<p>What is this “sharp drop” everyone’s talking about between Cornell and the second best Eng. School?</p>
<p>US News has Princeton ranked 10th in the nation, only 3 spots below Cornell!</p>
<p>I think it all boils down to what you want to do with your degree.</p>
<p>If you want to work in engineering right out of college, Cornell, Princeton, or maybe Columbia or Penn are your best bets.</p>
<p>If you’re looking to eventually go into finance/consulting/etc with your degree, schools like Yale, Dartmouth, or Princeton might be best. </p>
<p>If you’re looking to go straight to grad school, honestly any Ivy-league program will serve you well as long as you excel in your program.</p>
<p>I’m a prospective engineering student and I’m (<em>gasp</em>) looking into Dartmouth and Yale (along with some other more reputable programs) because I’m not completely set on engineering. While these schools would prepare me for engineering grad school or an engineering career, they also give me tons of options outside of engineering. Yale’s especially attractive because the student:faculty ratio is approximately 1:1.</p>