<p>How successful are Cornell Undergraduates during Graduate school admissions? Like, does Cornell have a history for sending their undergraduates to some of the best grad schools in the country? (like MIT for computer science...)</p>
<p>i want to say yes, but Cornell is very difficult for undergrad = low GPA</p>
<p>i know cornell grads only need a 3.3 to get into a top grad school for psychology, whereas most others need at least a 3.8 (coming from the mouth of my psych professor Harry Segal who went to michigan)</p>
<p>i reckon it is true for other majors as well</p>
<p>hmm..does anyone know any specifics about biology/biological engeering/environmental engineering?</p>
<p>this is a very good thread, grad school acceptance rates is one of the factors im gonna base my matriculation on</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>I only know the stats for med school (the most difficult grad school to enter). Cornell applicants have around a 78% acceptance rate into med school (as opposed to 50% average nationally). It's not quite as high Harvard or Princeton but is just as high if not a couple % higher than WashU or MIT's rates. The thing with Cornell is that since it is grade deflated, you have a chance to stand out if you can manage a reasonable GPA. Cornell applicants to med school with a 3.4 or above GPA (which is normally considered extremely low by med school standards) have a nearly 90% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>yes, i also heard that grad school admissions officers take the fact that Cornell has grade deflation into account as they make decisions...</p>
<p>My interviewer said that grad schools definitely factor in Cornell's grade deflation. I believe he also said that if you can maintain a high GPA at Cornell, you have better chances than someone with the same GPA coming from Harvard or a similar school that doesn't deflate grades.</p>
<p>That is so awesome! It kind of makes me want to go to Cornell just to see how high of a GPA I can get =-p.</p>
<p>i feel that way as well.</p>
<p>"My interviewer said that grad schools definitely factor in Cornell's grade deflation. I believe he also said that if you can maintain a high GPA at Cornell, you have better chances than someone with the same GPA coming from Harvard or a similar school that doesn't deflate grades."</p>
<p>is there any concrete evidence of this tho?????</p>
<p>anyone know about business school? or law school?</p>
<p>The thing at Cornell is that if you maintain a high GPA (3.8+), you will be nearly guaranteed into the best grad schools in the nation... and even if you don't, you still have a chance.</p>
<p>it depends what you mean by grad school ... professional schools like med and law are a totally different ball game.</p>
<p>My friends and I just finished up the whole grad school application process and I'd say we all faired pretty well. I'm going to be going to Columbia next year... and I have friends that have been accepted to top schools (Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, etc etc) in their fields. I would say it's more of a result of our own abilities and not necessarily the fact that we come from Cornell. After all, if you are dumb as a rock, it doesn't matter where you do your undergrad. If you know your stuff and demonstrate an ability to do research, you will get into the top schools regardless of where you come from. </p>
<p>Grad school admissions care just as much, if not more, about letters of rec and research experience than they do about your GPA. Cornell will give you a leg up by providing excellent research opportunities and the professors are world-renowned so their words carry weight when they write for you. It's also a really tough school and admissions know that.</p>
<p>do business and law schools look at your ability to do research or is that more applicable for med school?</p>
<p>Hey shizz... You're going to Columbia for grad school? law school or business school? what are you going to be studying?</p>
<p>grad school in the sciences</p>
<p>i think there is a wall street journal article about this. they rank schools with respect to graduate school admission, but don't distinguish between med, law, or business. and how is business school admission diff from law or med? first off, i know you need work experience to get into a top MBA program.</p>
<p>ok heres a secondhand account of that article:
<a href="http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=19404%5B/url%5D">http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=19404</a></p>
<p>finally, a situation where we can directly compare standard schools and LACs.</p>
<p>I should have said this in my original post, but I meant engineering grad schools. Like MIT, Stanford...</p>