Columbia vs. Cornell for Mathematics and/or Physics

collegemom3717
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 16:51:02 +0000

I guess I just meant that they’re not quite on the level of Harvard, MIT, Princeton, etc.

The point is that you are wrong: Cornell and Columbia are on the same level- in the top 10 for math and physics. The differences between #2 and #6 are truly not meaningful- especially at the undergraduate level!- and they move around most years. And at the post-grad level, they are even less so. I know people right now who are turning down #2 for #9 - b/c the program is better for them, and they are on the same level.