Cornell ILR vs. Colgate economics

gellino
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:34:23 +0000

In my and my two roommates’ investment banking analyst and MBA classes, there were more people from Colgate than Cornell in them, so it’s not exactly set in stone that going to Colgate will lead to a life of destitution compared to Cornell. I wouldn’t necessarily go to Cornell if choosing between the two based on one is Ivy and one is not. The longer I’ve been out of school, the more I’ve come to appreciate how insignificant that is when you cannot predict how things will evolve years ahead of time and that choosing Cornell over Colgate would not have been a good choice for me. Don’t necessarily choose one over the other based on “perceived reputation” compared to having other more tangible reasons to like one more.