<p>if you got in, did you regret it at all?</p>
<p>did have that "oh, i could have gotten into somewhere better" feeling?</p>
<p>Bump. I want to see what you guys have to say. This is the one thing I’m a little worried about. Cornell is an AMAZING engineering school, but what if by some weird chance I got into MIT? Or I got a great scholarship at Michigan?</p>
<p>then don’t do ED
this kid did ED to an ivy and arrogantly bemoaned for the rest of the year that he could have gotten into harvard.</p>
<p>and it was annoying as hell</p>
<p>That is true. See, I think I would choose Cornell over MIT or even Harvard, personally. But I am mainly worried about finances, I guess.</p>
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<p>starting next fall, Cornell will match aid offers from the other Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, and Duke</p>
<p>^which I guess would mean it’s better not to apply ED?</p>
<p>I did not at all regret applying ED. I wanted to go to Cornell more any other school, no question, and it was better financially as a NY resident applying to CALS.</p>
<p>gomestar, where is the info stating that they will match offers from those other schools next year? D got a much better package from both Dartmouth and Duke but Cornell wouldn’t match. I wonder if they will reconsider now…</p>
<p>TKsmom:</p>
<p>[MetaEzra</a> – Cornell To Match Aid Packages of Other Ivies](<a href=“http://www.metaezra.com/archive/2010/08/cornell_to_match_aid_packages.shtml]MetaEzra”>MetaEzra -- Cornell To Match Aid Packages of Other Ivies)</p>
<p>i’m on fin. aid., and i think the package is pretty fantastic, so i don’t think money
should be a huge concern in considering ED…</p>
<p>however
if you even have the slightest doubt about doing ed, DON’T.
it’s a huge commitment.
or else, in april, when your classmates get their acceptances, you’ll be there
wondering what might have been.</p>
<p>and you become much more susceptible to senioritis.
dress warm</p>
<p>Does anyone have any opinions about Cornell’s engineering program?</p>
<p>The reason I really liked Cornell is because I thought it was a good mixture of a great engineering school and an ability to take liberal arts courses. For example, I visited Columbia (Fu Foundation), and my tour guide wasn’t even planning to be an engineer–she was going to attend medical school. Granted, some Columbia engineers may be there for engineering. But I’ve also heard from others that Columbia’s engineering program isn’t always tailored for that.</p>
<p>Then I’ve visited places like RPI and Cooper Union. There aren’t any language classes at RPI, and Cooper is way too small to have many good classes outside of engineering.</p>
<p>Cornell engineering is the cream of the crop. A fantastic research oriented theoretical and practical engineering program. Intimate majors with lots of interaction with professors. Plenty of engineering extra-curriculars to get involved in. A great set of 6 other colleges in which to take courses.</p>
<p>Cornell’s one of the best in many areas, even non-engineering related. Not at many schools can you say you took top-notch engineering classes and top-notch classes in Creative Writing, Food Science, Labor Relations, Management, Psychology, etc.</p>
<p>i’m going to be a senior and i’m currently debating between columbia and cornell engineering. the thing is that cornell engineering is SUCH a good school that i’d be honored if i were accepted, but i would have a feeling of oh… i kind of wish i gave columbia a shot. but i’m still having a hard time deciding.</p>
<p>^surely there are other really important differences that can help you decide. do you want to spend four years of school in New York City, or in a small college town in Upstate NY? that by itself would make the difference for me.</p>
<p>Cornell’s matching program will not help EDers, only RDers.</p>