<p>I’d choose UVa. I’d say reputation-wise, it’s a wash. UVa seems to have a better quality of life. UVa has a gorgeous campus, warm with great town. Cornell a tad cold and they nickel and dime you on the grades! But you can’t go wrong with either selection.</p>
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<p>Again, this reputation is severely overblown by people who have never attended Cornell.</p>
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<p>i dont know man…i can empathize with people on this…you study your brains out only to get a B because there has to be a curve… </p>
<p>or professors never give out As…</p>
<p>i’m not sure how much easier it is to get an A in terms of curves and professors at other schools though…so while some cornellians might be bitter…it might be the same case at other schools…but probably not state schools (for a cornell-caliber student)</p>
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<p>All the curves I encountered at Cornell never hurt students. They only helped. If you master the material you will do fine, no matter where you go. </p>
<p>In fact, the only place where I’ve ever taken a class where I felt the final grades were unfair was at a state school for an upper-level math class where the professor did not curve. I earned a C. Some of the smartest people I’ve ever met (Harvard and Yale alums, to boot.) struggled to get a B, and they put in a lot more effort than me. Half the class failed.</p>
<p>It’s a question of intelligence, work ethic, and time management. Not of any unfair grading.</p>
<p>Nor are there any professors who don’t give out As. Show me one, Resurgam.</p>
<p>Cornell students like to whine and complain. That is it.</p>
<p>UVA has McIntire, the best cornell can come up with is hotel management</p>
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False. Cornell has AEM, which is just as strong as McIntire (and is a better MBA feeder), and has gotten a bit more selective lately.</p>
<p>Why are you even asking this question? Of course you should go to Cornell, despite the fact that UVA is also a very good school.</p>
<p>you’re going for business? i’d say definitely go to UVA. cornell is known for engineering, and while their undergrad business program is good (as an understatement), it doesn’t quite compare to UVA’s. plus, the weather is gorgeous all year round. i don’t really know too many people at either school, but of all the ones i do know, they love where they ended up. at uva they like the weather and the location. it’s easy to get to washington dc, and it’s a beautiful campus. the average gpa accepted at UVA is much higher than cornell, even though cornell’s acceptance rate is lower.
also, and take this with a grain of salt, there’s less cut-throat competition at UVA amongst students. cornell is known as the ivy that’s the easiest to get into, but the hardest to graduate from. the academics are very rigorous and difficult, and the students tend to get edgy and competitive. at UVA you’ll still be challenged, but more people tend to succeed. good luck with your decision, and keep the rest of us here on cc posted!</p>
<p>Someone is trying to use campus beauty as factor to go to UVA over Cornell, UVA is beautiful but I’ve never seen anything compare to Cornell. And yes McIntyre is spectacular, I me a #1 ranking this year over the like of Wharton, very impressive. But AEM is just as much a powerhouse when it comes to recruiting and MBA feeding</p>
<p>My D just got back from Cornell from a WIE sponsored overnight event. While the campus is beautiful, like UVa, my daughter had no qualms about choosing U VA over Cornell. While the female engineering students she met at U VA seemed smart, friendly and extremely happy, the female students she met at Cornell seemed nice but unhappy and stressed. Some of the girls expressed envy for the U Va choice that my daughter had, as they had been wait listed. I also do not think the WIE program represented Cornell very well. My D and I attended presentations at 7 colleges, this (and Boston U.) were at the bottom. I am sure it is a fantastic school, but the kids my daughter met were so negative that it really turned her off. My daughter said that a number of the other engineering prospects were turned off as well. As a full paying parent, I am also happy to have her attending a 10K less expensive college where I think she will be far happier. And, I have always believed, that it is very difficult to be academically successful if the student is not happy. It is kind of a relief that the decision was not even close!</p>
<p>the money situation is switched for me. cornell would cost less than 20,000 and UVA would be about 30,000 =[ my mom is trying to appeal monday but otherwise UVA is not really an option</p>
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You are doing really well to go to Cornell for $20K. It is 53K for us and thus no bargain. I have a feeling that a lot of the people my daughter met are in the same situation that you are in because even though they didn’t seem all that happy, they had no intension of transferring. The engineering department at Cornell did give my daughter a prestigious scholarship that amounted to $600.</p>
<p>No way I would pay more for UVa than Cornell since Cornell is the better school anyways, especially for engineering.</p>
<p>my sister is currently a college sophomore though, so cornell could screw us over when she graduates… i was really surprised cornell offered that kind of grant… none of my other schools did. i’m pretty middle class, my family made like 140K in 2007, and that number went down in 2008, so we could even get more money when the final offer comes out =/? </p>
<p>i’m a little suspicious considering berkeley wanted the full 50K. if i choose cornell, the decision would be fuelled mostly by the money. but cornell does have excellent name recognition… i wouldnt regret choosing it</p>
<p>CATCHAMBERLAIN- the ‘prestigious’ scholarships, though more dignified, are always substantially less than the ‘you are poor’ scholarships- lol</p>