<p>And FWIW, D2 transfered to Cornell CAS from another college, does not feel like she is “settling”, any more than she would have if she’d gone to Georgetown, is having a wonderful experience there and is now doing better there academically than she did at her first college. She is working hard, but she did before as well.She finds it to be managable, with good time management, and she usually isn’t overwhelmed.</p>
<p>lol, everyones marketing their schools</p>
<p>It was opinion. It’s a unique option and something that Georgetown certainly does not offer. As I said, if the OP is leaning towards business (as said in the first post), then it would make more sense to go to Georgetown rather than Cornell’s CAS. Of course it’s opinion, but Cornell is definitely a “lesser ivy” and easier to get into, and a lot of people just choose it because it is an ivy.</p>
<p>For the record any tom, dick and idiot can get into cornell from experience hehe</p>
<p>For the record, Cornell CAS accepted 16.7% of applicants last year, while the university aggregate acceptance rate was 19%. Midrange SATs for CAS were CR 640-740, M 660- 770.</p>
<p>For the same year, the Georgetown Business school admitted 21% of applicants, midrange SATs were CR 620-730, M 680-770.</p>
<p>Cornell’s AEM undergraduate business major is reportedly the most selective program in the university, and has been increasing in the various rankings. It was most recently ranked by #10 by US News and #8 by Business Week. As far as I’m aware, CAS students can take AEM courses, and inter-college transfer is also possible.</p>
<p>oh wow. that makes me lean towards cornell for sure. and i talked to one of my friends who goes there and he said that its pretty easy to transfer between schools there. you just have to fill some requirements</p>
<p>At this point, I think what will be the biggest factor in helping you decide is going to the accepted candidates weekends. I believe you mentioned you are going to GAAP w/e at Georgetown. After that weekend and hopefully one you get to spend at Cornell, you should have a much better feel for where you “fit”. I think you will be impressed with what you hear from the MSB students at Gtown. At Cornell, for business, AEM in CALS is definitely where you need to be if you are considering business. The program is very competitive to get into (not sure how hard it is to transfer in) and very cut throat from what I have heard through the grapevine (don’t personally know anyone in the program). We did not get this vibe at Gtown at all. My S was waitlisted at Cornell for AEM and chose Georgetown MSB.</p>
<p>well i;ve got a couple of friends who graduated hs last year and had to choose between cornell and georgetown. one chose gtown over cornell and she said she hated it the first few months but she got used to it and now shes okay with it i guess. she didnt specify. the other friend chose cornell over gtown. he loves it at cornell. he says its not THAT competitive. and its nice there and its actually pretty easy to transfer between colleges, unless you want to transfer into engineering. i have another friend at cornell and he is in the AEM program and he says that it is not cut-throat. if anything, the engineering is cut-throat at cornell. so i guess im leaning towards cornell now. still have to visit. thanks for your input guys, and i could still use more!</p>
<p>actually, im just going to post the email that my friend who chose cornell over gtown sent me.
"Yea definitely. First of all, I got into Gtown, so it was one of the schools I considered. They’re completely different places. No one here really notices that there isn’t a city here. People often mention it as a negative, but with work and extracurriculars, it’s rare that they have time to care about the city. Plently of people do study abroad. That’s true at most schools today. What you want to study is also important obviously, so knowing that would be helpful. And of course, how much financial aid, if any, you got matters too. I’ll just be general.
To be blunt about it lol:
These are the reasons Cornell>Gtown
- More diversity. Usually this a ******** factor, but in this case, it’s important because Gtown is largely white unless you’re talking about their School of Foreign Service. Cornell is actually diverse.
- Cornell has more money for funding clubs, research, etc. Even my interviewer for Gtown told me Gtown doesn’t have enough money for clubs.
- If you even remotely want to do anything with math or science, Cornell is the place to be. Gtown is great for govt/poli sci/history/business, (Cornell’s departments in those areas are just as good, Gtown govt is a little better) but it doesn’t come nearly close to Cornell in science.
- You will also likely have less requirements here than at Gtown. You can ask Tiffany, she’ll complain about them.
- You mentioned fun. Since you like sports, sports here are significantly bigger than at Gtown. Of course Gtown basketball is big, but everything else blows. There are club teams here for every sport you can think of. If you’re into partying, Cornell has the most frats in the country, and they have really good parties. I’ll be honest, Gtown has better girls in general lol. But I doubt that’s your first priority.<br>
- There are literally thousands of classes here every year. You will definitely have a wider variety of courses to choose from.
- Cornell is a research university. This is another ******** factor that schools often use to get people to apply. But at Cornell it actually affects students. If you want to, you can get started in research as soon as you want. If you want to go to grad school for any field, that’s one of the most important things.
- The negative is obviously the cold and snow. It’s not as horrible as people say, but it does get really cold. And again, the no-city part can be a negative if you want it to. You’re going to be living in a city/suburb all your life, so why do that during college too?</p>
<p>Lol I forgot to mention, the food is really good. You have everything you’ll ever want. Most people get confused by the business program. It’s a regular business program, nothing weird just because it’s in the ag school. If you care about rankings, it’s ranked above the Gtown undergrad business program in most rankings. I don’t use rankings at all though, I think they’re useless.</p>
<p>To be honest, collegetown doesn’t really offer much. There are a lot of restaurants and bars there. All the parties happen on campus in the frats, and they’re easy to get into freshman year. After that, if you don’t join a frat, it becomes a little harder. Like I said before, most people don’t even notice that there isn’t a city because they class, work, extracurriculars, or something else.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about job placement at all. All the top companies hire here. JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs hire the most Cornell students. The level of competition really depends on what subject it is. The math and science classes are harder here than they are anywhere else, but people still take those classes and do just fine. The business classes are average in terms of difficulty. </p>
<p>For the record, Cornell CAS accepted 16.7% of applicants last year, while the university aggregate acceptance rate was 19%. Midrange SATs for CAS were CR 640-740, M 660- 770.</p>
<p>For the same year, the Georgetown Business school admitted 21% of applicants, midrange SATs were CR 620-730, M 680-770" </p>
<p>that was the end of the emails from him. on the other hand, my friend from georgetown just told me that it was a culture shock and that the reason she ended up picking gtown was that ithaca has crap weather. she said that there are alot of good things about gtown and that she just got acclimated to it. and now she enjoys it</p>
<p>let us know how you decide!</p>
<p>definitely!</p>
<p>Thanks for everyone’s input. I just visited Cornell and found it to be incredibly beautiful (except for the imposing chain-link fences attached to several bridges which marred the surroundings – Ithaca is Fences). The weather throughout most of the day was freezing and overcast, perhaps giving me a semi-accurate feel for how it will be like if I attend.</p>
<p>Next weekend is Georgetown.</p>
<p>The chain-link fences were quickly put up during break, hopefully they will find a more aesthetically satisfying permanent solution for the bridges.</p>
<p>wow, lmfaocollege, i just visited cornell too. AND, im visiting georgetown next weekend. perhaps we should meet up? lol</p>
<p>anyways, i found it to be beautiful as well. and the professors were nice, at least the ones in the classes i sat in on. i liked collegetown as well (my overnight host took me out to dinner with friends) and there is a lot to do there, and around campus in general. i talked with my host and all of his friend extensively about cornell, and they all said that studies are never overwhelming. his roommate is in engineering and he has very high grades and he still finds time for world of warcraft a couple of hours a day. </p>
<p>at times i felt right at home, and at times i got this depressing, distant feeling. i think that might have something to do with the terrible weather (which the dean kept saying was GOOD for this time of the year). even though i was skeptical of my friend who chose georgetown over cornell last year because of the weather, weather will be a strong factor in my decision as well. it sets the whole tone for the area. but who knows, i might get used to it if i decide to attend. if cornell wasn’t so darn cold, it would be perfect! 
i wish it was in Pennsylvania or something lol</p>
<p>Let us know what you all think of Georgetown after GAAP weekend!!</p>
<p>It’s hard to say without you giving some idea of what you would like to do after college, but I think even though Georgetown is known for languages/IR I’m sure Cornell will have language programs that are just as good. Overall, Cornell is a better institution academically when you take everything into account, but Georgetown wins on the weather front. A lot of people forget or ignore the fact that Georgetown is Catholic and that does have some impact on the nature of the school, so that may be something to think about.</p>
<p>If you are a Catholic at Georgetown, there are services, etc. for you to take advantage of. For non-Catholics or Catholics who don’t practice regularly, religion is NOT an issue at all on campus and is not thrown in your face. You have to take a theology class, but, most kids feel like the topics are really interesting and are not courses that are trying to shove the Catholic religion down your throat. There is a wide range of topics to choose from. Boston College is Jesuit as well. I have 2 sisters and a lot of friends who went there and none of them were Catholic and it was never an issue. It is really a non-issue at Georgetown as well.</p>
<p>Ugh such a tough choice! I have the same one! Does anyone have any advice weighing Georgetown against Cornell as a Rawlings Presidential Research Scholar (CPRS)?</p>
<p>madhukar92: Wow… that’s funny. XD We very well could have if we wanted to! :P</p>
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<p>I agree, though it might have had something to do with the oppressive chain-link fence sprouting everywhere. Or maybe it was the overall emptiness of the place; we stayed until around 3 P.M. on Saturday, saw no kids walking around campus despite the nice (~70 degree weather). The kids that we did see were playing ultimate frisbee. Were the other 12,900 in the library studying? </p>
<p>The surrounding land was indeed beautiful, but the immensity of the place maybe gave a sense of emptiness.</p>
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<p>As for Georgetown, I’m sure my impressions were affected by the 80 degree weather in D.C. last weekend. The GAAP program was very well organized, though it seems as if they could have just fit everything into 1 day rather than have a few trailing events take place on Saturday. The campus is also beautiful, though with a lot more Box-Buildings than Cornell, and more compact. Then there is the Georgetown area outside the gates which is a charming residential area. Tons of students out and about, having a grilling event, Relay for Life was taking place on the lawns. The CompSci department is very small, which might affect my decision. The mock class (Comparative Literature and then Japanese) was fun.</p>
<p>so where are you leaning towards? cornell im guessing?</p>
<p>but seriously!!! it was 70 degrees at cornell… hahah thats hard to believe after visiting on a 45 degree april day. </p>
<p>and actually, i think all those kids might actually have been in the library. when i visited my host kept talking about upcoming prelims</p>