<p>Those are to such different universities, chosing should be easy. </p>
<p>SIZE:
Cornell: 20,000 students
Swarthmore: 1,500 students</p>
<p>LOCATION:
Cornell: Rural/Small college town
Swarthmore: Suburban/one of the country’s 10 largest cities</p>
<p>INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS:
Cornell: Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Engineering, Hotel Management, Humanities, Industrial and Labor Relations, Music, Sciences and Social Sciences
Swarthmore: Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences</p>
<p>SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:
Cornell: Varies from laid back to party central
Swarthmore: Chilled for the most part</p>
<p>As you can see, we are talking about significant differences. Visiting those two schools should, in principle, give the individual wildly varrying points of views.</p>
<p>Now add the fact that the two programs in question are completely different. Political Science is a highly conceptual, theoretical and intellectual field. Industrial and Labor Relations is a more practical and applied field, drawing on such subjects as Psychology, Sociology, Law and Economics for most of its principles and innovations.</p>
<p>Those two schools only have a couple of things in common. Both are elite, both have gifted students, and both are known for having intense academics and intellectual student bodies. From a graduate school placement point of view, both are excellent. That’s where the similarities end.</p>