<p>I agree with the ranking whores...a bit better rankings and more selectivity will do the school good in the long run.</p>
<p>it's unfortunate, but true. </p>
<p>Stronger rankings = more applicants, stronger student body, higher yield rate, etc.</p>
<p>um if cornell was ranked 13 and had a 15% application increase what do u forcast if cornell goes up in rank? Harvard is ranked like 2 or three and was the only ivy not to have an increase on applicantions. so the rankings do always mean they attract more students.</p>
<p>My prediction: 13. I don't think Cornell will improve its ranking by that much.</p>
<p>hi all, sorry i have been out of it for the last several months, school and pledging a sorority kind of knocks you out of things, but this is too good to pass up. Let me make a case for not lowering class size. </p>
<p>Psych 101 is one the best class at cornell. in fact, before it was moved to the statler auditorium, it used to have 1400+ students in the class, and now that the class is cut in half, the waiting list is over 700 at the beginning of each fall. I would never ever ever propose to have this class cut down. why? because it is a great class, and if 1500 students want to take it, then why not? why not? </p>
<p>personally, with a school this large, cutting down the size of class gets frustrating to many freshmen and sophmores who do coursenroll last and find out they can't get into a class due to a class limit. let me just say that i've missed out on great classes because the class size was less than 20, and I was #25 for example. so, smaller class = better? not necessarily.</p>
<p>my 2cents.</p>
<p>Oh, by class size, I thought people were talking about making each college smaller (lowering the acceptance rate), not just the # of people in each course. Either way I guess it makes sense...</p>
<p>that's what i thought also, people need to be more clear</p>
<p>i meant "making each college smaller." By keeping the same number of courses, this will reduce the average class size. Not only is it a problem at Cornell, but it is also highly influential in the rankings. Yes, acceptance rate will go down, but i'm looking for a way to end the problem like my meditation class: 128 students, come on!</p>
<p>I wish Cornell at least made the list, but it didn't :(</p>
<p>Um - Cornell's on that list.</p>
<p>Oh, label me blind :p</p>
<p>yea Northwestern is 21!... goin there yr... though hopefully continuing the GT option at cornell next year (closer to home)</p>
<p>is that list only for medical, law, and business? or all the grad schools?</p>
<p>as it says, only med, law, business and only certain ones of those....</p>
<p>ILR, HumEc, and CALS are going private in 2010.</p>
<p>yes thats right, our rankings are gonna jump!!! weeeeee</p>
<p>where did you hear that?</p>
<p>well that will be the year we graduate but i doubt cornell will stop taking money from the state</p>
<p>dh277 - where did you hear that rumor? I've heard it from many people as well and posted a thread on here long ago. I hope it's true!</p>
<p>Whats the advantage if a college goes private?</p>
<p>It will be more expensive for NY residents, which might mean that great students who would do very well will pass up the opportunity because of cost and go somewhere else. That should be great for rankings.</p>