asdfasdf98

I really need to decide between these two
Situation is this:
Undecided at Cal -accepted
Electrical Engineering at Cornell - accepted
Californian, live 1 hr away from Stanford

NO FINANCIAL AID FROM EITHER INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE I'M AN INT'L.
I personally want to go to Cornell, but my parents are concerned with the money.

Now my questions:
1. How hard is it to get good grades in Cornell engineering? (mainly compared to CAL?)
2. I'm planning to go to Stanford Graduate school for engineering...am I aiming too high? (How good of a chance would I have for that?)
3. What is there to do in Cornell? (entertainments...other than movies?)
4. Does it worth moving from West coast to East coast to attend Cornell?
5. Give me one more reason to go to Cornell over CAL

clayvessel

Hi:
I have no advice because we are in the same dilemma, but we'd like our D to attend Cornell.. and we believe the extra money for Cornell is well worth it ---because we'd have to pay out of state tuition at Berkeley anyway.

She really would like a change of scene ( is tired of New Yorkers-- no offense-- sometimes change is good) and Berkeley is 90% Californians, (UVA is 70% Virginians) so these schools would be a nice cultural change for her.

Cornell has only about 30% NYC area students, so I am trying to convince her that there would be plenty of cultural change for her at Cornell. We have not visited any of these schools yet-- UVA, Cornell or Berkeley, so I guess she'll decide after a visit....

Good luck to you in your decision, but my gut is Cornell....unless you are getting in-state tuition in California. (Is Cal Tech private or public?) Hey-- turning down an Ivy is tough any way you toss it....