<p>Forthewolf, I think if you read the posts here on this thread, you will see that it was malan89 that said that most cornellians would choose Cornell over Princeton. I never said anything like “no student in their right mind…” I’ll chalk it up to you just making a simple mistake. I simply said that in my opinion malan89 was wrong in his claim that most cornell admits would take cornell over princeton. Do you think he was wrong or right. If you think he was wrong, then you agree with me.
Chris.</p>
<p>Not only would most Cornell students not gotten into Princeton, most Cornell students didn’t apply to Princeton or think about Princeton in their college search. You picked a very odd place to compare Cornell to.</p>
<p>Either way, your “claim” wasn’t relevant to anything and was just made in service of putting down various parts of Cornell and its students.</p>
<p>FYI – look at the posts forthewolf and Milan (maybe one and the same) it was milan89 who single handedly started the whole thing about princeton in his or her own post #90 READ IT, before making allegations which are baseless…<br>
and then malan89 asks who started it…
come on, it’s obvious - malan89 statrted this but refuses to answer the tough questions posed to him or her.
anyway, didn’t someone say this debate was ended by wavedasher’s knock out of milan89?</p>
<p>hey malan89, you never answered post #119 or #125.
and reading post #90, it was certainly you and only you discussed Princeton University before it was mentioned by anyone else…
looks like you have so may identities here and so many posts that you can’t keep track of what you are writing.
am I wrong? If so, please tell me, and explain your post #90 where you bring up Princeton for the first time in this thread and then don’t answer either #119 or 125.
it really makes no difference, but are you and forthewolf one and the same?
Will you answer this</p>
<p>Although I find it difficult to have a serious discussion with someone who can’t tell apart an A from an I…Poolboy brought up Princeton in post 87.</p>
<p>For all the times I’ve indulged the ridiculous claims of some high school students and someone who claims to go to Cornell yet continues to put down their fellow students, it’s a bit shocking to be told I’m “not answering the tough questions”. You’ve got two Cornell alumni (Monydad and Norcalguy) and a few Cornell students telling you (meaning poolboy, wavedasher, and universityin2015) your assertions are absurd. Doesn’t that tell you something?</p>
<p>Honestly, don’t want to continue arguing. really, you are on vacation from Cornell and are spending time on CC when you could be doing a lot more important and enjoyable activities. Anyway, like wavedasher (whom I don’t know) said in his post I think number 125, no one can argue with you. You are always right. Everyone else is always wrong. You are the smartest person in the world. If that’s what it takes to end this, then there you have it. I never asked what school you are in at Cornell and don’t really care. I start engineering (ORE) next year and maybe we will be in some of the same classes and can laugh about this. You don’t need to answer my comments from post number 119. Enjoy your vacation.<br>
Chris</p>
<p>Yes, Sunshineflorid, you’ve figured me out! I had this genius plan all along to set up two accounts–one in October of 2008 and one in August of 2010. I then made hundreds of posts on the malan89 account as high school student, applicant, and college student and did the same on my forthewolf account posing as a high school student applying for the next year. All of this time and effort would culminate here on this thread, where I’d attack the new, noble posters poolboy, wavedasher, and universityin2015. And it all would’ve worked if it weren’t for your cunning detective skills, Sunshineflorid.</p>
<p>I (and other posters) have accused those three of being the same poster because their accounts were created around the same time, they started posting at the same time in many of the same threads, and are making the same absurd claims to put down Cornell and using the techniques like saying “but Cornell is a great school” or claiming they go here to lend themselves credibility.</p>
<p>^ yes it … [Cornell</a> Engineering : Majors](<a href=“Cornell Engineering Majors | Cornell Engineering: A Virtual Visit”>Cornell Engineering Majors | Cornell Engineering: A Virtual Visit) … I was a ORIE at Cornell but that was ages ago … and the major has evolved into ORE</p>
<p>Well, then, forgive me. I’ve only ever heard it referred to as Operations Research or ORIE, as the school is still called the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, but I’m not an engineer.</p>
<p>@Malan89, you are forgiven. We all make mistakes. I know you are all worked up over someone accusing you of having another identity here. It is not a big deal. Come on, this is your break time from Cornell, enjoy it!. A lot more enjoyable thing to be doing instead of debating this at CC. Peace.</p>
<p>hey guys, a younger brother’s friend is deciding between Cornell (likely letter), Rice, and UChicago currently. do you guys have any advice for him?</p>
<p>Nice gravedigging… why could you not make your own thread?
Go to the one that he wants to go to and which one is best for him? They’re all top tier schools.</p>
<p>good luck to all applicants!</p>
<p>What’s your agenda, chicago2014BABY? Seriously. You keep dragging up negative, dead threads under the pretense that you’re a believer now. BS. Start new threads if you have something positive to say. Your posts have nothing to do with the threads and they’re only giving false impressions to potential students.</p>
<p>what applejack said. just start a new thread with a NEW TITLE. you do realize that dragging up threads with titles such as this one can only turn off applicants? wouldn’t that be counter-productive if you really want people to go to cornell? unless of course you have a hidden agenda, in which case good thinking =/</p>
<p>“you do realize that dragging up threads with titles such as this one can only turn off applicants?”</p>
<p>Yes, poster does realize. </p>
<p>"wouldn’t that be counter-productive if you really want people to go to cornell? "</p>
<p>It would be, if that was the case. Obviously it isn’t.</p>
<p>“unless of course you have a hidden agenda,”</p>
<p>Not hidden very much, look at handle. And conduct.</p>
<p>" in which case good thinking =/ "</p>
<p>I disagree.</p>
<p>Cornell is prestigious and respected by all. period. </p>
<p>No more comparing Porches to Maseratis or Bentleys to Maybachs.</p>
<p>I’m so sorry to resurrect this thread. I’ve been a member of CC since 2004, and rarely comment, unless I feel that my two cents is definitely needed.</p>
<p>To think that Cornell is “less regarded among the elite” is as obnoxious as it is ignorant. Cornell has top flight programs in the liberal arts, architecture, hotel administration, applied economics and mangement (business), industrial and labor relations, human services-related disciplines, agriculture, and engineering available for undergraduates. (Don’t get me started on Cornell’s superior offerings for graduate students). So, my question becomes, Why would someone be so naive and childish to create a thread like this? </p>
<p>Chicago2014baby, I appreciate the enthusiasm that you have for the school you currently attend. I have always been an advocate for the University of Chicago because, like Cornell, it is an amazing university. However, whether you feel comfortable with this fact, or not, Cornell and U of Chicago are equals. </p>
<p>Believe it or not, back in the fall of 2004, when I was applying to colleges, the University of Chicago was not in the top 10 in USNWR. It was, sadly, either tied with Cornell, or ranked below Cornell. This is important to mention because after being a member on College Confidential for almost 7 years, it’s interesting to see the shift that has happened with high school students/young undergrads on this site as far as their “views” on certain institutions. Chicago, which was once considered “the slums of the elite” 7 years ago on College Confidential and considered a safety for ALL Ivies, is now considered to be a “hot” choice among “the new generation” of this site. I’m not kidding at all. Students on CC in 2004, 2005, & 2006 “looked down their noses upon” anyone who even thought to consider the University of Chicago over the Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech and Duke. It was not until the University of Chicago shot into the Top 10 a few years ago that high school seniors on CC started thinking differently about the university.</p>
<p>Again, I’ve always been an advocate for the University of Chicago in addition to Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, The Ivy League, Cal Tech, MIT, Michigan, Berkeley, and many, MANY additional institutions of higher education. However, it irks me when I read a comment from a college freshman who naively tries to implement a hierarchy among prestigious schools to justify his/her decision to attend one school over another. We could debate all day: Brown v. Dartmouth, Dartmouth v. Cornell, Cornell v. Columbia, Columbia v. Duke, Duke v. UPENN, UPENN v. Northwestern, etc. At the end of the day, just know that your 2.7 gpa from the University of Chicago will NOT be viewed more highly than a 2.7 from Cornell; it’ll be the same.</p>
<p>“I’m so sorry to resurrect this thread.”
+1</p>
<p>“However, a lot of people do think that way.”</p>
<p>You honestly must surround yourself with complete imbeciles to be asking these questions… I am very involved with CALS and I have NEVER heard of an employer discounting our academics due to our relationship with NYS (which, by the way, is weakening tremendously, so soon we may become ‘non-state’… )</p>
<p>We boast numerous top programs and have absolutely fantastic alumni. Our college has the highest per capita acceptance rate for prestigious post-bacc programs such as Teach for America. Our business program is top-notch, we have an enormous acceptance rate into medical colleges, and we offer majors that the current state of the economy will favor growth in (i.e.- Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Food Science, Agriculture).</p>
<p>We may not win the hearts of common-folk, but we certainly attract the eyes of thousands of recruiters, and in my book (and Charlie Sheen’s), that is truly winning. </p>
<p>Oh, and one more thing:
“I heard Cornell students feel awkward during games with other Ivy Leagues because it’s a constant reminder of where they got rejected from…is that true?”</p>
<p>You can ask this question when you attend a Division-I athletics program, but until then, get a life and go watch some sloppy D-III action.</p>