<p>Who can compare Cornell Vs Stanford. Even though they are on different coasts they seem to share alot of similarities. What does everyone think?</p>
<p>What similarities?</p>
<p>They are both strong in engineering and social sciences. Both great schools.</p>
<p>Differences are climate, proximity to big city, and percent undergrad. Cornell is 70% undergrad. Stanford is 35% undergrad roughly.</p>
<p>Stanford was founded by a Cornellian.</p>
<p>differences are selectivity...strength in every other area...endowment... i dont see the similarities really hehe</p>
<p>Based on student population, Cornell is much more undergraduate focused than Stanford.</p>
<p>Sherman-What do you want to major in? Cornell Arts and Sciences and Engineering are very selective.</p>
<p>They are both very good at a lot of things, which is pretty rare. Stanford has better athletics, and better in most fields. </p>
<p>edit. if you get into both, i would imagine most people would pick stanford.</p>
<p>Stanford is smaller. About 7000 undergrad. Stanford is private, while Cornell has two public schools. Stanford has an amazing Computer Science program which they have just redesigned to provide specialized tracks. Stanford offers a product design major in its engineering department. Stanford students are repeatedly ranked as the happiest (self-reported). Cornell applicants must apply to a specific school. Stanford applicants apply to Stanford generally and have until after their second year to declare a major. They are very different institutions.</p>
<p>I read that when he wanted to start a univeristy Leland Stanford toured the East Coast and decided that he wanted his new university to be just like Cornell. He attempted to hire Cornell's first president, Andrew Dickson White to be his new universitys president. White declined but instead offered up his brightest student, David Starr Jordan. David Starr Jordan became Stanfords first president and went about shaping it to be as much like his alma mater as possible. 80% of the initial faculty came from Cornell. He made it coed, nondenominational and practical just like his model.( unlike the universities of the time which taught latin and greek to the sons of the wealthy). He even put a clock tower in the center of campus like Cornell. Stanford did not make it a partial land grant college like Cornell giving it a somewhat different character.</p>
<p>A subtle metaphor for the difference between Cornell and Stanford is represented by how they treat their bell towers. Both schools have tall bell towers in the center of campus with huge banks of manually played bells. At Stanford the bank of levers that run the bells are locked in a glass enclosed room and only played once a year by a music prof. To get to this spot one must get a ticket and ride an elevator with a guide. At Cornell the Bells are played by student chimesmasters three times per day and all who wish can climb the stairs and watch (or help) playing the bells on a medley of tunes new and traditional. Interesting, what does this say about the underlying character of the two schools.</p>
<p>They are both excellent, however even as someone going to Cornell, I have to say that Stanford is a bit more prestigious and selective.</p>
<p>But yeah they do have many similarities, probably due to Stanford's roots as pointed out in an earlier post, and many differences, such as location, and size.</p>
<p>I would say Stanford hands down.</p>
<p>Stanford's fine, provided you want to spend the best years of your life in a Shallow Alto business park surrounded by buildings straight out of the Taco Bell architectural guidelines.</p>
<p>/Sarcasm</p>
<p>the answer: stanford.</p>
<p>For Agriculture and Hotel management, I'd choose Cornell. </p>
<p>To maintain my sanity, I'd choose Stanford.</p>
<p>If you want to work in the East, Stanford. If you want to work in the West, Stanford.</p>
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A subtle metaphor for the difference between Cornell and Stanford is represented by how they treat their bell towers. Both schools have tall bell towers in the center of campus with huge banks of manually played bells. At Stanford the bank of levers that run the bells are locked in a glass enclosed room and only played once a year by a music prof. To get to this spot one must get a ticket and ride an elevator with a guide. At Cornell the Bells are played by student chimesmasters three times per day and all who wish can climb the stairs and watch (or help) playing the bells on a medley of tunes new and traditional. Interesting, what does this say about the underlying character of the two schools.
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<p>That's a brilliant observation.</p>
<p>Btw - all of Cornell's schools are private. 2 are contract colleges, which means they are still autonomous, private colleges that receive money from the state to further the interests of the state in whatever way the school deems necessary. The state has no control over the schools.</p>
<p>Unless you have a niche major that Cornell specializes or is better than Stanford at, or have a particular draw to Cornell's campus / culture, then you're probably better off at Stanford.</p>
<p>I made the choice this April and I picked Stanford. The schools are pretty similar in that they are tops or near tops in everything, but Stanford has better weather. However, Cornell is less selective so it may be easier for you to get in there.</p>
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If you want to work in the East, Stanford. If you want to work in the West, Stanford.
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<p>Magnificent. If you have reversed the words east and west it would have even have been Epic Win.</p>