<p>Cornell’s acceptance rate without the land-grant colleges would be around 17%. But I would still take it over some of the other Ivies for the following reasons:</p>
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<li>Excellent undergraduate business program, AEM, that places better than Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth.</li>
<li>Excellent engineering that is just better than what any of the other Ivies offer.</li>
<li>Gorgeous campus, and a decent community [which is where Columbia fails big time], no GS.</li>
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<p>Of course, that’s just me. Others might not value those things. Either way, Cornell is definitely a great school that deserves to be called an Ivy just as much as any other.</p>