<p>Can you tell me how Cornell is different from other Ivies,especially its Engineering school?may be you can give me a link containing comprehensive Cornell guide.</p>
<p>maybe you can use google to look that stuff up yourself. To give a quick recap. Cornell is a T10 or maybe even a T5 engineering school depending on who you ask. No other Ivies come close. Pton is a far second best.</p>
<p>hard to say cause i only go to cornell and not other ivies lol. but like above said, cornell has best engineering in ivy</p>
<p>Does anyone use google anymore?</p>
<p>Cornell feels like much more of a science/research oriented school than most of the other ivies as they seem more liberal arts based. </p>
<p>Oh yeah Cornell is also a lot larger than the other ones in people and area.</p>
<p>^yeah i agree</p>
<p>whats with all the people telling people to google…?</p>
<p>sure there are some stupid questions that could be googled, such as what is the admission rates for last year, but this is a more opinion based question that should be asked on a forum where people have a mix of different opinions. sure if you google this question, there will probably be some opinions from the past, but why cant they get new opinions from here?</p>
<p>Because most of the threads within the past few days have been simple questions that do not need to be taking up forum space for a discussion. Especially these threads made by people who have not been accepted yet and basically make it seem like they want to apply to all the Ivies. I’m going on a whim to assume that most people know the Ivies are not strong at engineering, and even by doing a BIT of research most people know that Cornell has the best engineering out of the Ivies. </p>
<p>If you want to compare Cornell engineering, you should be comparing it with MIT, Caltech, Cal, Michigan, etc. Not really the other Ivies.</p>
<p>well if not google search, do a forum search</p>
<p>Cornell engineering is considered a top 5~10 engineering school. It doesn’t quite compare to some of the powerhouses like MIT, Caltech, and Stanford. But it is right up there with other reputable engineering schools, like Michigan and Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Cornell is distinct because it is divided into seven undergraduate colleges that offer a truly diverse array of programs, many of them top-ranked. There is a lot of depth and diversity in the student body, owing to Cornell’s size and the breadth of its course offerings. Plenty of opportunities for different cultural experiences. It is much larger than the other Ivy league schools (except maybe Penn), which could be good or bad depending on what your preferences are. It has a very science-y feel to it, as it is a premier research university. It has a breathtakingly gorgeous campus, though the same could be said for other campuses. Cornell’s reputation in engineering is unmatched in the Ivy league, except maybe by Princeton. The list goes on. Each school is very distinct, so you will have to look at all of them carefully.</p>
<p>Go to the registrar’s list of courses actually given in engineering last semester, or this coming semester, count the courses.</p>
<p>If they don’t teach something at your school, you can’t learn it.</p>
<p>At Cornell you can become virtually anything your interests and aptitudes direct you to, as your studies progesss. At the other schools, you may be more limited, potentially, by what they don’t offer.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean you can’t go on to a great career from another place, just that your options may be more dictated by what they offer, vs. what you become interested in.</p>
<p>some trivial exercises:
-show me all the courses given last semester in civil engineering at, say, Yale, and compare that list to the courses actually given last semester in civil engneering at Cornell.
- count the number of engineering faculty members at cornell and at each of the other schools. Recognize that any one of these individuals might specialize in a field that you ultimately become interested in. If only these people are there, to cultivate your emerging interest. If they are not there, then consider that you may become interested in some sub-area but have nobody at your school to help cultivate this interest.</p>
<p>-Check into activity in engineering employment at each of these schools. I suspect that at some of them very few engineering firms come to interview, for engineering jobs.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.Tell me if you have some more.</p>