<p>you are quite right my very wise friend. Pick the school you like, buddy. </p>
<p>See you at Stanford for law. Class of '12 BABAY!</p>
<p>In its early years, Stanford's nickname was "the Cornell of the West." </p>
<p>I think of that every time I see a reference to Cornel West.</p>
<p>being that cornell is half-state subsized, i don't know how stanford would be better than cornell in that particular instance. <em>shrug</em> also i'm HD major, and stanford doesn't even have an HD major, so there too, not to mention the fact that i counted 65 distinct majors (some had multiple areas in a particular bullet major, but i counted each of them individually, and found it lacking in several languages...) and 87 majors at cornell (and for asian studies, i did NOT count all the individual languages NOR the different cultural/geographic studies) I JUST counted the bullets (i counted ALL the bullets, and subbullets - excluding independent major).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cornell.edu/academics/majors.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.cornell.edu/academics/majors.cfm</a></p>
<p>lastly, i took a look at the psych course catalog, and found it to be so similar to cornell's psych (afterall, stanford and cornell psych are like...twins...) that the fact that cornell has an HD major to be a huge edge. I was discussing this with another professor, and he even said that the psych department(s) should really rename itself to neuroscience and behavior really (although we do have quite a few social psych profs, the overwhelming majority at both university are focused more on brains and behavior)...but, the psych department at both schools really are literally twins.</p>
<p>quynh2007, could you elaborate a bit more about what you mean by "stanford and cornell psych are like...twins"? As in, they're similar in terms of their concentration in neuroscience... and quality also?</p>
<p>the professors at both schools are of the same caliber (and in fact, probably talk to each other often according one famous Psych 101 professor I know ;-P) and the courses offered are pretty similar if not the exact same. while many classes in psych and hd are cross-listed, HD offers a much MUCH more practical/contemporary (think of it as applied psych) focus. my own focus so far are on young children and adolescents, and rather than just the usual personality, cognitive, social developments, I have also learned (or will) role and play of children (and what it means, not just how it develops, through field work and observation) or problematic behaviors in adolescence, etc. that's why i said cornell has the advantage over stanford in that regard because it also has HD</p>
<p>p.s. sorry for anyone who doesn't know what HD stands for. it's human development</p>
<p>Wow, that sounds like something awesome... the study of young children and adolescents... one of the most inexplicable "sepcies" on earth heh. What's Psych 101 like, because I keep hearing how popular it is? Thanks.</p>
<p>I know that the ivy league is just a sports league. I'm very aware of the history of the ivy league and how it was created. I stated in my first post how I would choose Stanford academically over Cornell because it ranks with HYP for reputation purposes, but for location, I personally couldn't stay in California because it doesn't seem like me, so I would end up going to Cornell. However, the ivy league name in and of itself does carry prestige academically. Hence the saying, "My child is smart. He's applying to ivy league schools." I was just implying that if you don't go to Stanford, Cornell would be a good school to go to as well because it does carry prestige and name recognition.</p>
<p>psych 101 is amazing, it's one of the courses that is also offered to the medical students in qatar (i think physics is one of the other ones) so you are taking classes with those med students over there! Professor Maas (the famous sleep professor) teaches it, it before it moved to the Statler, it was the biggest one lecture course in the US (approx 1400/year, so i would say 1/2 of all undergrads took it by the time they graduated...the number is halved now until bailey hall is done being renovated). The readings are the usual famous ones, but he teaches it very very well. Made me interested in psych, and subsequently HD</p>
<p>(sorry, the last couple of posts have HUGE grammar mistakes. i have a prelim tomorrow morning, and am rushing through my posts during my study breaks)</p>
<p>Sdma89, I understand you perfectly. However, that ivy league brand becomes irrelevant here considering the caliber of school Cornell is up against. If this were say...Cornell vs. UT Austin, you could preach ivy league till your head fell off. This is Stanford, so I dont think anyone really cares about turning down an ivy (or anything for that matter) in order to attend.</p>
<p>That's my point, which is why I said that for reputation purposes, I would go to Stanford.</p>