Cornell v. Wellesley

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hey guys, I'm STILL (yes, I know, it's getting late) not sure whether I'm going to Cornell or Wellesley. Here's the deal</p>

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<li>At Cornell I'd be doing human development, but at Wellesley it would be Psych</li>
<li>Wellesley gave me 26k, but Cornell only gave me 16k (and finaid is important to my family)</li>
<li>I like the close-knit community of Wellesley a little more than the huge school/huge classes thing at Cornell, but I'm not sure about going to an all girls school</li>
<li>Wellesley is REALLY close to home... maybe a bit too close</li>
<li>Both campuses are beautiful, in my opinion</li>
<li>I can honestly say I'm scared of freezing my butt off/failing classes at Cornell</li>
<li>Wellesley might be a little TOO small for college.. it's the size of my high school.</li>
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<p>Sooooo... what do you all think? Please! I really need some advice. Also, do grad schools, etc consider Wellesley a worse school than Cornell? I don't even know! Rah! Help!</p>

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<p>grad schools probably consider Wellesley better than Cornell... but do you want to go to an all-girls school?</p>

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<p>I went to a college close to Wellesley for a year.... great campus, great dorms, etc (sorry cornell's food is better). Even if you go to an all girls school you can still get out on the weekends, Boston has like 150 schools within an hours driving distance of each other and the city itself is great so its not like you're stuck on an island with all girls.</p>

<p>I miss the small school scene sometimes also now that I'm at Cornell, but I like it here a lot.</p>

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<p>i'd say cornell will give you the edge for grad schools. It's ultra-prestigious and schools respect high gpa's at a school that is known to be especially difficult. </p>

<p>"At Cornell I'd be doing human development, but at Wellesley it would be Psych" You can take all the psych classes you want at Cornell, but it's not the other way around at Wellesley. Cornell offers way more classes that you can use to your advantage. </p>

<p>"Wellesley gave me 26k, but Cornell only gave me 16k (and finaid is important to my family)" This is an issue of how much you value educational cost. I think Cornell is worth the investment. The job/grad school placement and opportunities far outweight the initial cost. </p>

<p>"I like the close-knit community of Wellesley a little more than the huge school/huge classes thing at Cornell, but I'm not sure about going to an all girls school" I'll be honest, all girls school = lame. Cornell is a very close community too, there's just alot more members in it. You'll find your group of friends that you'll be very close to. No worries! Besides, you'll only have a few 'huge classes' at Cornell, the rest will be small like Wellesley. </p>

<p>"Wellesley is REALLY close to home... maybe a bit too close" If you dont like it at Wellesley, you can always hang out with your parents on the weekend :) You wont have the problem of not having fun at Cornell. </p>

<p>"I can honestly say I'm scared of freezing my butt off/failing classes at Cornell" All you need is a winter coat. You'll only fail if you do absolutely nothing while at Cornell. Work hard and you'll be rewarded tremendously. </p>

<p>"Wellesley might be a little TOO small for college.. it's the size of my high school" Cornell has over 700 student clubs - anything and everything you'd ever need is right on campus. Yes, it's big, but use that to your advantage. You wont get lost, this isn't a state-school sized campus. </p>

<p>Human Development is a very well respected major. One of my friend's who graduated last year was accepted to Brown (one of only 15 in the program), Columbia, George Washington, Vanderbilt, and a host of other grad schools - and she only had a 3.3 GPA. </p>

<p>go to Cornell.</p>

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<p>Gomestar, you, myself, and a couple other people on this forum need to be hired to write Cornell's next viewbook. Apps would jump into the 30 G's I bet, hahaa.</p>

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<p>well..there is group, mentioned in some previous thread, devoted to publicizing Cornell...you could join that ;)</p>

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<p>well i mean if u post this kidna thing in cornell forum, of course 99% of people will tell u to go to cornell and if u post this in wellesley forum, they will tell u to go to wellesley. u know wat i mean. post this at some other forum where there is no bias. like in forum of schools that are equally prestigious, or some other forums</p>