<p>I agree with antarius. in Taiwan and Singapore it's the same.</p>
<p>Why do you need to know?
Have you gotten into both and had the honor of choosing? And if so, prestige should not be the significant factor in your decision. Seriously who cares.</p>
<p>And this forum I could imagine is flooded with Cornell applicants.
Personally, I like Brown better, and the admit rate makes it much more selective than Cornell. Who cares about international or domestic fame</p>
<p>so why does it matter which one is more pretigious? what a waste of a thread!.... what next?... Harvard versus Princeton, which one is more pretigious?</p>
<p>Cornell is probably better-known internationally, but in the long run it will probably make absolutely no difference which school you went to (if you are choosing between Brown and Cornell). And as long as your friends are remotely educated, they'll recognize the Brown name just as much as they would Cornell.</p>
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<p>lol.. so your saying his friends might be dumb@sses?....lol</p>
<p>I am saying that in order to not recognize Brown as a top college (IE see it as prestigious) you have to be pretty uneducated at least stateside. And those who know Brown is a top college will see it as being just as prestigious as the more "recognizable" foursome of HYP and Cornell. While the person operating register 2 at your local McDonald's may not have heard of Brown but could associate Cornell with "smart people," most educated people would recognize either name right off the bat.</p>
<p>here on LI, definitely Brown since Cornell is seen as the ivy kids go to if they get rejected from the others.</p>
<p>Shout to LI........... YeAAAAAAAAA... COMMACK LI, BABY.... YOU?</p>
<p>i dont agree.>.
U say brown, people say WHAT KINDA STUPID PERSON WOULD NAME THEIR COLLEGE BROWN?????</p>
<p>This thead is an exercise in splitting hairs. Why does it even matter?</p>
<p>Cornell is definitely more well-known.</p>
<p>Who cares...they are ivies and they are both good... who cares how other people perceives it? i would do anything to get into any of the ivies</p>
<p>Maybe this person is not choosing where to go based on prestige, but wants to know anyway out of curiosity.</p>
<p>I think Cornell is more widely-known, but some people who know both hold Brown as a more selective and prestigious school. So it goes both ways. Personally I like Cornell better! :D</p>
<p>I would submit that Brown is more well-known in certain circles because it is the anti-HYP. If HYP is the establishment, Brown is the anti-establishment. The help-yourself program at Brown plays right along that line. Cornell is better recognized as the hard-core academic school where grade-inflation is not practiced, and has considerable more resources in the hard sciences than Brown, not that it lacks in humanities. After all, Brown can't claim that one of its profs is running the Mars Rover Project. I say external to the premise about being the anti-HYP, Cornell has the edge in more departments and reputation overall.</p>