<p>Would Cornell be a good place to go for Journalism?</p>
<p>No, I don't think that it would. Syracuse would be much better.</p>
<p>cornell isn't a bad place to go for anything really, (except warm sunny beaches) but there are other schools who have more specific programs in some areas.</p>
<p>It's probably a longer term mistake to go to a "journalism school" for undergraduate work. If you scratch most of those at the top of the profession, they majored in anything but journalism, although many went to Northwestern, Columbia, Missouri, etc. for graduate journalism school. A great many of top end NY Times reporters, for example, are Ivy grads with no specific journalism training. Better to go to the best school you can, and work on newspaper or do other journalism related activities as an undergrad.</p>
<p>As an example, the New York Times obituary of Philip Merrill who apparently died at sea this weekend (not to mention the founders of Gannett Newspapers, the Knight-Ridder chain, and others):</p>
<p>Redcrimblue is absolutely correct. Don't go to Syracuse over Cornell for ANYTHING. Choosing an undergrad school on the basis of its journalism offerings (keeping in mind that these schools receive accolades on the basis of their grad offerings in the first place) is not a wise move. I'm not even sure if going to grad school for journalism is the wisest move, but that is far less black-and-white, so to speak, as the decision between Cornell and Syracuse.</p>
<p>I was considering journalism too at one point, but the only school I would have chosen over Cornell is Northwestern's Medill School.</p>
<p>So since Cornell isnt huge on journalism, would it be easier for a journalism major to get in?</p>