Cornell --> Yale + Brown + Williams + ???

anhydrite
Sat, 07 Feb 2015 11:20:34 +0000

I agree with monydad that some of your preferences may be working at cross-purposes. U of Chicago, generally speaking, has more of an intellectual atmosphere for undergrad than Northwestern. NU can feel a bit more pre-professional, albeit in a similar vein to Cornell. And I do agree that if you were to tough it out in Ithaca, you’d probably locate a more inclusive community in subsequent years.

In addition to Yale and Brown, I’d suggest maybe looking into Swarthmore. Only real issue with Swarthmore (and I’m not sure on that, so you should verify with others) may be that their CS isn’t as strong as some other CS programs – such as the one you’d be leaving at Cornell. Still worthy of investigation. You may also want to have a look at Carleton, which could satisfy most of your criteria, and not too far from Minneapolis.