<p>Basically what are your thoughts on these two schools? I'm planning on doing something with engineering and business.</p>
<p>I’d pick UChicago based on school size (UChicago is much smaller) and academics. If you’re interested in business, our Economics program is the best anywhere and you can take classes at the Booth School of Business, which is ranked 5th in the nation.</p>
<p>As for engineering: many engineering-type people here get Physics degrees because the program is awesome. However, if you are really set on hardcore engineering stuff, UChicago probably isn’t the place to go.</p>
<p>It is not impossible for undrgrads to take classes at Booth, but it takes some work. (BusinessWeek ranks Booth #1 in the nation :))</p>
<p>For engineering, even though I prefer Chicago over Cornell, I’d say head to Ithaca.
Chicago doesn’t have an undergrad business school, but Cornell has the AEM major.</p>
<p>Idk, but my parents would make me pick Cornell for sure, lol.</p>
<p>Chicago vs. Ithaca</p>
<p>Chicago wins hands down. That said, if you don’t care where you live, then the name-brand of Cornell might be better. I’ll just say that you can always major in physics and go to engineering grad school, and you can always get a degree in economics and take classes at booth. I’m going to do essentially that- physics/biology and a couple classes at the professional schools (having professional schools open to you is pretty darn cool).</p>
<p>I would decide based on visiting the schools, because academics are good at both, and you could find workable majors at both.</p>
<p>Chicago vs. Ithaca looks different to different people. I had a cousin who was an undergraduate at Chicago and a grad student at Cornell. He was from a small town in the Midwest, very outdoors-oriented, and he never felt comfortable in Chicago. He thought Ithaca was heaven on earth, and he had to be pried out of there with a crowbar.</p>
<p>There’s also a New York-centric student body vs. a Midwest-centric student body.</p>
<p>And a student body spread among many schools, with lots of people doing very practical, career-focused programs, vs. Chicago and its Core Curriculum.</p>
<p>And a traditional sports-and-frats focused school spirit vs. not really very much of that.</p>
<p>Some people are going to like one, some people the other. There’s not really a right or wrong answer to this question. Chicago is a great, great university, and a great place to be an undergraduate. So is Cornell.</p>
<p>ya, what he said.</p>