Cornell Engineering

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<p>Can you please tell me why engineering at Cornell would be more advantageous than , say, at Princeton or COlumbia</p>

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<p>Because it has a better engineering program than those two schools.</p>

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<p>Cornell is typically considered the highest engineering/science Ivy league school, followed closely by Princeton.</p>

<p>Other schools you may want to apply to are MIT and Stanford...you're probably in at Berkeley also if you apply</p>

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<p>Cornell engineering is pretty intense. No one will say that you had an easy time, but when you leave, you KNOW YOUR STUFF! Talk to shizz about this one. But from what I hear, some of the engineering major at Cornell are so tough (thus good education) that you actually have a much easier time in grad/med school. </p>

<p>I am a lowly freshman though, so don't take my word for it.</p>

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<p>i shall love the hard engineering work @ cornell if i make it in.
ineed the challenge</p>

<p>800m
800math2c
800chem ap5
800physics (soon)</p>

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<p>The only Ivy League that gives Cornell a run in Engineering is Princeton, but Cornell is the best Ivy for Engineering. Columbia does not come close.</p>

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<p>It also depends where you want to be- eg which school you like better. But as Alexandre puts it- the best Ivy league one would be Cornell.</p>

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<p>the resources, faculty, research, and rigor of program are about 10 times better than at those other schools</p>

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<p>Thats true until you bring MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and Caltech into the equation!</p>

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<p>So basically Cornell's got the best engineering program among the ivies, Right</p>

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<p>Pretty much ... why are you only looking at the Ivies?</p>

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<p>Of the Ivies, Princeton has decent undergrad CS (but not as rigorous as Cornell's) and Columbia has a good BME department. There are a lot of other good engineering schools but it's hard to find a school that is strong in both engineering AND non-technical subjects.</p>

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<p>So it really comes down to what you're after. What area and what setting?</p>

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<p>Well, i want to do electrical engineering and then specialise in post grads.What my heart really lies is in stuff like Bosonic and Super-string theory.</p>

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<p>Well ... according to USNews ...</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Engineering Science/Engineering Physics
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>

<ol>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br>
University of California–Berkeley *<br></li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br>
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *<br></li>
<li>Harvard University (MA)</li>
</ol>

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<p>If you want to do string theory and crazy stuff, why not major in Applied/Engineering Phyics or pure Physics?</p>

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<p>Yeah, forget ECE, if you want to do things that are really physics oriented and also get an engineering degree at the same time, go with Applied Engineering Physics. You'll be able to do stuff which you enjoy and at the same time be doing those things at the university best suited for it too.</p>