Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar (RCPRS) program?

mommyrocks
Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:24:17 +0000

Did you make a decision yet? My daughter was also selected as a PRS but with no financial aid – her dad (my ex) can afford Cornell but doesn’t want to pay for it after all, so it isn’t an option. My D has decided on Minnesota where she has been offered almost a full ride. I still researched the Cornell offer anyway. Turns out there are many ways to do research at Cornell, same as UMN, including paid jobs doing research, classes for credit doing research, and arranging voluntary research. So it isn’t just the Presidential Research Scholars doing research on campus as undergrads. Also I searched for these scholars on LinkedIn to see what their resumes looked like over time and where this led them. It is certainly prestigious and a huge honor, but I think it has to be weighed along with everything else. My D is studying the sciences and can possibly attend Cornell for graduate school in a funded PhD program later, instead of paying $63,000 a year now. So that is her plan. For you or others the situation will be different. I have read a lot of good things about the Turing program, plus UT has that new comp sci building by Gates, and Austin is a bigger town than Ithaca. Curious what you decide…