<p>Hello, I am going to Cornell this fall, and will be majoring in engineering. I did apply to MIT, but was waitlisted, and then rejected from there. MIT was at the very top of my college list, with Cornell being the 2nd. </p>
<p>Now I tell everyone that I am going to Cornell Univ, and am usually asked what I am majoring in. And I say engineering, and they are all like "Did you apply to MIT?". I say "Yes, but unfortunately blah blah".</p>
<p>It happened to me a lot that I am finally starting a thread to know if there is a really big gap between MIT and Cornell engineering. </p>
<p>Come to think of it, a guy even told me to not go to Cornell, and re-apply to MIT. </p>
<p>I am happy with Cornell, but what people keep saying to me is really annoying.</p>
<p>rubbish. Cornell is a great school for engineering-definitely top tier. I highly doubt there'll be much of a difference between them. Have fun in Cornell and trust me you'll laugh about this in a few years!</p>
<p>The math SATs at Cornell are only slightly lower than at MIT. The undergrad engineering program at Cornell is 150% larger than at MIT so there are actually more 750+ math SAT scorers in Cornell engineering than MIT in terms of numbers.</p>
<p>At Cornell, 54% of the engineering graduates are bachelors.
At MIT, 32% of the engineering graduates are bachelors.
At Stanford, 19% of the engineering graduates are bachelors.
Cornell engineering has a greater focus on undergraduates.</p>
<p>The resources and facilities in Cornell engineering are excellent. New building devoted to nanotech.</p>
<p>Collegehelp, I don't mean to rib you, but your numbers just mean that Cornell has more undergraduates relative to grad students, not that it has more focus on undergraduates relative to grad students. :)</p>
<p>Cornell has a great engineering program, and it's not worth it to take a year off from school for the small chance of getting into MIT. Go to Cornell, and if you're not happy, apply to transfer to MIT.</p>
<p>But you will likely be happy at Cornell. I've known a lot of MIT applicants who ended up there, and they're all loving their coursework (as much as any engineer can!) and happy with their decisions.</p>
<p>molliebatmit-
And I don't mean to detract from MIT which is generally recognized as the premier engineering school in the world along with Caltech. :)</p>
<p>Nor do I want to sidetrack this thread. In a nutshell, my question is this: If faculty time is finite and constant and the proportion of graduate students increases and faculty divide their time among all students then what is the effect of increasing graduate students on "undergraduate focus". How does the grad/undergrad ratio affect "undergrad focus"? It is an interesting question without a simple answer. I think grad/undergrad ratio some effect, but what?</p>