As a person who did this in a past life, I question why you would want to go to any of those schools, save Cornell, if that’s what you want to do. There are many state schools that are exceptionally strong in plant science. I would put Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa State on par with Cornell and well ahead of the rest. If you want to head west, UC Davis and Cal Poly are both in that realm too. East, NC State and Virginia Tech. There are MANY others that would serve you better than the Ivy League schools, be far easier to get into and cost less money.
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