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<p>If you compare undergrad business at Cornell, to undergrad business at Nova’s School of Business (in its honors school), then maybe Nova is an understandable option – especially considering it is 20K/yr less costly. Cornell University taken as a whole, however, is a very different story, and is very much in Cornell’s favor, IMHO.</p>
<p>I recommend Villanova for OP.
He can make lots of money.
And he likes the girls. They are “hot”.</p>
<p>That, or BC.</p>
<p>^rotfl, :D</p>
<p>I’m obviously talking only about a VSB degree (in honors program) in comparison to ILR at Cornell. If both schools are taken as a whole, academically Cornell is superior. </p>
<p>And ha-ha.</p>
<p>College1221 - Best of luck to you! … whatever you decide.</p>
<p>cornell!!!</p>
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<p>This is the key point. If you are at all interested in taking courses in international relations, psychology, or computer science. Or if you are interested in joining such student groups as a daily student newspaper, a group that builds a solar-powered house, or one of the best outdoor education programs in the country, it is very hard to turn down Cornell.</p>
<p>I highly doubt, for instance, that Nova has a university-wide entrepreneurship program that features multiple business-plan competitions, fantastic speakers, and alumni events all over the country:</p>
<p><a href=“http://eship.cornell.edu/[/url]”>http://eship.cornell.edu/</a> </p>
<p>And if you do take advantage of those opportunities, I would surmise that the opportunities and resources that Cornell can provide is worth $10k a year.</p>
<p>You are delusional if you think a villanova degree is just as valuable. Cornell is not ‘probably’ perceived by ‘most’ of the country as the better school. It IS perceived by the entire country as the better school, with maybe the exception of homer nova grads. If you turn down cornell, you are turning down the superior school with a far superior reptuation, no matter what you want to study. ILR is a great and unique major, and I know I definitely made the right choice in choosing it over traditional business.</p>
<p>As an undergraduate business major, I am thankful that I chose Cornell over the Michigan honors business program because of the network that the whole university offers. The reason I bring this comparison is because Michigan is a top undergrad business program, like Cornell and Villanova, but has a worse overall reputation than Cornell. Many businesses recruit Cornell as a whole that do not recruit schools like Villanova. Not that banking is what you want to do, but as another example, I know that none of the bulge bracket investment banks do on campus recruiting at Villanova despite its high business school ranking. </p>
<p>Your diploma will say cornell or villanova, I would much rather take Cornell. I know the fact that I have Cornell on my resume makes me a much stronger candidate because of its name brand/ivy cache that nova does not offer. You will not be surrounded by the same caliber of students as at Cornell, the alumni network is not as well connected. </p>
<p>It should say something that a lot of kids I know who go to Cornell had nova as a safety school, not even a match or reach.</p>
<p>Trust me it is worth 10k per year, you will make that up very quickly in your career.</p>
<p>I’ve been in the professional world for 30 years and sat on more than my share of hiring committees and back room conferences. There are so many factors that go into hiring decisions, many arbitrary, many based on “gut,” the large majority based on purely business considerations. I’ve noticed that there are certain schools (particularly the Jesuit schools like Nova, GTown & BC) that engender a ridiculous amount of loyalty among alum. I know guys who will go out of their way to give an opportunity to a BC grad, for example, over candidates who may have gone to more selective schools. This is not intended to be a knock on Ivy league educations. I’m simply saying that you shouldn’t underestimate the value of a degree from Villanova or BC. In many Philly firms, for example, you would stand on equal footing as the guy with the Cornell or Brown degree if the decision maker is Nova grad. So if you find yourself loving the Nova campus and vibe and know you would be happy there for 4 years, don’t dismiss it out of hand. College life is something you’ll be looking back on for the rest of your life. It should be enjoyable, not simply resume padding. Good luck.</p>
<p>“Quality of Life at Villanova is better in my eyes for the following reasons: Better location”</p>
<p>dude… have you ever been to Cornell?</p>
<p>villanova is totally NOT in a better location than Cornell. it’s pretty effing hideous.
its not even in Philly, you have to drive a pretty long time just to get to Philly. especially with traffic.
seriously dude, the campus sucks balls. there’s no sugarcoating that. there are few places that can beat Cornell’s scenic location, and nova is definitely far from being one of them.</p>
<p>you are stupid.</p>
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No need for the last line. Come on.</p>
<p>Fresher…it’s called a train. Villanova has one on the backside of campus.</p>
<p>And If you ask 100 random people what College in the better location, very few would say Cornell…</p>
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<p>Count me as one of those.</p>
<p>You will have very few opportunities to spend four years of your life in a fantastic, bucolic setting once you need to start worrying about employment and the rat race.</p>
<p>College1221, philly is one of the crappiest cities in America. I for one would never want to go to college in that area, and certainly not live there afterward. Go to villanova if you want, but you will probably come to regret choosing the undoubtedly inferior school. Its not like this is johns hopkins or northwestern vs. cornell. Villanova is just not on the same level.</p>