<p>I loved vassar when I visited, yet when I got my acceptance letter; I was saddened. I got into Cornell a week before and now I have no clue where to go. Could u guys give me some pros and cons with Cornell and vassar? Thank you</p>
<p>Hi, I also applied to Cornell last year. Vassar, I think was a very good choice for me: beautiful campus, small classes (seriously cliche, but truth: you get to really know your professors, and they help out so much), no intense ridiculously hard classes. The people are incredibly friendly and you keep the friends that you make. In general for small school LACs in comparison with larger universities. It’s becoming more common for grad schools (if you so decide to choose to attend one) to accept LAC graduates because of their well-rounded background. For example, science knowledge is good for med schools, but a doctor needs to understand his/her patients, and a background involving some sociology classes might help with that. Biggest point to make: so much school spirit and love for Vassar from students.</p>
<p>Flip a coin. If you don’t like the answer the coin gives you, keep flipping it until you get the answer you want.</p>
<p>In other words, go with your gut.</p>
<p>Very different schools.</p>
<p>Cornell has some of the harshest winters in the country. Coming from the West Coast, the winters @ Vassar almost killed me. I almost transferred to Berkeley after my frosh year. The amazing and unique people that make Vassar great kept me there. You will never find another school like Vassar. I don’t know one person that doesn’t like being here. I do know that people regularly kill themselves at Cornell.</p>
<p>I think you are going to get the same level of education at either place. At Vassar, you will get extremely personalized attention. Professors will mentor you and fight to get you, as an individual, internships/jobs/grad school placement if you work hard and put in the effort. I have eaten at 60% of my profs’ homes at one point or another over the past 3 years. That number goes up pretty high if you include coffee or individual meetings outside of class. I don’t think that is the experience at Cornell.</p>
<p>If name recognition is really, really important to you, and you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to do in life, then I’d say Cornell. If you want to have a mind blowing experience, love learning for the sake of learning (the teachers here are insanely good at teaching. i’ve had material that i never thought that i would understand illuminated by these awesome people that truly care about you.), are passionate about something, and be apart of a pretty cool and unique community.</p>
<p>All this being said, I do know one kid that transferred because he wanted to go into the army.</p>