<p>I am planning to major in Economics. I have been admitted to CAS in Cornell and Carroll school of management in BC. Cornell seems to trump BC in most things (when comparing the two on college *******) except for weather. </p>
<p>I have visited both schools. I absolutely loved Boston College and its proximity to the city. I strongly disliked Cornell's campus. I even visited during a time when the weather and the campus was supposed to be gorgeous. However, most of my friends that have visited or have family that go there love Cornell. Another thing that worries me is that everyone that I know that has graduated from Cornell is either antisocial, depressing, or extremely easy to dislike. </p>
<p>The social scene and school spirit seemed much more alive in BC. The people that I saw at Cornell seemed much less social and borderline loners. I am also from Miami, so the weather, hills, and the distance from the city in Cornell is going to be beyond brutal. </p>
<p>Any comments about either school referring to academics, atmosphere, stories about adjusting from a big city to a small town, or anything else would be extremely helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>btw, the asterisks were pro-wler (minus the hyphen) and the full name is a website. idk why CC deleted half the name and added the asterisks.</p>
<p>This is a tough decision because this decision could affect the rest of your life. It seems to me that you enjoy BC more than you enjoy Cornell because of various positive things you mentioned about BC which outweigh the things you mentioned about Cornell. If I was you I would choose BC because I rather enjoy what I do than do what I don’t enjoy.</p>
<p>Congrats on having 2 good choices soccersurf. Add me to the list of Cornell lovers. I’m from a suburb of NYC, and I dig Ithaca - it’s a fantastic college town. Don’t think Boston’s weather is any nicer than Ithaca’s. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’ll try to be objective with you, since most people here will ignore what you say and just tell you Cornell is the best place on the planet. It’s not, it’s a school like any other. Now, as for education, Cornell is slightly better. However, if you hate your life there and can’t seem to enjoy your studies, will you even be able to appreciate what Cornell has to offer? I don’t think so.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would go to BC. After all, it is four years of your life, and the most meaningful, since those are the ones during which you are supposed to be happiest. If you dislike so much Cornell’s campus, I think your choice is already made, don’t expose yourself to four years of suffering/regrets/depression just because of an Ivy League education.</p>
<p>Dunno, Cornell must be pretty attractive for ArarVen to continually talk down Cornell as he to tries to get admitted off Cornell’s waitlist!</p>
<p>Since we are comparing, I will address one aspect of BC that you may not be aware of…some freshmen are housed a bus ride away. a family friend really really really wanted o go to BC, and did - for one year. very social kid butwasn’t happy and transferred after that one year. I think housing may have contributed to that.</p>
<p>For myself, (and my kids) I wanted and hoped undergrad time would be the classic Ivy-covered towers…all the undergrads together on one campus - in the case of Cornell, one very large gorgeous campus. You have the rest of your life to spend in a city - these next 4 years should be figuring out who you are and what you want to do - </p>
<p>I have had a kid in Ithaca and a kid in Boston for the past 4 ears so I check on two cities’ weather often - this yer Boston got slammed in weather while Ithaca somehow missed much of it…not all - just much!</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision</p>
<p>I know what you’re talking about. I share a huge love for MIT/Boston (wearing my MIT shirt right now actually) and ithaca/Cornell. I’ve been to Cornell in the winter, and its about the same as Boston with temperature. Boston is amazing… Cornell, you’d have a better education by a good amount and there’s a good school pride. IDK about Boston college. If you’re going on to graduate school, id say go with BC, because undergrad doesn’t matter so much, just your grades. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Congrats on landing in such a win-win situation! :)) Personally, I chose Cornell over BC (I loved Cornell’s campus and overall vibe!), but when comparing such academically similar schools, I’d say go with fit over “prestige”. Both are wonderful schools and Ithaca and Boston are both wonderful collegetowns (Boston winters are pretty harsh too though, fair warning…). Besides, as mentioned, if you plan on going on to business school or grad school, what you accomplished in your undergrad years is going to matter a lot more than where you accomplished it. Logically, it’d follow you’d do better at a school where you’re more comfortable, so I’d say go with BC :))</p>
<p>You seem to have told us what you want, you want BC and it’s pretty obvious! I say go for it!</p>