<p>I got accepted to both and I'm trying to decide...
I really love both environments and would be happy in either one.
I would love feed backs on:
purely academically speaking, which engineering has more favorable facilities, reputation, experience, opportunities etc.</p>
<p>I'm looking foward to majoring in E.E. at the moment but not a sure thing</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>I love Princeton, so I'm baised enough to say that you should go there!
However, I hear Cornell's engineering is top-notch. Both schools are wonderful, but I think Princeton has a better reputation, undergraduate experience as well as career opportunities.</p>
<p>Are you an international student? Where are you from?</p>
<p>Princeton has a better overall reputation but Cornell has a better reputation in Engineering and is among the top 10 for undergraduate education in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Civil, Materials, Engineering Physics, and Agricultural. It is probably #1 in Agricultural, Materials, and in Engineering Physics. Cornell's weakness is Biomedical. It has a new building dedicated to nanotechnology and nanoengineering. A new $50 million Comp Sci building is going up soon.</p>
<p>Princeton has a superb engineering program with lots of genius-type students but the program is small compared to Cornell. Cornell graduates about 630 engineers each year (130 in electrical and computer) and Princeton graduates 180 (20 in electrical). So Cornell has more faculty, more courses, more facilities, and so on.</p>
<p>Almost all of the Cornell faculty are excellent teachers but there were a couple whose primary strength must have been in something other than teaching. Some of the Cornell faculty are BRILLIANT and INSPIRATIONAL teachers.</p>
<p>Be prepared for lots of problem sets and group projects at Cornell. The TAs are very helpful with both.</p>
<p>Research opportunities are there if you seek them. Cornell will fund good undergraduate research proposals. I had a teaching assistantship in Engineering Physics for 4 years, a research assistantship in the Plasma lab for 3 years, did a summer internship at NASA, and did a summer internship at Cornell's Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>Cornell's program in ECE is labor intensive to say the least. The ECE department purposefully tries to instill a work ethic and the ability to function under pressure. The Department Chairperson told me this. (He is one of the great teachers by the way.)</p>
<p>But, what a great decision you have to make! Good luck.</p>
<p>Wow, I envy you. Princeton and Cornell!! Both great schools. Cornell might be more difficult in comparison to Princeton, or atleast it has the reputation of being more difficult. Both are very prestigious and the education at either will serve you well. I vote Cornell only because they're ranked higher for engineering.</p>
<p>as an engineering employer, Cornell is absolutely tops....don't see many Princeton engineers in the workforce, so I can't comment from direct experience, but I'd dare say Princeton would produce more theoretically oriented engineers, for what its worth.</p>
<p>When u tell the average person that u go to Princeton rather then Cornell they may be more impressed. But when you tell a company hiring you that you went to Cornell over Princeton they would know that that is the better program and know it is ranked higher. This is a case of general prestige over major prestige. At least for general prestige they are both Ivys so it's not like it's that big of a difference. I'd choose Cornell because as an engineer it is the better place to be.</p>
<p>Sometimes a smaller program is better for certain fields, and I definitely believe it depends on the person.</p>
<p>FWIW...we consider Cornell a "key" recruitment school, but not Princeton. Still, this is "only" your undergraduate education here, so you should pick where you feel you will do your best. Either would be a fine choice.</p>
<p>Princeton is actually very solid in EE and ChemE... I don't think you'd be taking a step "down" in going to Princeton for Electrical at all. Indeed, they are virtually a dead heat in the USNWR grad school rankings (Cornell #8, Princeton #12). no, I don't have the undergrad rankings on hand, but I'm sure they are quite similar.</p>
<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>Cornell & Princeton are two best ivies for undergrad enginering.</p>
<p>Art's right that Princeton is very solid in EE and ChE (and ME too). Personally, it would be difficult for me to turn down a Princeton education. My vote goes to Princeton.</p>