<p>Megnut, I assume you mean your S sat in on a biomolecular engrg class. That is an upper level class and no freshman is going to be taking it, I’m pretty sure. If you’re son takes Doc Stewart’s Honors Physics and thinks it’s boring, then he belongs at MIT or Caltech, not Cornell. As for city vs. rural, I can’t help you. Our D wanted a city school and did not even apply, look at or consider Cornell, expressly because it was, in her words, “in the middle of nowhere”.</p>
<p>But each to his own. Our good friends’ S is at Ithaca and loves it. Ithaca is gorges!</p>
<p>Seriously, Megnut, give it the headache test. School A, headache; school B, sigh of relief. The thought of going to one or the other will make you feel like you just put your head in a meat grinder. The other one will feel good. Your body will tell you when your mind won’t. Good luck to you (and your S…btw, where does HE want to go?)</p>