<p>First of all, Cornell’s graduate industrial ranking for the 2006 USNews is 9th, not >33. Also, the graduate material science department is 7th. When you look at an engineering school’s ranking, please refer to graduate level ranking. Undergraduate engineering ranking is just BS. Unless you go to a school like Cooper Union, undergraduate engineering ranking is irrelevant. An engineering school gets its reputation from the graduate division, not from the undergraduate division. By the way, have you heard of NRC’s ranking? That is a better ranking on individual department’s reputation and quality than USNews’ overall rating.</p>