<p>In 10/20/30 years from now, will Cornell's prestige increase or decrease?</p>
<p>It really depends on who you ask. And either way, it's really hard to predict what's going to happen a few decades from now to Cornell's image. You never know what kind of good or bad stuff can happen. But if anything, I don't think Cornell's prestige is going to go down, but rather that other schools' prestige is going to go up. This is probably gonna make Cornell seem less "elite" even though it's an Ivy League school. If you're worried about getting a job, a Cornell degree should still be a big advantage for years to come.</p>
<p>I think it'll go up. It's been going higher and higher and higher in the rankings lately. Of course it's hard to predict since that kinda thing is...pretty much impossible. I agree that other schools might just start to catch up more. But if anything Cornell will be great no matter wat. They have 20,000 people going there per year...wat r the chances that those people who graduate every year will let their school decrease in prestige? Not very likely. We have almost a quarter of a million living alumni right now and that will just increase. Cornell is on the up n up...</p>
<p>It'll definitely be greater, people will know of it as the school that I had graduated from....jk ;)</p>
<p>it'll go up. Huge flows of cash are comming in and it'll all help add to the endowment, reduce student:faculty ratio, and all of that good stuff.</p>
<p>Yes, Cornell is trying to raise 4 billion dollars in the next five years.</p>
<p>What prestige? ;)</p>
<p>heck, with me attending, by 2014, ppl will favor cornell over harvard.
jk
idk about prestige, but we all know it’s a respected instituion- ppl know we work our butts off, more than the other ivies.</p>
<p>It depends on the outcomes of the graduate students ( i.e if they make $$$, or become famous whichever comes first ) , and most importantly( imo) the type of faculty & administration ( Ivy breed, or not. Preferably the former ) we get in the future to work for Cornell is very very important. </p>
<p>Alot of the prestige really comes from the statistics of how many students get high paying careers in the finance industry ( i.e investment banking etc etc) we have AEM and CAS econ so depending on where they get jobs is important. I think the medical program has a great reputation already, and is heavily funded by alumni. Furthermore, how good we are as a professional school feeder also plays a pivotal role ( i.e how many get into Cornell/Harvard/Yale law schools). Finally, the schools endowment also would play a role in Cornell’s prestige factor. More money in the endowment indirectly shows how successful Cornellians are. Put it this way, if you are the CEO or founder of some huge company and you know you can get a HUGE tax break from the IRS if you donate money to your favorite school, your going to give the money to your Alma Mater. Why do you think Harvard’s endowment is so huge??</p>
<p>It is one of the bests schools in the world. Period.</p>
<p>More and more people are seeking a college education, and as one of the top schools in the world, Cornell and other top academic institutions will greatly benefit from this in that they will get the cream of the crop of an increasing pool of students.</p>
<p>From a vantage point of about 35 years ago, its ordinal relative admissions selectivity is virtually unchanged. I know of nothing currently that would occasion a precipitous change in either direction. Anything can happen, but if I had to pencil in a number in a spreadsheet I would put it right where it is now. There’s no basis to do anything else.</p>
<p>I don’t see it going down necessarily, but its reputation seems to be a little stagnated. UPenn and Columbia have made some major strides in the past 20 years (not just in USNWR, but just generally they seem to be perceived better - UPenn really hitched its wagon to the finance world and it helps Columbia to have a smart president as an alum - I’m not sure Bush did much for Harvard or Yale’s reps 
). </p>
<p>I don’t see Cornell on a similar trajectory, and perhaps thankfully so since I think it would be a tragedy if Cornell got away from its pragmatic roots and became a professional finishing school to shuffle fake money around. But, if you’re not on an upward trajectory in that cut-throat world, you’re going to get passed eventually. </p>
<p>Hopefully this $4 billion campaign and streamlining of its structure will allow it to be the Ford of higher education and re-emerge with a better product. Seems like offering fewer programs that are better and focusing on smaller class sizes would be some good steps. The revamped and renamed AEM could play a strong role in fleshing out Cornell’s programs that are considered amongst the elites in their fields. Also, their transnational focus and efforts to establish a presence in New York City are good steps to keep a relatively isolated university relevant in an increasingly urbanized and global society. I think a lot of the liberal art colleges are struggling in this regard.</p>
<p>The city schools fell and rose along with their cities.</p>
<p>undergrad prestige would possibly rise. However, its postgrad business school (Johnson) and law school are declining and i’m not seeing them reversed anytime soon as cornell isn’t really addressing the decline in a more rigorous way.</p>
<p>Some CC posters underestimate the strength of Cornell’s reputation in the real world.<br>
Applications have soared, up 80% in the last 6 years. CAS applications have doubled in the past 7 years, with 17,200 applicants competing for about 1,000 seats. The university has just enrolled its strongest class ever. Though I don’t ascribe great credibility to its rankings, USN&WR ranked Cornell’s undergrad reputation # 8, behind only HYPSM, Columbia, and Berkeley. The Architecture, A&LS, and Hotel Schools are ranked #1 in the country. Students can choose from over 4,000 courses in seemingly any field. And Ithaca [and Cornell] is gorges!</p>
<p>I would say that as the demographics reduce the volume of students in the coming years, the quality of the students at some of the now highly competitive colleges will be diluted. </p>
<p>When I went to college many years ago, some of the schools that are highly competitive now were not nearly as competitive then. (With my two children in college now, I was really surprised to hear about some of the colleges now that are highly competitive that were really no great shakes when I went to college. Of course, I was no great shakes then either.)</p>
<p>Cornell, and the other Ivies and elite schools, will maintain their high quality student body because they are and always will be the top of the heap. </p>
<p>My point is that I think the top elite schools will retain their prestige, but some of the other less highly ranked schools that now enroll exceptional students may see their student quality lowered.</p>
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