not the 4th largest city
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These schools are in completely different environments. Does your kid want small town and cold or big city and warm?
Imagine thinking the 4th largest city in the US is a "small town."
Anonymous wrote:These schools are in completely different environments. Does your kid want small town and cold or big city and warm?
Anonymous wrote:So far a wonderful experience and DC feels like they may have dodged a bullet with Cornell. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful school, but even the Cornell boosters on this site are a bit cringe-worthy with their blind, defensive and immediate advocacy. Almost as if they get an alert when Cornell is mentioned on this site lol. As my DC said after a visit, too many weird and ultra competitive kids like “Andy from the Office”, who seemed a bit off. Rice full of “happy well-adjusted and brilliant kids” - different strokes for different folks..
What? No one was ultra competitive there. I went and so did DS. What a ridiculous generalization, you come across as immature.
Both schools are great, and I am sure that OP's child would be happy and successful at either.
So far a wonderful experience and DC feels like they may have dodged a bullet with Cornell. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful school, but even the Cornell boosters on this site are a bit cringe-worthy with their blind, defensive and immediate advocacy. Almost as if they get an alert when Cornell is mentioned on this site lol. As my DC said after a visit, too many weird and ultra competitive kids like “Andy from the Office”, who seemed a bit off. Rice full of “happy well-adjusted and brilliant kids” - different strokes for different folks..
Anonymous wrote:DC struggled with this choice/decision a couple of years ago and chose Rice. DC was always enamored with Cornell, but after visiting both schools, talking with current students, talking with alumni, talking with current professors, etc - the clear choice was Rice. DC not big into rankings, so Cornell at the bottom of the Ivy and behind Rice did not play into the decision. So far a wonderful experience and DC feels like they may have dodged a bullet with Cornell. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful school, but even the Cornell boosters on this site are a bit cringe-worthy with their blind, defensive and immediate advocacy. Almost as if they get an alert when Cornell is mentioned on this site lol. As my DC said after a visit, too many weird and ultra competitive kids like “Andy from the Office”, who seemed a bit off. Rice full of “happy well-adjusted and brilliant kids” - different strokes for different folks..
Anonymous wrote:Great choices! VERY different schools though arguably the same profile of student. Cornell is more stressful vibe. For public policy I'd probably pick Cornell because of connections to DC.