Where to go? UPenn or Cornell?

scribbler91
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:29:53 +0000

You probably want to investigate the quality of the math programs. I don’t know anything about Cornell’s program, and just things I’ve heard through friends here. People who love math seem to really like the program, but people who ‘like’ math but had no intention of majoring in it find it generally hard/poor…so what you should really do is find some math majors to ask. Also, don’t rule out Duke or UChicago. Obviously I love Penn, but those are both great schools as well (and I love, love the city of Chicago).

Beyond the math program, also consider what you want out of the school socially–what is the party scene, is there a city and how integrated are the campus/city, what kind of diversity you want at a school, how big, etc.