<p>Hi .. I have spent the whole month debating but unable to decide , so any help wud be welcome . I have offers from UCLA and Cornell for Engg . While I intend to do Chemical Engg for the time being it is very likely I would change and may do something totally different. Any suggestions which one should I pick . You may know the following considerations :</p>
<p>Cornell ..Ivy league , higher ranking , more selective and smaller uni , smaller class size , financially rich , extreme weather , middle of nowhere , difficult travel , ethenically not very diverse.</p>
<p>UCLA ... well reputed , highly ranked consisitently, great weather , diverse student body , well connceted city , very large in size , scramble for classes and courses , heard dire financial state , reported huge faculty turnover recently</p>
<p>they r both good schools, but i heard from others that cornell has some good programs for engineering, and even some of my friends rejected offers from stanford and mit to go to cornell. So i assume that cornell’s better than UCLA. i have never heard of anything related to engineering from UCLA.</p>
<p>if your sn means you are international…then price is the same.</p>
<p>Cornell for the win. Not sure how much diversity you are seeking, but Cornell is <50% white (of those reporting race), with 10% international (which is much higher than UCLA).</p>
<p>Cornell is ethnically quite diverse and has a large number of international students. It’s a big enough school that there’s more than enough to do right on campus, and there’s even more over at Ithaca College, so you won’t miss the big city unless you have very specialized tastes (e.g. opera). It’s a great school for engineering, and isn’t suffering from the same budget problems as the UC schools are currently. So for the same price, I think Cornell is definitely the better bet. Just buy a warm coat.</p>