<p>So, I live in Cali and love the weather. The only reason I would go to the east for college is if I got into a really good school. But say, I get into both Berkeley and Cornell. What would you advise?</p>
<p>I think a small school would be nicer, and I hear people at Cornell are nice as a whole (dont know how accurate this is) while a lot of people at Berkeley are negative, cutthroat, radical, etc.. (of course that is going to be everywhere a little)</p>
<p>I hear Cornell is a really depressing place though (mainly because of the weather)</p>
<p>Some people think Cornell's weather is depressing, but they tend to be the future Stepford wives who need everything to be perfectly manicured.</p>
<p>I, personally, love Ithaca and found its gorges, waterfalls, weather, and quirky culture to be a rather unique and intriguing way to spend college. Nothing beats sledding down streets on food trays during snow days, swimming under waterfalls on warm days, or a muddy hill on Slope Day.</p>
<p>How it compares to Berkeley depends on your major and what you want to get out of school. I'd recommend getting out of your comfort zone - I've found California, like New York City, can be a real bubble of naivete for people who have lived in it their whole life. Not a bad idea to throw yourself in a different part of the country for the sake of personal growth and perspective.</p>
<p>^I'd have to be a pretty odd guy to have a log in name as blackroses. I'm a chick, fyi.</p>
<p>And as for my major, I want to go into engineering. I'm not worried about Cali having an active fault line haha. I've lived hear all my life. (and I don't like big cities) I plan to live in Cali, so I think the fact that networking would be better at Berkeley is a good reason..</p>
<p>I really think you should go to Cal for Engineering… Seriously… after all the comparisons I have made between Cal and Cornell for Engineering, I do think that Cal is better…</p>
<p>this is just my suggestion, and i am not intending to offend anyone by any means.</p>
<p>OMG DON’T GO TO BERKELEY! It accepted a girl with 1900 SAT and 81% average and rejected me 2200 SAT and full IB Diploma. Yah yah yah I know how people say stats are not everything, but come on… there is a difference between 1900 SAT and 2200 SAT.</p>
<p>I think she got in because she applied for a really really easy major.</p>
<p>Right…?</p>
<p>Oh and there is a correlation between your high school GPA and your university performance, so there! You don’t want to be with that kind of students right?</p>
<p>not sure about the exact nature of this but let’s not forget that berkeley is still a UC…it has certain enrollment requirements as per the legislature…</p>
<p>I think people being radical at Berkeley is an understatement. They have riots about a lot of things. Cornell is an awesome school, applied there ED, I hate the weather there, it sucks, but the people are very nice and professors do a good job of making you well rounded. Berkeley is also an amazing school,(for me especially cause I love math). nothing beats California weather.</p>
<p>^haha, I laugh at all the posts that says Cornell weather is a negative. I’m from Canada, so I’m pretty sure that nothing in the US beats Canadian weather (except Alaska). </p>
<p>I’d rather be in -15 degrees Celsius than 25 degrees Celsius (I have no clue what that is in Fahrenheit…)</p>
<p>You silly Canadians, using 0 as the delineation point of freezing. </p>
<p>Why not pull a logical number out of a hat like, say … 32?</p>
<p>I, too, find it silly how horrific they make Ithaca winters sound. Ithaca, if I recall correctly, gets like 60-70 inches of snow a year. A lot of places, even in the mainland U.S., are well over 120 or 150 inches.</p>
<p>I always liked Ithaca because you have your 4 seasons, but none last too long. Spring comes along in March, which is a good time for Spring.</p>
<p>I have a question. How comparable are the Computer Science B.A. majors at these two schools? I know both are awesome at engineering, but how about the CS major in their CAS schools outside of the engineering B.S. degree.</p>
<p>so, what is it? do most people who get into berkeley get into cornell and vice versa? there are tons of these berkeley vs cornell threads. or is it just cuz they’re both so good for engineering?</p>
<p>Actually, there are a lot of people from California who get into both Berkeley and Cornell.</p>
<p>If you’re not from California, though, good luck getting into Berkeley or any of the UCs for that matter.</p>
<p>And the curriculum for the B.A. CS major at Cornell is the same as the B.S. CS Major. The only differences are the other college distributions. Arts requires foreign language/humanities. Engineering requires chem/physics/maths.
Our C.S. program is very well respected. In the same league as Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, and Stanford.</p>