Cornell as a step towards Grad school?

iMiracle
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:58:40 +0000

Hey guys! I had the blessing of getting accepted to Cornell for class of 2016, and I’ve been leaning heavily towards joining you guys at Ithaca this fall.

I am planning to major in chemical engineering and I have also been accepted to Johns Hopkins as well as Cal as a regents scholar. I’ve looked around and saw that academically Berkeley is much better than Cornell at chemical engineering. Though Cal has been my dream and favorite university at a early age, I’m thinking about gathering some new experience in the East (I’m from California).

Sorry I rambled! One key reason I’m leaning towards Cornell is that I feel it would be easier to get accepted into grad schools (hopefully Cal) because of the smaller classes, better faculty ratios, and research opportunity. Can someone confirm me on this? Do I have it completely reversed?

p.s. I don’t mind the snow (: