<p>Is there anyone out there who chose Cornell over NU? </p>
<p>What were your reasons?</p>
<p>Help for a prospective econ/ philosophy/ history/ industrial eng major who's in at NU WCAS and Cornell CAS.</p>
<p>why did only 36% of students accepted to both choose NU over Cornell, according to NYtimes survey?</p>
<p>Is there something I'm missing?</p>
<p>why should the decisions of other people (and different people!) years ago affect your decision now?</p>
<p>I chose Cornell over NU. They are both great schools, and they are actually pretty similar from my understanding. I didnt get a chance to visit NU, but when I came to Cornell I kind of just fell in love instantly. I guess its hard for a school to have a fair chance w/out even getting seen, but at least physically, I got the impression that Cornell was more what I was looking for. I absolutely love the campus, and the vibrant, exciting college town that Cornell is set in. While I'm sure going to school near a big city also has its own perks, I almost enjoy the seclusion from the world that Ithaca provides, forcing students to really depend on the cornell community for entertainment. I think it creates a more tight-knit community. I also had friends already at Cornell who had great things to say, but knew no one who was at or had gone to NU. </p>
<p>I guess I would say to try to talk to as many individual people at each school as possible (or visit both if you can), to get the best feel of what each school is like, since superficially, they seem almost identical, in my mind, aside from location. Good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>They're actually really similar (in both selectivity, weather, and prestige). NU is a bit smaller than Cornell. Honestly, sometimes it just comes down to the feeling you get when you visit each school.</p>
<p>or by rating the coolness of a school's alumni</p>
<p>I chose Cornell ILR over Northwestern too. I felt Cornell's academic were slightly stronger, I had a better "feel" on Cornell's campus, and I fell in love with Ithaca. </p>
<p>Besides Cornell basketball beat Northwestern's basketball team last year. </p>
<p>Didn't we answer all of your questions in two previous threads?</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/488544-academics-cornell.html?highlight=tell+my+story%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/488544-academics-cornell.html?highlight=tell+my+story</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/486893-humanities-economics-programs-specifically-class-sizes.html?highlight=tell+my+story%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/486893-humanities-economics-programs-specifically-class-sizes.html?highlight=tell+my+story</a></p>
<p>You ask a lot of questions. You will do well wherever you end up.</p>
<p>hahaha. Yes I do, and I plan to in college, hence I need professor accesibility. Life motto: question everything (Socrates). Anyways, i'm doing Cornell days and Wildcat days, and going from there. Thanks for your time everyone. </p>
<p>Btw, I was just curious about the trend. I'm not going to base my decision off of that.</p>
<p>it's funny, being at cornell you sometimes ask people which schools they were deciding between in high school, and in my experience the school that comes up the most, by far, is NW. the two places are almost identical as far as their strengths academically. generally, east coast kids will go to cornell--NW is more of a midwestern school. it is cool that NW is just outside chicago though</p>
<p>Simply put, Cornell University is the rural version of suburban Northwestern University or urban University of Pennsylvania. I agree with the above post's assertion that east coast kids typically want to stay in the East. Also, Cornell is an Ivy & many New York state residents may--I'm not certain--get lower in-state tuition rates at Cornell's land grant schools. Northwestern University is expensive, as well.</p>