Where to go? UPenn or Cornell?

AsTheMoonBleeds
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:25:20 +0000

As someone whose first choice was originally Cornell, I defined to apply ED to Penn and was accepted CAS 2015 for biochemistry. Cornell’s chemistry dept is pretty secure and may be ranked higher than Penn’s, but Penn has so much more to offer in terms of resources and personalities, I think. I still love Cornell, and though Ithaca is beautiful, Philadelphia is a better place (for me anyways) in terms of opportunities (social, civic, culture, etc). My best friend is probably going to Cornell and I could not be more happy for him because it is probably a better fit for him (he plans on biochem or chem, too). That being said, I am not sure on the relative strengths of the math programs, and though Penn’s business classes are clearly top notch, Cornell’s business school does really well, too. Penn’s “one campus” approach would make it easy to take any of a number of classes on campus, but Cornell might do that, too, not too sure on that one. Make sure you understand both school’s programs. Good luck choosing!