Imho there’s more variety at Cornell - CALS in particular should feel quite different from CMU but you may well be right for this particular student.
In any case my opinion doesn’t really matter here since this would be a NYS student transferring due to fit issues so ensuring the right fit would be very important for OP to determine themselves - I would strongly encourage OP to visit, if possible to spend an overnight where they’ve been admitted, to see for themselves.