@Mastadon – Thank you for your post above. I did not know that Yale had been the Land Grant institution in CT, and also never knew that Brown & Dartmouth also were in RI and NH.
I laughed at this line: A three-year course in agriculture was offered, and the curriculum had an emphasis on languages, especially French and German. “‘The educated farmer should read them with ease,’ says a school report of 1865,’” wrote Stemmons.
I also enjoyed reading the history of Engineering at Yale that you posted, so thank you again.
I am a loyal Cornell grad with one child at Cornell and another at Yale. I confess that I know little about SEAS, and tend to agree with most here who say that Cornell offers the stronger, larger, and more established Engineering & CS programs. However, I will say that Yale is just a different sort of school. That is not to take anything away from Cornell, but they are very different places, each offering their own magic.
I just realized that the OP has not returned to this thread, so this advice will probably never be read.