<p>This is gonna sound bad, but based on the cost of attending Cornell to a cheap full ride state college I believe it is relevant. Would anyone have any idea of the average starting salary of a Cornell grad, specifically engineering?</p>
<p>Think about it, why would ilr give transfer agreements to all 700 students that don't get in? The school barely enrolls 900. Yes, they do reject, everybody who applied from my old high school to ilr was rejected. </p>
<p>"Would anyone have any idea of the average starting salary of a Cornell grad, specifically engineering?"</p>
<p>I think it's in the $50,000 range.</p>
<p>here is a link to the most recent postgraduate surveys</p>
<p>If you are in a high demand field in engineering (e.g. materials science) and post a solid GPA, good personality, and perhaps an internship between junior and senior years, you will easily land a job between $60,000 and $70,000 in the current economy. As the 2001-2002 experience shows, however, things can go downhill pretty fast. But I think the economy should recover from its current ailments by 2011 or so... 2009 is going to be pretty rough.</p>
<p>If you are willing to work hard, a lot of the more pre-professional programs at Cornell (Hotel, Food Science, ILR HR, Biometry and Statistics) can land you a starting salary of over $60,000.</p>
<p>and if you're a really good ILRie, you can land something just over $75,000 :-)</p>
<p>What exactly do most PAM major do afer graduation? Mainly what types of jobs? Average starting salary?</p>
<p>PAM kids do a variety of things....some go into business and all my PAM friends are in top 10 law schools.</p>
<p>my friend got in and wants to know if you ever feel isolated/trapped b/c cornell is in the middle of nowhere (b/c he's also considering northwestern and its liek 10 in from Chi.)</p>
<p>I've never felt trapped....there's plenty to do around here. Even my friend from Chicago loves it here</p>
<p>I'm from rural new york....</p>
<p>oh yea, if u respond, could u tell me what type of place u came from before cornell--like city, rural, etc</p>
<p>For those coming from larger cities, is there anything you miss that you can't find in Ithaca? i.e. recreational activities, shops, etc</p>
<p>@dewdrop87</p>
<p>Two of my students who were admitted asked me, a Cornell '87, if they will be asked to buy laptops from the school. In my time, we were not all. If the admitted must get computers from the school, what brand/model will be ? Thank you in advance for your answer.</p>
<p>Nope...you can purchase your laptop wherever you choose!</p>
<p>They can buy a laptop through Cornell if they choose and there is a discount. However, Apple will offer you a discount at their store if you show your letter of acceptance. The CIT site lists the minimum requirements for computers.</p>
<p>For dewdrop87, also.
What is the best meal plan and best dining house on the campus ? I had a lunch at the Kennedy during my one day summer visit, and was not very much impressed. Which is better, Golden bear or House gold ? Why ?Thanks.</p>
<p>hi, just wondering about the general education requirements. I assume that most of these classes are fairly large, but are there some classes that are known to be good and others terrible. Also how spread out do most people do their general ed requirements, over all for years or do they finish them earlier?</p>
<p>The house meal plan is only available to residents of the west campus housing system. So as a freshman you'd go with a traditional plan.</p>
<p>Unless you eat constantly, I think the Golden Bear plan is a waste of money. I recommend either the 14 meal/wk or 10 meal/wk plan (you get 500 Big Red Bucks with either plan). If you're on campus a lot, you can use your Big Red Bucks at the a la carte locations. As far as best dining hall...It's between RPCC and Appel. For Central campus...Ivy Room is my favorite (it's an a la carte location).</p>
<p>if you search cornell median grades there are median grades for previous semesters that you can use to help judge a class. theres also ratemyprofessor.com (iono abotu my spelling) the general ed requirements depend on your school and major. some are concentrated and some are not. for ex. undecided in A/s is very different from Engineer. also A/s requires more spread out classes in general. you can finish earlier and graduate early if you take massive credits and finish 120 before 4 years. you can help by using AP credits ( this is extremely helpful to get through prerequisites because you can't take upper without lower classes and you can't even take it at the same time so using AP to get thru those prereqs = excellent way to save a year/term. i would say most people do it in 4 years. i saw a number somewhere but i forgot where and what #</p>
<p>Tarheel--I'm from rural NC...more rural than ithaca. So, honestly, it wasn't that big of a jump for me size wise(up or down). I don't feel trapped..except for the fact that I don't have a car, so sometimes I wish I could go to Syracuse to shop or something. During the week..there isn't any reason to leave campus, and on the weekends, you can go to the city if you want (esp. if you have a place to stay there), or just ithaca mall/movies. The commons has a lot of shops, as well. For the most part, I hang out on campus and do things here. Mostly sleep.</p>
<p>Some of my friends and I did rent a car and drove to CT one weekend, so its possible to leave. (you can rent a car at 18 in NY, unlike where I'm from)</p>
<p>Is it possible to transfer ? If so when/what year can i do it ? Would I have a chance if i put down engineering for major ?</p>
<p>Yes...you can transfer after 1 or 2 years. You can transfer into engineering but I imagine it will be more competitive so you'd need good stats.</p>