Cornell VS. Northwestern for BME and Engineering in General

monydad
Tue, 01 May 2018 18:23:37 +0000

relating to some posts above:

It’s true places like Binghamton have hit hard times. But Ithaca is fine. Its economy is more stable due to the two major higher ed institutions. It is beautiful there. Look up my old “Some Pictures” thread on the CC Cornell sub-forum.
-Lots of people come there from big cities and love it there. It’s a big school, there’s a lot to do in and around campus. And Ithaca is a college town.
-Cornell’s reputation in engineering is not less strong. I would say it’s stronger actually.
When engineering employers are deciding where to interview they are not saying “forget Cornell because the Hotel or Ag school students have lower SATs on average”. They are not interviewing the hotel school students. (Who by the way have other excellences, but that’s another matter). They care about the engineering school students. Who are very strong.

If you want to go away there’s no reason not to pick Cornell IMO.
But there’s no reason to go away specifically for Cornell if you otherwise wouldn’t want to.