<p>Corharcal is full of beans!!!</p>
<p>Here is the undergrad representation at Harvard Law. Williams fares much better than Cornell on a per capita basis. </p>
<p>There is no way that his/her class at Harvard Law has 39 students.</p>
<p>At Yale law:</p>
<p>Cornell undergrads = 5
Williams undergrads = 15</p>
<p>Not only does Williams kill Cornell on a per capita basis, but it kills Cornell in absolute numbers.</p>
<p>Damn.</p>
<p>We were also beaten by the University of Utah. I mean, come on guys.</p>
<p>blah, blah, blah</p>
<p>Go to the school that you like more. The two schools are very different and the academic reputation/grad school placement are not different enough to justify a choice on that alone.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, LAC are almost always going to trump larger research institutions in grad school placement. Many of Cornell's grads (particuarly the engineering ones) go straight into the work force. LAC's are made to be grad school feeders. An undergrad degree from Williams is almost useless. The only use is to get into a good grad school. Consequently, most of the LAC student population go into college with the intention of attending grad school and of course they have higher feeder rates into grad school.</p>
<p>How about looking at investment banker placement at the two schools...</p>
<p>Can you tell me about i-bank recruiting at Cornell, Mikey?</p>
<p>williams grad placement . notice that its up to 1989 and williams' quality prolly improved over time.</p>
<p>I really don't see what those statistics prove. That's like judging a high school based on how many people they send to Harvard undergrad each year.</p>
<p>"That's like judging a high school based on how many people they send to Harvard undergrad each year."</p>
<p>LOL! That would be one of my top indicators of how good a high school is!</p>
<p>Are you serious? Going along with my analogy, these statistics leave out students going to the other Ivies, Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech, Duke, and all the rest of the top 20-30 schools in the nation. They don't account for someone choosing a slightly less "prestigious" school for other non-academic factors, thereby making the high school seem much crappier.</p>
<p>Still too inconclusive, but thank you sincerely.</p>
<p>Sorry for taking this thread off track a bit, but I read in page 1:
"Cornell has much better medical and engineering placement, but I don't know the numbers for williams.....are you sure you want a williams ugrad degree for the rest of your life? You may not get another shot at a top school during grad applications....just a concern to think about" ------------quoting someone posted on this thread</p>
<p>I read somewhere that 20% of Cornell undergrads are pre-law, 16% are pre-med, though I can be very wrong. So does Cornell really has a better placement for medical schools and engineering graduate degrees etc? even than law school placement? Btw, i heard med school admissions is a numbers game too (or as one person on here put it, the adcoms are like number whores). I don't suppose med schools assign the undergrad schools number like law schools do, and then do some operation with the GPA and MCAT scores. That would be great because cornell sure doesn't do grade inflation like Harvard right? heck even deflation, and with the brutal curves I'd end up with quite a bit lower GPA at cornell premed than say, U of Arizona. </p>
<p>Do the graduate school adcoms even care that much about the caliber level, reputation etc of the undergrad schools?</p>
<p>What is the numbers game for grad admission in engineering and sciences?</p>
<p>Admissions to med school and law school is largely based on numbers, so you probably would want to attend the school at which you will receive a better education, maximizing the liklihood that you'll score well on standard tests you may have to take post college or at the end of your college career.</p>
<p>wow, this is intense. Williams has better placement into law....fact. However, cornell owns in engineering..fact.</p>
<p>How's cornell's placement of its undergrads into medicine and other science related graduate programs? higher than state u's or even top LACs , non- Ivies etc? Fact?</p>
<p>"An undergrad degree from Williams is almost useless."</p>
<p>Most ridiculously stupid thing I have ever heard in my life. I worked at one of the top consulting firms in the world and know a ton of people in business. I have run into Williams grads everywhere, and more often than Cornell grads.</p>
<p>williams is #1 or so LAC in the country, and I guess a williams undergrad degree can open many doors to good jobs. </p>
<p>As for graduate school, williams probably does better then from the posts here.
"Williams has better placement into law school than cornell, fact." </p>
<p>I'm interested in graduate schools , specifically med school.</p>
<p>How's cornell's placement of its undergrads into medicine and other science related graduate programs? higher than state u's or even top LACs , non- Ivies etc? Fact?</p>
<p>shawn, i like you and I am sure u will make the right choice. Both are awesome. Pick randomly. lol</p>