<p>i got accepted to other schools
but i narrowed my choice to cornell and penn. </p>
<p>i know cornell has better and bigger engineering programss
but people just tease Cornell a lot!!!!!
if i go to cornell?? will i have happy life??
actually i'm ok with tough GPA thing.. </p>
<p>mom and dad kind of force me to go to penn.. cuz it's near my sister's house..
and.. they know penn has better overall ranking ..
but some penn people say that non-Wharton people feel a bit of inferiority.. </p>
<p>although i don't know what i'll do at grad school, i'll definitely do engineering at undergrad.. </p>
<p>i feel like i have to make decisions in this week!!! but i'm SO confused!!!
tell me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Which specific field of engineering?</p>
<p>people like to teast cornell a bit, but that's usually because they know Cornell students work alot harder than they do at their grade-inflated schools ;)</p>
<p>unless you need a small "hold my hand!" school in the middle of a huge city, there isn't any reason why you wont be happy at Cornell. 700 student clubs, beautiful campus and location, and a course description book that's three times the size of Ithaca's phone book. The engineering school has many driven and motivated students as well, you'll have a blast!</p>
<p>despite US New's ranking of penn, the two schools should be much closer together (Penn is ranked better than MIT and Stanford ... give me a break). As you know, Cornell's engineering program is ranked above Penn's (and all of the other ivy's). </p>
<p>The only legitimate reason i would say pick penn over Cornell is if you're certain that Penn is a significantly better fit for you personally. If this isn't an issue, i'd say pick Cornell and don't look back.</p>
<p>collegehelp! i think i'll do chemical engineering
tough lol.. </p>
<p>ah.. one more thing!
even the school's competitive, do the students work together? or they do individually??</p>
<p>For chemical engineering, both Penn and Cornell are excellent. I would choose based on which kind of environment you prefer.</p>
<p>Cornell engineers do a lot of group projects, some of which are quite intensive. Students are friendly and mutually supportive. Electrical engineers tend to be non-social but chemical engineers really know how to have fun. At Cornell, the chem eng majors do a lot of social things together. Electrical engineers feel uncomfortable if you say hello (exageration).</p>
<p>Engineering, by its nature, requires a lot of solitary work. Students are not competitive with each other. Student's thoughts are consumed by scrambling to meet tomorrow's deadlines. They compete mostly against the clock and the calendar. Prelims (exams) are, of course, completed individually. </p>
<p>There is a sense of comeraderie that comes from suffering through the pressures together. The Cornell engineering experience has many of the same stresses that engineering students everywhere have. Students will help each other with their problem sets if you ask, but not many ask. Grad students are readily available for assistance. Sometimes labs are completed with a partner. Professors are very busy but they are available if you need them. But, sometimes they have office hours and nobody visits.</p>
<p>In the dorms and apartments, everybody is friendly and sociable.</p>
<p>There are quite a few students from Korea.</p>