Cornell (ILR) vs. UW (Foster)

tchaoderrr
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:13:17 +0000

Actually DrExPat, I’m still deciding! Cornell is pretty much giving me the summer to decide as they have not yet evaluated my financial aid reward. The $30-50K was an estimate given by the financial aid calculator on Cornell’s website.

Chuantu, thanks for the reply. I’m hearing from many people that undergraduate degrees indeed do not really matter that much. Additionally, the ILR program still somewhat relates to the world of business, studying the way in which people interact in a business setting, which interests me because I’m very much a people person. But is this worth the potential massive debt that I may have to undertake?.. that is the question.

The Foster school is by far the strongest business program in the Pacific NW and one of the strongest in the West Coast. Foster places huge emphasis on team-work and community, and this is reflected by small class sizes as well as the new design of the Paccar building which encourages collaboration. Seattle is an interesting and exciting city in the fact that it’s home to corporate giants such as Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon, Starbucks, etc., and Foster has developed a good pipeline into these companies. All of Foster’s business options are strong, the strongest probably being accounting (Big 4 companies, esp. Deloitte recruit here), and other standouts include the international business program (CISB), and entrepreneurship. Foster is also doing a lot of construction and re-imaging as its trying to revamp itself, so if you transfer here you’ll be a part of the excitement!