<p>Prestige doesn't matter that much... get over it. It's nice to have, but a little difference in prestige can't make any difference in life</p>
<p>what about UVA vs Cornell in terms of undergrad engineering??</p>
<p>Both schools are about comparable academically, and similar in many ways, including size. That being the case, I'd go UVa in a heartbeat becuase it is SOOOO much cheaper than Ivy Cornell. </p>
<p>I know UVa's Darden (grad) and McIntyre (undergrad) business programs are very well thought of. I know Cornell doesn't have an undergrad business program -- only UPenn's Wharton makes that claim.</p>
<p>As for law school, I think it's pretty much a wash: both are top 10/15 school ... but, again, the relative costs would make me strongly lean towards Virginia.</p>
<p>Cornell does have an undergraduate applied economics major which is very business oriented major.</p>
<p>That may be true, but it's not a full business school. That may or may not put one at a disadvantage at Cornell, esp in such a competitve field as investment banking. I don't even think Cornell's closeness to The Street can overcome this.</p>
<p>UVA is a good school, but it certainly should't be compared to the likes of Cornell....it's more equivalent to UNC or William and Mary. If money isn't a factor, choose the Ivy.</p>
<p>Investment banks recruit heavily at Ivy League schools and moreso than nearly everywhere else. They usually don't even care about your major as long as you have some basic econ or quant background and good grades. Coming from a "business school" is not needed at all.</p>
<p>well put shizz.</p>
<p>I-banks don't care about your major - they care about what school your coming from and what your GPA is.</p>
<p>shizz, </p>
<p>Any I-banking companies approach you, AEP boy!?</p>
<p>sorry to interrupt!</p>
<p>i_wonder, i know you posted in the architecture forum to offer help a long time ago but i guess the posters at that time were very involved in one particular situation. do you mind returning and giving us advice? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I'm sorry but cornell DOES have a business school. and it is a full school.
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AEM is home to Cornell's accredited general business degree program for undergraduatesand one of only two accredited programs in the Ivy League.
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<a href="http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://aem.cornell.edu/undergrad/index.htm</a> see the "business" heading.</p>
<p>If one in interested in Engineering or the hard sciences, it is no contest, Cornell wins. </p>
<p>From a "prestige" point of view, the edge goes to Cornell, but only by a small margin. </p>
<p>Otherwise, I don't think there is much of a difference between Cornell and UVA.</p>
<p>Personally, I would chose Cornell over UVA because internationally, UVA is not really well known and most of my dealings since I graduated have been in the international arena.</p>
<p>I've heard of Cornell for economics before but not UVA. I still haven't heard much about UVA. Its good but very few people know much about it.</p>
<p>"From a "prestige" point of view, the edge goes to Cornell, but only by a small margin. "</p>
<p>The margin is quite large.....uva is similar to other public schools, such as UM-Wisconsin, or UMichigan etc. It's much less prestigious than Berkeley, which in turn is less prestigious than most of the Ivies...</p>
<p>I only bring it up because I feel that the OP needs to have a realistic view if he wants to make a knowledgeable decision. It's kinda wrong to lead him into thinking UVA is a great choice, when it may turn out that the alternative was much better....you don't want to make the biggest mistake of your life due to some personal agenda's on a discussion board.</p>
<p>"The margin is quite large.....uva is similar to other public schools, such as UM-Wisconsin, or UMichigan etc. It's much less prestigious than Berkeley, which in turn is less prestigious than most of the Ivies...</p>
<p>I only bring it up because I feel that the OP needs to have a realistic view if he wants to make a knowledgeable decision. It's kinda wrong to lead him into thinking UVA is a great choice, when it may turn out that the alternative was much better....you don't want to make the biggest mistake of your life due to some personal agenda's on a discussion board."</p>
<p>I would disagree. UVa is a smallish, top public U that is comparable, in many ways, to a lower tier Ivy... of which Cornell is. One doesn't have to have an "agenda" recognize this.</p>
<p>Prestige is a hard concept to quantify. Berkeley certainly owns Cornell in prestige in the international arena.</p>
<p>Berkeley is pretty much better than Cornell when it comes to Prestige overall. Sorry</p>
<p>"That may be true, but it's not a full business school. That may or may not put one at a disadvantage at Cornell, esp in such a competitve field as investment banking. I don't even think Cornell's closeness to The Street can overcome this."</p>
<p>NO. Cornell has an accredited business school. The Street, as you define it, employs more Cornell grads than UVA grads. Sure, McIntire students do well on The Street, but Cornell as a WHOLE does well on The Street.I believe you have to compare the whole university to whole university because a lot of Cornell engineers go on to Wall Street. Multiple I-banking/consulting companies are led by Cornell grads(Lehman Brothers founder was a Cornell grad for example) and they are heavily recruited. UVA and Cornell students both do well once they reach Wall Street(evidenced by friends who attended both schools and are currently ibanking).</p>
<p>A question I would like to ask is this: Which school has the advantage when it comes to getting into top graduate programs(biz, law, med, others?</p>
<p>For MBA programs, I think its Cornell. Looking at Wharton MBA attendee stats, I see that Cornell sends the second most students to the program(second to UPenn undergrads). If I remember, UVA sent a lot less.</p>