<p>Sylvan – it depends on your definition of “uber-achiever.”</p>
<p>It also depends on what program you’re in within Cornell. Cornell students themselves say that there are clear differences in the difficulty of various programs within their university. Engineering, for example, is extremely challenging, both in terms of difficulty and workload. Some other majors are substantially less intense. </p>
<p>I am not sure where the religious studies program would fit on the difficulty scale.</p>
<p>JHS: I think that the only other schools on your list that most Cornell students would consider to be peer schools are Carnegie Mellon and Michigan. But the OP is talking about an unusual major, so the standard academic food chain may not apply.</p>