<p>do you think (nationally and internationally) Brown or Cornell is more highly regarded (prestigous)?</p>
<p>Brown for naked drunken festivities.........Cornell for engineers. What criteria are you evaluating for?</p>
<p>in general brown is (at least here in NYC)m</p>
<p>but of course that doesnt take into account different schools within the college, certain programs etc</p>
<p>Definitely Brown, if you consider the acceptance rate.</p>
<p>I would say Brown</p>
<p>Cornell for engineering and science (and hotel management); Brown for the humanities. Definitely Cornell for international recognition. Many people have heard of Cornell but not Brown.</p>
<p>In Cali? I'd say Cornell.
InternationallY? Cornell.
Lower acceptance rate. Brown.</p>
<p>in NYC i'd Cornell. Cornell has huge alumni meetings in NYC, as well as two or three rather big academic programs that allows students to study in NYC for a semester.<br>
For international: Cornell.<br>
For humanities majors: Brown.
If we're basing prestige on acceptance rate: Brown
If we're basing it on number of applications received by each school: Cornell.</p>
<p>Overall: Cornell</p>
<p>Well, I would say that nationally, Cornell and Brown are equally "prestigious." Internationally, the edge would go to Cornell.</p>
<p>brown hands down. nearly 90% of cross admits between cornell and brown choose brown--including the engineers</p>
<p>historically, brown has been anywhere from two to three times as selective</p>
<p>I don't think Brown is "hands down" more prestigious than Cornell, nor do I think prestige has much to do with selectivity. </p>
<p>According to the NRC, Brown is better than Cornell in Art History, Classics, and Spanish. </p>
<p>Cornell is better than Brown in Comparative Lit, English, French, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Molecular Biology, Ecology & Evolution, Neuroscience (Browns put a lot of $ into this recently, though), Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology (although this doesnt do justice to Browns excellent department IMO), Physics, Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, and Sociology. </p>
<p>The two are virtually tied for Math and History. These rankings are for grad school, but still show that by no stretch of the imagination is Brown "hands down" more prestigious.</p>
<p>In MD, more people have heard of Cornell.</p>
<p>i'd like to know where the "90% of cross admits" statistic comes from.</p>
<p>In Alaska Cornell is more widely known. Hardly anyone here even knows where Brown is.</p>
<p>Cornell for engineering, science, and hoel management. Most serious engineers, however, aren't applying to Brown anyways. </p>
<p>the 90% stat probably comes from that harvard study on cross-admit rates.</p>
<p>I think, as far as recognition around the US and the globe goes, that Cornell just "sounds" more prestigious. It's sort of like Grey Poupon (sp?) vs. Heinz.</p>
<p>Personally I'd choose Brown in a heartbeat!</p>
<p>I would too. However, I think most are right about Cornell being better known internationally.</p>
<p>Who cares.</p>
<p>No, really.</p>
<p>Brown vs. Cornell---Small distinctions could probably be made on a department by department basis. But in the real world, once you graduate, there would be no significant difference in the eyes of employers, grad schools, law schools, med schools etc. </p>
<p>It's just not worth worrying about--both are fine universities with excellent reputations.</p>
<p>Campus experience would be different at each place--if you are fortunate enough to be admitted to both --choose the environment that suits you best.</p>
<p>In India, Brown and Columbia are the unheard of ones...</p>
<p>HYP and Cornell are the biggies...</p>