Cornell Reputation/Prestige in Real World

TKsmom
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:15:18 +0000

agree w applejack. Fit is key. If Cornell is the best fit, it may also be where you do the best.

Also go with the strength of the program to which you applied. Duke engineering is great for BME but not really in the same league as Cornell for the other types of engineering. (don’t think you are an engineer but this is just an example). In fact I think the engineers at Duke call their version of CAS “college of arts and crafts” because it was not nearly as hard as the engineering program. No idea if that is true, just saying what we were told when there.

You will be successful at any of them. Cornell does have a very large alumni network because of its size. Penn is big too.