<p>lol im not a cornell student...this argument is just ridiculous...im a high school student for the record</p>
<p>We may be confused with Penn State, but we beat you in basketball. More people have heard of Cornell than Amherst, but most educated people will say Amherst is much better than Cornell. If I walk down the street, more people will know the local state school than Cornell, but does that make it better than Cornell (excluding people in Cali, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, and New York)? The person working at Burger King may not have heard of Georgetown, but who cares about his opinion (unless you are seeking that sort of employment with your Cornell degree).</p>
<p>I'm not serious about most of this, and Cornell was very high on my list. A college may be more prestigious, but prestige doesnt equate quality or employment opportunities. When picking between colleges like Cornell and Georgetown, name recognition is really based on who you talk to and where you are in the world.</p>
<p>whatever..lets just all be friends...im tired of arguing and i have an ap midterm tommorow so ...</p>
<p>both rule in their respective fields...woohoo</p>
<p>You beat me to the punch.</p>
<p>Venkater: Did you form a new account?</p>
<p>why do you ask qwilde?</p>
<p>I could have sworn that you were involved in the religious debate in the UPENN forum.</p>
<p>that is very possible</p>
<p>lol why the ambiguity</p>
<p>I'm also quite sure your side lost :) </p>
<p>Yay for the IPU</p>
<p>Egad, "lol" can be effective and useful, but not all the time.</p>
<p>^ LOL!</p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>lmao....why don't ppl go worry about their own college stuff instead of debating which school is more prestige...??!!</p>
<p>lol i think the people in favor of gt are gt admitees and in favor of cornell are admitties also lol =D...anyhow they are both prestigious in their own way. georgetown is reowned in ir, history, and political science, etc. while cornell is reown for engineering, hotel managing</p>
<p>Go Cornell engineering.</p>
<p>But of course---GTOWN</p>
<p>Oh, hahahha penicls and oranges.
Dude they're both good. I think Georgetown is a much popular name where I live though, noone has even heard of Cornell.</p>
<p>Threads like this are irritating. Georgetown is a beautiful school...as a good chunk of the Capital is beautiful. It excels in politics and religious theory, philosophy and sociology, and when you are political science major, what better environment to learn than Washington D.C.? Cornell also has many great schools. It is a school where people learn from the best to succeed in any trade or occupation, as its motto is paraphrased. Do your research, and figure out where you want to go.</p>
<p>I know a rabbi who is a professor at Georgetown, and he is such an inspirational person that he builds up Georgetown's reputation just by existing. Sometimes the people who represent their institutions make their own prestige. </p>
<p>Sometimes you need to think outside the box and think about what a school really means to you. If a close friend really recommends Georgetown, or Cornell, I would seriously consider what he/she says. Your life shouldn't be decided by popular opinion.</p>
<p>Reasons people in this country and abroad are more familiar with Georgetown than Cornell: </p>
<p>Georgetown U prominently featured in the movies "The Exorcist" and "The Girl Next Door"</p>
<p>A recent president (Clinton) went to Georgetown</p>
<p>Bigtime basketball program at Georgetown</p>
<p>King of Spain's only son went to grad school at Georgetown (endless photos and coverage in tons of glossy European magazines similar to "People" and "Us")</p>
<p>Whereas Cornell's main claim to fame is that it is the university of choice for Acapulco's famous cliff divers.</p>
<p>
Correction: Cornell is as strong, if not stronger, than Georgetown in history and political science (as it is in most fields). Of course, Georgetown is a great school, and people like nspeds have gotten great educations there.</p>
<p>
[quote="Alexandre, post:8, topic:260812"]
Generally speaking, the DC colleges have excellent International Relations programs. Their Political Science departments are good, but not quite as good as one would expect. Political Science is not a practical, hands-on field. It is a highly theoretical/philosophical field. It is a myth that DC schools' proximity to the capital gives its political science majors an edge. The top three political science department can be found at Harvard, Michigan and Stanford, none of which are that close to DC. Other good departments:</p>
<p>Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University
[/quote]
</p>
<p>lol georgetown got pwnd and disownd</p>