Cornell vs Penn

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone! So, I got into University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon (engineering school for all of them). I am most interested in engineering and computer science - not sure exactly what my major will be yet, though my parents like electrical engineering. I know Carnegie Mellon is by far ranked the best of these in probably all fields of engineering, but they gave me significantly less aid than both Penn and Cornell; also, a higher percentage of their aid package was made of loans, while the others were more grants, so my parents don't really consider that as an option. Also, they like Penn better than Cornell because they think there are more opportunities in Philly and the ability to take classes at Wharton will help me with internships, while they keep saying Cornell (Ithaca) is in the middle of nowhere. I'm not so certain about whether I prefer Penn or Cornell though. Also, I'm aware that Cornell is ranked somewhat higher than Penn in engineering - does that matter a lot? Can anyone give me any insight on Cornell's engineering programs as compared to Penn's? And also about which place you think has a better location? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Here is a link to Penn Engineering’s 2013 Career Placement survey. They do very well but it is interesting how many go into management consulting and investment banking:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/files/SEASSurvey2013.pdf”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/files/SEASSurvey2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Here’s a link to similar surveys for Cornell broken out by major and year:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/career_services/students/statistics/postgrad_reports.cfm”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/career_services/students/statistics/postgrad_reports.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>And if you want to go back even farther for Penn, here are the Career Plan Survey Reports and Summer Internship Survey Reports for Penn Engineering (as well as for Penn’s other undergraduate schools) for the last several years:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/reports.php”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/reports.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;