<p>If you can eliminate working in finance after college than UC Davis is a better fit for you.
BTW, I would stop listen to poster that claims a 3.9 from Cornell is not any different than a 3.9 from UC Davis. A lot of nonsense is all I can say.</p>
<p>“a bird in the hand…”</p>
<p>Were I you, I’d sit tight.</p>
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<li>Ithaca’s grey, cold, snowy months frequently try the souls of even non-Californians</li>
<li>In the sciences and engineering, the academic disparities between the schools are not the same as that seen in the humanities and social sciences</li>
<li>Transferring in as a sophomore is a risk socially I see little reason for you to assume</li>
<li>Chasing status/rankings tends to invite disappointment</li>
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<p>If indeed you are as happy as you seem to be, I’d tell you to count your blessings, count your savings, and count your SPF every time you lotion up to protect yourself from the 300+ days/year of sunshine you have to now endure.</p>
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<p>Then prove it that it is nonsense.</p>
<p>Just shows that everyone has their own list and they’re all quite different.</p>
<p>“A 3.9 from Cornell is not any different from a 3.9 from UC Davis.” lol go say that to any engineers that are studying at Duffield Hall at the moment…</p>
<p>“just go check the weather report for ithaca…that place is miserable” … have you ever even been to Ithaca?</p>
<p>However, I do think that you should stay at UC Davis</p>
<p>Again, prove it. </p>
<p>I know someone who graduated with a 3.9 from UC Davis who got into MIT, Stanford and UC Berkeley grad school, beating several Cornell grads for the limited slots. Where the difference between UC Davis and Cornell matters in mostly in banking and finance. If you’ll do well at UC Davis, say graduate with SCL, you’ll have opportunities that those top grads of Cornell would have. And, UC Davis is much cheaper for you. Save that money, get great grades and apply to MIT/Stanford/Berkeley/Caltech for grad school.</p>
<p>I mean, come on, there are obviously smart people everywhere, I’m by no mean saying that UC Davis is a bad institution, but for engineering, cornell is definitely stronger.</p>
<p>Anyway, GONNA GO STUDY FOR FINALS NOW… have fun guys :)</p>
<p>Well, if you’ve read my previous posts, I didn’t say UC Davis and Cornell belong to the same league, in terms of prestige. In fact, in one of my posts there I said, Cornell is in a group above UC Davis’. All I’m saying is that, the OP should not transfer to Cornell because she’s saving a lot of money at UC Davis, she’s happy there, she’s getting excellent marks and so on. I don’t see any compelling reason for her to move out (unless we’re talking about HYPSM) considering the fact that UC Davis is one of the top 60 best schools in the US, which, to my opinion, isn’t bad at all.</p>
<p>^ yes if that’s what you meant, I most definitely agree with you</p>
<p>URGH FINALS WEEK</p>
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With pleasure…</p>
<p>International Hiring Survey
[Education</a> - Image - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Education - Image - NYTimes.com”>Education - Image - NYTimes.com)</p>
<p>Cornell: #38
UC Davis: #140</p>
<p>National Reputation
[National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities)</p>
<p>Cornell: #15
UC Davis: #38</p>
<p>High School Counselor Rankings
<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/high-school-counselor[/url]”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/high-school-counselor</a></p>
<p>Cornell: 4.7 (#9)
UC Davis: 3.9 (#51)</p>
<p>Research Productivity
[Top</a> 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html]Top”>World University Rankings 2011-12 | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>
<p>Cornell: #20
UC Davis: #38</p>
<p>I can pull out the NRC Rankings if you wish to be embarrassed further RML.</p>
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<p>Well that might be correct, if everything else was somewhat equal. But since they never are equal, it is rather presumptuous to be able to make such a statement, IMO.</p>
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<p>First, that assumes that someone wants to matriculate to grad school. Let’s face it, the vast majority of undergrads just want to get a job. And I would submit that Cornell has a very active alumni for networking. Second, only law schools care solely about gpa (+lsat), so a 3.9 only goes so far. All other grad schools care as much about ECs, and lotsa of 'em. For non-professinal schools, ECs must include research, and lots of it. I have no idea what the on-campus research opportunities are between the two schools, but they definitely cannot be equal. At UC, for example, Regent’s Scholars get first dibs. And then at Davis, Honors students are second-in-line. Of course, UC advising is poor at best. </p>
<p>Perhaps the OP is a Regent’s Scholar, then staying is a no-brainer. Someone else made the correct post upthread: the OP gave no reasons why she wanted to transfer, nor enough about her interests to transfer or not.</p>
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<p>I half agree with RML. I mean, it’s Cornell we’re talking about here. When people think of the most elite universities in the US, I doubt cornell immediately comes to mind. The only thing i associate with Cornell is Bill Nye the Science Guy.</p>
<p>Cornell is roughly at the same level as UCLA/Berkeley. It might have better private resources, but that’s the only general advantage that i’d give it personally.</p>
<p>That being said, Cornell is still much better than UC Davis. But there’s no way i’d classify Cornell as part of the academic elite. I’m not even sure if i’d classify UCLA as academic elite (although if i didn’t i think it would come pretty close.)</p>
<p>I agree, stay in Davis. Why on earth would you want to go to Cornell? If you’re intent on transfering, Berkeley is a better option imo. It’s much closer than Cornell, has better weather, is about equally (if not more) prestigious, and would allow you to go to a top university without being terribly home sick, or wasting nearly as much money.</p>
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You’ve got to be kidding me. I just showed you 4 different rating systems that represent 4 different demographics (executives, guidance counselors, academics and the general population) that show Cornell to be ranked in the top 20 if not top 15 in nearly every measure? How is that not elite?</p>
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Academics think of UCLA highly but no other demographic considers UCLA to be a peer of Cornell. The latter is an Ivy and the former isn’t even the best state flagship in its own state. I like UCLA a lot but its the truth.</p>
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<p>If you’re talking about laypeople here, i don’t think i’ve ever heard any layperson ever mention cornell (and i doubt they’ve even heard of it.) </p>
<p>i’d even go as far to say when people think of the ivies, they don’t think of Cornell. You should keep in mind that “Ivy” means two things: being part of a particular sports league, and being an academically elite university. Cornell is much more of an Ivy in being solely part of the sports league than being considered one of the finest institutions in the united states and the world.</p>
<p>The “academic elite” would consist of maybe between 5-10 universities, i can guarantee you that Cornell, Dartmouth and Brown probably wouldn’t be on it. This is especially true if we went to world universities.</p>
<p>Cornell has the largest gap in between any of the ivy league schools (nearly 100 years!) Sure, you could say harvard also has the large gap, but harvard is also the oldest institution in the U.S. (i.e. the first) and was founded earlier than the country it resides in. (as is every other ivy league school except Cornell) </p>
<p>Tier-1 universities would be the top 10 i listed earlier: HYSPM, Columbia, Caltech, Uchicago, and maaaybe Upenn (mainly because of Wharton)</p>
<p>Cornell greatly resembles other tier-2 universities. This would be like 10-25, which cornell would fall into. Solely being part of an ivy isn’t impressive, just like going to the “University of California” isn’t impressive. There’s a world of difference between Berkeley and UCR, just like there is between going to Harvard and Cornell. Cornell’s peers are Dartmouth, brown, UCLA, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Rice, JHU, etc, etc. Saying that it’s part of the academic elite, which is very small, i think, is incorrect.</p>
<p>Also, if you look at the rankings, UCLA and Cornell are pretty tit-for-tat on beating each other. This is just further supporting that they’re academic peers.</p>
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<p>As you can see here are the differences:
Forbes: Cornell +4
USNWR: Cornell +10
WM: UCLA +15
ARWU: UCLA +1
QS: Cornell + 19
Times: UCLA +7</p>
<p>So to reiterate, Cornell is not an elite university.</p>
<p>“Cornell is not an elite university.” </p>
<p>That is a ridiculous statement although I think the OP should stay where she is for now.</p>
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Did you just call Cornell, Northwestern and Duke Tier 2 universities? You have no idea what you’re talking about. HYPSMC are the 6 best schools and then Columbia, Chicago, Duke, Northwestern, Hopkins, Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell are in the next group of schools (with a slight edge to Columbia and Chicago).</p>
<p>Berkeley, Michigan and UCLA aren’t top 15 schools at the undergraduate level. Almost every statistic or ranking that’s focused on undergrad shows this very clearly.</p>
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In your mind maybe but not in the mind of any educated person. All things equal, a Cornell grad will get the nod over a UCLA grad any day.</p>
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<p>UCLA: 11; Cornell: 38</p>
<p>Absurdum. </p>
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<p>I’m done arguing, i’ve already (overwhelmingly) proven my point.</p>
<p>The chart’s referring to business leaders, and “business leaders” is a only a subset of “any educated person”…</p>
<p>“Cornell is not an elite university.”, I laughed so much I cried lol… we’re talking about a world-renowned institution here why so much hate…</p>
<p>UCLA is definitely more famous in certain regions, but “famous” != “prestigious”. In addition, UCLA certainly has a world-class graduate program, but its undergrad school is nowhere near cornell’s level.</p>
<p>Stay. Don’t chase a name. Do your very best at UCD and relocate for Grad School.</p>
<p>and yes lets not go off-topic here people. Once again OP I think you should stay, and I wish you best of luck at UCD</p>