<p>Cornell was co-founded by a Michigan professor and 6 of Cornell’s 13 presidents were hired from the University of Michigan. The two schools share much in common. However, Michigan is not rural (it is suburban), has more than 20,000 undergrads (26,000 to be exact) and its football program is definitely not a lower Division 1 program, although it is not doing as well as usual.</p>
<p>Having attend both schools, I can vouch for their being similar in many ways, but there are stll significant differences between the two. No two universities can be truly similar.</p>