<p>Does anyone know how good cornell's engineering is? specifically chemical or bio engineering? good job placement after graduation? rigorous courses? much opportunities at the school?</p>
<p>I think theres a general consensus the Cornell Engineering School is great</p>
<p>I would def. check out Bio E and Chem E department’s websites to learn more, but no matter what major you choose in Engineering, you’ll get a rigorous technical education and have plenty of opportunities to practice engineering skills, including project teams and research. There is a club fair the first weekend of fall semester, where you can check out all of the groups that recruit members, and they are always eager to recruit freshmen. Both semesters, there are multiple major technical job fairs with companies looking for engineers.</p>
<p>Cornell is generally thought of as having the best engineering in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>I heard Cornell is the easiest ivy to get in but hardest to come out of… Anyone have insights on this?</p>
<p>That’s an often-repeated slogan that seems to have little meaning. (How would you measure it objectively, anyway?)</p>
<p>Why do you care? Even if it were “true” in some particular sense, what would that do for you? If you are fortunate or gifted enough to have a choice between different top schools (including several Ivy schools) is that how you’re going to make a decision?</p>
<p>It’s not like it’s going to stop me from going. I just want to know how people go about that. To be really honest, no matter what I really want to go to this school.</p>
<p>lilmelonred: if I’m reading your post correctly, you’re asking why to choose Cornell. If that is indeed your question (and I apologize if I misread your post), choosing Cornell should be a personal decision, because you’re the one who could go there.</p>
<p>Just a note on the slogan about Cornell: with its system of colleges, you really can’t compare the admissions of one college with another, further complicating the issue. For example, CALS and ILR are both statutory, but their programs and admissions are hard to compare. I wouldn’t listen to that slogan.</p>
<p>Cornell’s graduation/retention rates are very similar to all the other Ivies.</p>
<p>Hi! So I am writing this as a Cornell grad of the liberal arts school, not an engineer, but I am the daughter of a Cornell engineer. My father graduated in 60’s when the program was 5 years for Bachelors of Engineering and they did in fact sit the students in an auditorium and tell them to look to their left and right and that they wouldn’t all be there at graduation… however, I am happy to report that he did graduate, got a good job and he was involved in a fraternity. And that they don’t do that students anymore!!! 
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<p>I graduated in 1990. Out of all my friends who were engineering students, not one of them failed to successfully earn their degree. In fact, a couple of my friends went in as liberal arts majors, and then, second semester actually transferred in to the engineering school. And they went on to successfully complete their degrees. And they had social lives and while they were smart, they were not geniuses, they were not holed up in their dorm room all the time. But, the one common thread that these engineering students had was good time management/ study skills and good self control… so they had the ability to turn down a last minute party if they already had set aside the time to do some studying…
One of the engineers ended up landing a high paying financial consulting job in NYC (he was brilliant) and the rest landed good engineering jobs. One of them is now an internal medicine doctor. She made a career change in her mid-30’s after being in the automotive industry. So, a Cornell engineering degree can translate into a good engineering job, or even a job in another industry or even graduate studies.</p>
<p>My son is in CoE. It is a tough and demanding major. Engineering classes are curved to a 2.7. </p>
<p>Inaddition, students must be accepted into an Engineering major (i.e., affiliate) prior to the start of their fifth semester of enrollment (i.e., beginning of junior year for most students). Students who are not successfully affiliated by this time are withdrawn from the College and often times the University, as well. </p>
<p>My feathers get ruffled when people say the school is not hard. My son, has a friend in CAS who wanted to transfer into engineering. He took a semester of engineering classes and ended up with a 1.9 gpa. He has since ditched the idea of a transfer.</p>