<p>In my opinion, HSH is more than sufficient in terms of providing opportunities for students to excel.
Although HSH is a new program, it’ll set your son up for research starting right from his freshman year and pretty much guide him through his college career with a bunch of other perks. At Cornell, he’d have to take the initiative himself, which isn’t always easy with such a large student body.</p>
<p>Cornell is also a lot more difficult in terms of academics. The more time you have to dedicate to academics, the less time you have to take part in extracurricular activities, get involved in research, or breathe and have fun. If he’s intent on attending grad school, all of these things are important (even the last one, I don’t think it’d be fun to be a burnout)</p>
<p>so I don’t see what more he can ask for from UT, especially since he got into HSH (There’s actually a huge difference between being an honors kid in CNS and being a non-honors kid: the non-honors kid is essentially thrown out into the water with hardly any guidance. I imagine it might be similar at a large school like Cornell)</p>
<p>Of course, there could be aspects about Cornell he likes and there could be a chance he could succeed more at Cornell. It’s important to think the decision over. Has he ever visited either school? </p>
<p>I know exactly how he might feel though. I was pretty much a prestige-whore who was intent on going to a school in the T10 USNews&Reports but I realized at the last moment that it simply wasn’t in my best interest.
Hope your son can also pick the right school! Best of luck.</p>