<p>I got into all three schools. can't decide which one to go to. I visited Cornell before and liked it but I can't visit the other two due to circumstances. I know I'm going to major in engineering but I'm not sure which type (engineering physics, bioengineering, mechanical engineering, operational/financial engineering). Based on this, which school would you pick and why? Can someone give me the pros and cons for each school. Thanks!</p>
<p>Have you looked on college p r o w l e r site? I think it is helpful to pick up overall pluses and minuses and vibe, though it’s ratings and reviews by students so you need to read between the lines at times and discount some reviews.</p>
<p>These are peer schools academically…depending perhaps on type of engineering you eventually choose one may have the edge. Overall you’re good at any of the 3. Slight edge to Cornell/CMU for most engineering disciplines.</p>
<p>A shame you can’t visit. My son didn’t apply to Cornell—urban schools only— but his final choice was Johns Hopkins vs Carnegie Mellon. After overnights at each in April of the same week, he chose CMU, mostly (not a great criterion but it was important to him) because he said the campus was more active late at night. If there’s any way you can sneak in a visit, try. Campus cultures are unique to each school and at this point with this choice, that might make your decision easier.</p>
<p>big edge to Hopkins for BME.</p>
<p>Before committing four years and $250k, you really do need to visit the other two schools. Change your circumstances. Request an extension for your decision. CMU and Hopkins and Cornell have much different campus looks and feels. Just because anonymous posters like one over the other, doesn’t mean that you will.</p>
<p>good luck.</p>
<p>Putting aside intangibles (i.e., which campus you prefer).</p>
<p>All three have an excellent reputation, though Cornell and JHU are clearly superior.</p>
<p>Cornell has a marginally higher ranked overall engineering program, though JHU is easily as strong in certain areas. Overall, I wouldn’t let the rankings here be a major factor in your decision. They’re both excellent schools.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d choose Cornell – but then again, I’m a Cornell alum, and therefore biased.</p>
<p>Good luck with your choice.</p>
<p>One factor we never considered, or were even aware of, was internship opportunities. DS started in SCS at CMU and in his soph year decided to double major in ECE and SCS. Every year you had the who’s who of industry doing campus interviews and a large number of Engg students got into a variety of companies - large industry leaders, financial, startups, you name it, with salaries from $25 to over 40 bucks/hour. Can’t speak for the other schools, but I recommend you consider this factor.</p>
<p>If I were in your position, I’d look in a bit more detail in the specific disciplines you’re interested in and see what each school has to offer. DS didn’t even consider JHU because while it is probably the leader in BME, he felt he had a better option in areas that he was interested in. He didn’t apply to Cornell because of location, which to him was a show stopper.</p>
<p>^and I would (and did) choose Hopkins. The point is, between 3 excellent schools, the choice becomes subjective. Hopkins and Cornell, for example, are both excellent schools but quite different. For starters, Cornell has @ 4 times the number of undergraduate students as Hopkins. That made a big difference to me but reasonable minds can differ on that.</p>
<p>Dam…well if I did visit the earliest I would be able to visit would be April 23rd…would that be too late since we have to tell the college we’re going there by May 1st (I think its by mail).</p>
<p>I’d choose Cornell. It has a better social atmosphere imo.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon!</p>
<p>Cornell has a fairly large undergraduate population attending numerous school but under 14,000. So none of them are actually large. Yes you might have a first year gereral Ed course ( Intro Psych for example) that has 200+ students, but your major courses will be small.</p>
<p>All of the schools you got accepted to are great. S got into CMU and I was always sorry he did not attend. D1 had a great experience and education at Cornell.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>IMO, you really can’t go wrong here. I didn’t apply to Cornell, but I did choose CMU over Johns Hopkins. I agree with what people have said in that I would give the edge to Hopkins for anything bio related, but the edge to CMU/Cornell for other engineering disciplines. And, if you’re interested in anything computer related (CS/ECE), CMU really stands out in these areas.</p>
<p>Other thing to consider - CMU is an urban campus, and students here really get out and explore the city (or at least a lot do). I absolutely love being able to take advantage of all that Pittsburgh has to offer. Cornell and Hopkins would offer decidedly different experiences in terms of location - just something I thought I’d point out.</p>
<p>Three very different schools. Try to visit if you can. One important thing to note is that if you’re interested in consulting or finance (possibly since you are interested in financial engineering), Cornell and JHU are far better than CMU (unless perhaps if you’re in tepper) due to the overall prestige bump of the schools relative to CMU.</p>
<p>CMU’s Tepper to my understanding has 9 Nobel Price Winners in Eco. Cornell/ JHU?</p>