<p>I would like to hear your feedback on comparing the Duke Engineering program vs Cornell's Engineering program. My D has been accepted into both and she really has enjoyed both schools. She is considering Chem Eng at Cornell while BioMed Eng at Duke. </p>
<p>Look forward to your feedback/thoughts.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Both programs are particularly strong. Duke is in a very strategic location for potential jobs and internships, and offers a better interdisciplinary undergraduate education (Pratt actively encourages its students to take classes or even double major in Trinity), whereas Cornell has the overall better program, though not by much. Cornell is notoriously more difficult, and it’ll be hard to find many internships or job opportunities in Ithaca.</p>
<p>We just left Cornell Days and spent a lot of time with the engineering department. ^You are wrong - Cornell’s engineering program is extremely collaborative and supportive. We heard over and over again about how students work together and support each other. They all seemed very happy - lots of females in the school, which my son was happy about. On top of that, there are countless other classes available to engineers in each of the other 6 undergraduate colleges - Duke students don’t have that breadth of courses available to them! I liked how the engineering school made the larger school seem smaller. A very personal experience and very supportive - I would pick Cornell. It’s engineering school is tops. I’ve heard Duke’s program is more theoretical, where Cornell has a more hands-on experience. We toured the labs and saw students happily working on various projects. Cornell has 13 majors available in engineering. I believe that Duke doesn’t even have chemical engineering - or some other pretty basic field - if engineering is truly your child’s passion, then Cornell is the obvious choice.</p>
<p>The professor who spoke to our group was a chemical engineering guy and he had the most wonderful presentation. It made my son want to go into that field! He spoke of the collaborative nature of the school and seemed very approachable. I think Cornell goes the extra mile. As far as job prospects go, Cornell has that name that gets everyone’s attention - internships and coops are no problem for its students. They do them elsewhere and are very successful. They have programs in NYC. I don’t think the Cornell name would hinder any job prospects - that’s absurd. Cornell engineering has a bigger bang than Duke engineering - think about it…</p>
<p>Duke doesn’t have chemical engineering; in general, it’s engineering programs are not as broad and not considered comparable to Cornell’s. BME is the exception however. It depends on which major he wants to get into more and/or how sure he wants to pursue BME and not others.</p>