Cornell vs. WUSTL

College Search & Selection
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<p>Not in academics or prestige or the like.</p>

<p>From observations during my short time at this... community, I've concluded that Cornell and WUSTL students (and applicants and acceptees) are the most embattled. So- which group gets the most crap about it? Which reacts more? Who has more reason? Is the Reject Ivy title worse than the ranking gaming reputation?</p>

<p>:P</p>

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<p>What nonsense. I think we have better things to do on this board than to create a version of reality TV.</p>

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<p>My apologies. By all means, don’t let this distract you from debating whether Stanford or Yale is more prestigious.</p>

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<p>Hmm. A very interesting post, ChasingRabbits.</p>

<p>I may be biased, but I love WashU like all my peers:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/878100-school-has-all-washington-university-st-louis-3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/878100-school-has-all-washington-university-st-louis-3.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(and senior year high school I had to choose between Cornell and WashU)</p>

<p>Both are great, ‘top-ranked’ universities. I just get a feeling that WashU students are happier. Any Cornell students out there want to give a shout-out?</p>

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<p>WUSTL does offer generous academic merit scholarships, which are always a compelling reason to choose one school over another.</p>

<p>I know four peeps who chose WUSTL, ND, JHU, Duke over Cornell–for financial aid, “fit,” special programs, prestige. Not unreasonable.</p>

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<p>Come on, fogcity, there are worse thread topics than this one, alhtough perhaps a better one would be a more open-ended one concerning which schools endure the most crap thrown at them on CollegeConfidential, and why it is unfair for each. In other words, I don’t think Cornell or WU are alone here. Berkeley gets plenty of abuse for daring to compete with the top schools even though it’s a big [sneer] state school and has average SATs that don’t come close to comparing to other tip-top schools. Penn gets crap for being too vocational; Notre Dame gets crap for daring to be religious; Northwestern gets crap for having ugly buildings and being in the Midwest; USC gets crap for needing a morality overhaul top to bottom; Dartmouth gets crap for being a bunch of alcoholic frat boys; Brown gets crap for being a clearinghouse for celebrity offspring who would throw a tantrum if they had to take a course in a subject they didn’t like…etc…</p>

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<p>^ isn’t it sad…</p>

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<p>I’d vote WUSTL as the better school
It is reputed to have happier students
It’s also a richer school. for example NIH/ federal research funding-wise it gets more</p>

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<p>Cornell>WashU</p>

<p>…its a fact, please stop your bickering</p>

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<p>It’s not a fact, PABank. It’s called ‘an opinion.’</p>

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<p>While both are great schools, I think students at WashU are less stressed.
WashU is also better ranked in academia.</p>

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<p>Cornell over WUSTL.</p>

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<p>Cornell by far over WUSTL.</p>

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<p>Let’s turn to Naviance:</p>

<p>Cornell: avg. GPA of acceptance 3.79, avg. SAT of acceptance 2175
WashU: avg. GPA of acceptance 3.77, avg. SAT of acceptance 2226</p>

<p>Both schools have had over 300 apps from my school.</p>

<p>Conclusion: WashU > Cornell, but only slightly.</p>

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<p>In terms of international prestige, Cornell >> WUSTL, though WUSTL is still a wonderful school</p>

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<p>^^ Says the Cornell matriculate</p>

<p>School pride is wonderful. I think WUSTL >> Cornell.</p>

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<p>nah my opinion is based on rankings from other countries such as the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings and ARWU ranking. Cornell also does better than WUSTL in various rankings in the US</p>

<p>Don’t get me wrong, WUSTL is awesome, but it is quite lacking in international prestige…</p>

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<p>um waitatshu, well the OP said ‘not in terms of prestige’
so looking at overall undergraduate quality-- academics and student life-- I’m going to vote WUSTL on this one.
Cornell is pretty awesome too, but for some reason I hear kids there are really stressed out/ under a lot of pressure.</p>

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<p>well
Academics: Cornell > WUSTL except for premed? </p>

<p>"but for some reason I hear kids there are really stressed out/ under a lot of pressure. " actually that depends on your major</p>

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<p>^ though I wouldn’t know cuz I’m not there yet~</p>