Cornell as a step towards Grad school?

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<p>Hey guys! I had the blessing of getting accepted to Cornell for class of 2016, and I've been leaning heavily towards joining you guys at Ithaca this fall.</p>

<p>I am planning to major in chemical engineering and I have also been accepted to Johns Hopkins as well as Cal as a regents scholar. I've looked around and saw that academically Berkeley is much better than Cornell at chemical engineering. Though Cal has been my dream and favorite university at a early age, I'm thinking about gathering some new experience in the East (I'm from California).</p>

<p>Sorry I rambled! One key reason I'm leaning towards Cornell is that I feel it would be easier to get accepted into grad schools (hopefully Cal) because of the smaller classes, better faculty ratios, and research opportunity. Can someone confirm me on this? Do I have it completely reversed?</p>

<p>p.s. I don't mind the snow (:</p>

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<p>Don’t know about grad school but Cal Regents gives you almost VIP status you might not want to ignore! Possibly full tuition…priority registration…etc. Personally, I prefer Cornell because I want to get as far away from home as possible, but hey, Regents would be pretty appealing too :)</p>

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<p>Hahaha sigh yea semioverachiever. Its gonna be a hard month!</p>

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<p>And I guess that it would be easier to go straight from Cal undergrad to Cal grad school too, but then you would miss out on the lovely weather of Cornell, especially when it’s “Ithacating” outside :slight_smile: Still, you do have to ask yourself…do you really want to stay in California another five years or so, even if it comes with Regents perks?</p>

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<p>Very true. I guess another 4 ot 5 years at California would be pretty boring. I just heard from another poster in a different thread that Cal grad program for masters and Ph.D does not accept applications from its own undergrad students. If that’s the case, I see no reason to go to Cal. Does anyone know if this is true?</p>

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<p>It’s not. See <a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/major/chemEngr.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/major/chemEngr.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If it’s a masters you’re after, you should know about this
[Cornell</a> Engineering: Early Admit for Cornell Undergraduates](<a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/academics/graduate/degrees/meng/early_admit.cfm]Cornell”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/academics/graduate/degrees/meng/early_admit.cfm)
and my understanding is that basically any Cornell engineer that wants to get their masters here is accepted for a 5th year.</p>

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<p>I see. Thanks!</p>

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<p>@cornellansci2012</p>

<p>how’s the typical admit rate for this option. Do you know? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m an animal science major in CALS but just happen to have some engineering friends. Every Cornell engineer that I know personally that has applied to the meng program here has been accepted but I only know a few. One of my engineering roommates basically presented it as a guaranteed option for them if that was a route they wanted to take though. I’m sure there’s someone in the engineering college who could give you more information.</p>

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<p>@cornellansci2012</p>

<p>Thank you very much for helpful information. Now I look forward more to attending Cornell. Cheers!</p>