<p>I want to know many objective/subjective facets of duke and cornell.
(of course i did look into stuffs i can find online/booklet and stuff)</p>
<p>I did get into both and, as for now, want to do Biomedical engineering.
I want to be in a city where creativity(perhaps openminded) is BIG and somewhat laidback atmosphere(i dont want "too" much of competition)
i want family atmosphere totally, and some personal attentions would be good. (i am not kinda person who goes and says hi first..)</p>
<p>(here is what i know) both schools are in fairly rural areas. NY is colder than NC
Duke has a great BME program while Cornell only has minor (is that a huge disadvantage??).
I felt as Cornell is more wellknown, pretigious, and harder (in terms of grades and stuff)</p>
<p>ANY comments are so welcome. i need lots of feedbacks. (since both schools seem to be very similar in fact)</p>
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Duke has a great BME program while Cornell only has minor (is that a huge disadvantage??).
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Well, I don't know much about Cornell, but if you want to be a biomedical engineer, wouldn't you want to major in it? Yeah I'd say only being able to minor would be a disadvantage.</p>
<p>well "a" problem with duke i think is it has only (namely/focused) 4 engineering programs (BME, EE, Environmental, Civil,.. ithink) and they dont offer that much majors.</p>
<p>i'll might be stuck, that's what i am worrying about
(you know, what if , later on, i want to switch to other engineering major such as chemical engineering.??)</p>
<p>Duke isn't rural like Cornell is rural. Raleigh-Durham has a population over one million, Duke is 25 miles from an international airport, 15 miles from Research Triangle Park (the largest tech research park in the world) and 8 miles from UNC which means the area is really culturally active. </p>
<p>And, I can't speak firsthand about Cornell, but allegedly it is the least "laidback" Ivy.</p>
<p>Ahhh! don't go to Cornell! I can't imagine why you would ever choose a place so depressing, cut-throat, sad and COLD over Duke, a place that is fun, laid-back, happy, and WARM, and just as (if not more) prestigious. To be honest, I faced the same decision as you last year but it wasn't really a decision since I didn't even think about actually attending Cornell after visiting in March. I am an artsy person too, and Duke has turned out more than well for me. Better BME, better people, better environment, better school. Don't make a decision you'll live to regret!</p>
<p>Cornell is the better choice, because you want to do engineering, especially since you're undecided. Cornell is also known as having the best engineering programs in the Ivy League, and has OUTSTANDING facilities(just look at the Engineering Quad and you'll know). My cousin graduated from Cornell last year, and she loved it. The sister of one of my friends here at Georgetown also graduated from Cornell and loved it, and is planning to go back up to Ithaca for grad school. Cornell is tough, but it is doable. When you graduate, you know that you accomplished something that few could do. You have a huge campus to explore(admittedly not as large as Duke), surrounded by waterfalls, hills, lakes, gorges, grass, trees, etc. Collegetown is great, and one of my friends at Cornell says that there are great parties, and greek life is significant. </p>
<p>So, if you're undecided about which field of engineering you want to major in, choose Cornell, simply because it is outstanding in engineering, has outstanding facilties, and is clearly not as depressing and cut throat as people like to claim it is.</p>
<p>Disagree that Cornell will open more doors. Duke is harder to get into and more respected for undergrad. It also has one of the best BME peograms and is a much more fun college. No contest, Duke.</p>
<p>Cut-throat? I haven't experienced any back-stabbing so far and I'm premed.</p>
<p>Hard? Yes. But the grading definitely is not unfair. </p>
<p>I personally can't understand people who run away just because they think a college will challenge them. God forbid you actually have to earn your A. If you're going on to med school or something, you are going to have to do an insane amount of work. Might as well get used to it as an undergrad (although the amount of work at Cornell is not quite that insane).</p>
<p>All the people that I know that go to Cornell are miserable. They say the TAs suck and don't teach and are just mean and that the professors don't care. They're in engineering too. Just something to consider.</p>
<p>Duke!!! but I'm a little biased since I'll be a future Blue Devil :) Seriously, its probably one of the most well-balanced universities, with superior academics, research, athletics, arts, weather, intellectual atmosphere, facilities, the list goes on and on...</p>
<p>Our engineers are very collaborative... I'm an engineer, and I'm not miserable. Stressed out, occasionally. Miserable, no. In fact, I'm quite happy here overall.</p>