Duke v. Cornell

<p>Definitely Duke</p>

<p>This spring I stumbled across an ESPN sportscenter broadcast hyping the upcoming march madness tournament. It was broadcast live from Dukes Basketball arena, and did not take place before or during an actual game. They had the sports anchors pitching the tournament in front of the stands filled with Duke fans in full regalia ,brought in just as props. These fans waved and bobbed up and down on que, being commanded by an off camera director. As the camera would sweep up to the stands the Dookies would bob up and down and wave furiously like animatronic creatures at Disneyland. It was truely saddening to see them demean themselves this way. Cornell fans (nor any other ivy league fans) would NEVER do this. They would not sell thier souls for a bit of TV coverage the way the pitiful Duke fans did.</p>

<p>i'd say just goto wherever you like. i know prestige is so much valued in CC, but i seriously don't see either of them dominating the other in terms of prestige.</p>

<p>for me, i turned down Duke for Cornell. but i think it would have been a great choice either way.... actually, i think i made a great choice since im an engineer :)</p>

<p>@ shermanbus83</p>

<p>"They would not sell their souls for a bit of TV coverage the way the pitiful Duke fans did."</p>

<p>That's a very harsh statement. You obviously have no respect for the enthusiasm that Duke fans have for their team and school. Millions of Americans want to be shown on TV. Why do you think shows like American Idol or You Think You Can Dance become so popular?
Also, at least Duke fans get the chance to be on TV. It's not like isolated Ithaca has a local TV station dying to broadcast Cornell's sports.</p>

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Too bad ESPN would rather broadcast a senior citizen charity bowling competition than show an important Cornell hockey game so we'll never know how great these Cornell fans are.:rolleyes:</p>

<p>At Cornell, lessons and lectures are contained within individual schools right? Does that limit the interaction of students between the different schools?</p>

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At Cornell, lessons and lectures are contained within individual schools right?

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Wrong!
The beauty of Cornell is that you can take courses in all 7 colleges, no matter what your major is. Some of the courses have limited enrollment to a particular major/college, but you have plenty of opportunities to mix it up. I noticed you were interested in AEM (my major). I take a lot of higher level econ and math courses in CAS. I also plan on taking Hotel's wine course in my senior year among other really fun courses offered. Do you research - see below.
From the AEM website
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You will have plenty of opportunity to choose from Cornell's over 4,000 courses offered by nearly 100 departments to tailor your courses to meet your specific career goals.

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