<p>jrpar, I hope those rankings take into account colleges at Cornell to which the student is applying because different colleges have different requirements. </p>
<p>Collegeparent,
Here's some unbiased and holistic ranking: THES (holistic because it doesn't make Selectivity and Admission rates the biggest factor in its admission and cuz it takes into accnt research, faculty, student placements, relative perfomance, student research and all to a more acceptable degree)</p>
<p>please note these are World rankings and not just US univs.
Cornell's ranked no.13 in that...ahead of Columbia at no.20 and Brown and Dartmouth/
SJTU rankings place Cornell ahead of Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth too at no.12 (with Yale at no.11).
Also, this year Cornell's acceprtance rate has seen a huge fall! Most certainly, Cornell's rankings in this UNSWR will be within 10 this year.
Your department matters too...You'll obviously choose Cornell over Yale for certain majors like Engineering, Hotel management and Science...maybe it would be the other way for other majors. </p>
<p>Lastly, some students choose Cornell, purely because its a better match and they love the environment. I gather you r a parent and u've seen my "Help" thread recently posted on the Parents forum where I asked on views of Cornell vs Imperial College, London, where I was accepted a few days back. IC would have worked out much cheaper and IC is ranked ahead of ur Berkeley and CalTech for Engineering and almost all other fields...but, I choose Cornell because I really like the place. Once ur in a top-10 institution, it doesn't matter whether its IC or Cornell or CalTech...its more a question of how you use the oppertunities available.</p>