<p>I’ve been admitted into graduate school at USC and the Masters of Engineering program at Cornell to study Electrical Engineering. If I decide to just get a Masters degree, which school do you think would offer the most in terms of jobs after graduation? USC would be free (TA), I’d have to pay/take out loans for Cornell.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Well, namewise i think Cornell will help. However, my bro goes to Cornell and he knows first hand how hard it is to get good scores there…</p>
<p>“Easiest ivy to get into, hardest to get out of”</p>
<p>omigosh! Deja-vu… I just made this same decision! except it’s undergrad for me.</p>
<p>It was a hard decision but I ended up choosing USC over Cornell</p>
<p>One thing I’m worried about is the name. Here in Texas, people mainly just know USC from football. People everywhere know Cornell. However, I hear that the Trojan Family is really strong in CA, and I do think I’d rather be in L.A. than Ithaca, NY.</p>
<p>If you do not like small towns, DON’T GOTO ITHACA…! Also, if the cold’s not for you, another bad idea. I lived there for awhile and although its a beautiful place to look at, not a good place to live (well, for me) the ithaca mall had bestbuy and a large bookstore that would be usually independent because they couldn’t find anything else to stick in there… however, syracuse is quite large and its only around an 1 hour drive away</p>
<p>Well, I grew up in Houston so I don’t really know what NE winters are like. I have managed to survive 4 years in a very small, rural town for my undergrad… but I’m tired of it. Uyulove - do you attend USC?</p>
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GL w/e you decide to go though.</p><p>Cornell has great Alumni connections…I don’t know about USC. I guess you should decide based on environment.</p>
<p>I don’t attend USC but i’m going to in Fall of 2006! >.< I lived in Ithaca for awhile with my bro…</p>
<p>Im pretty sure USC also has really great Alumni connections.
it’s like, FAMOUS. i heard you cannot NOT get a job if you graduate from USC.</p>
<p>there has to be exceptions to that rule…j/p but i’m hoping that the Network is all i’ve heard it is</p>
<p>jennyz365 what were the factors why you chose SC > Cornell?</p>
<p><em>Cornell PROS
Beautiful setting, beautiful architecture on campus
Got into their super competitive Arch program, #1 in the nation!
Good all-around education, scholarly atmosphere
Across the country from where I live b/c I wanted to get out of the state
Cornell CONS
No major city nearby, sorta isolated
Cold weather
Too expensive, I got </em>** fin. aid</p>
<p>*USC PROS
L.A.
Cali weather
Thematic Option, honors program
The Cinema, Business, Engineering schools are relatively good- I’m still deciding what to major in
Trojan family, alumni network
I got a full tuition Trustee scholarship
*USC CONS
ehh… it’s pretty average academically-speaking
Not that prestigeous, ppl outside of Cali don’t know about USC (unless they are football fanatics)
Atheletics come before academics, tho it contributes to a certain type of social life</p>
<p>I don’t know if this helps (at all), but I know someone doing EE as well, got into Cornell and USC w/ presidential, and he will be attending USC in the fall :)</p>