<p>Cornell and NYU are both on par, though NYU is in the city and cornell is harder to get to in terms of transportation.
If finances were not taken into account, which school is better? Does NYU have better internships and job placement? Which school has better economics department?</p>
<p>"If finances were not taken into account, which school is better?"</p>
<p>"Better", like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder.</p>
<p>i think comparing the two is like apples and oranges.</p>
<p>on the one hand, you have Cornell. my boyfriend went to Cornell, and he was fully immersed in the traditions, the atmosphere, the campus, the people he was surrounded by. he still looks back fondly on his days at Cornell, and he tells me about Cornelliana all the time. (their name for their traditions.) yes, it's Ivy League, but as he loves to say, "it was just a football league."</p>
<p>do you want a traditional college experience, with a real campus? do you want to be part of a long standing tradition? Cornell has their own connections and alumni. (he was a math major, so he doesn't know anything about the economics department.)</p>
<p>on the other hand, you have New York University. no real campus. the Stern School of Business, with many many connections to Wall Street, even with this bad economy. you're in Manhattan, with internships everywhere. you can even go to London or Shanghai to study economics through our study abroad program.</p>
<p>do you like living in an urban environment? are you ready for a non-traditional college experience?</p>
<p>you could probably compare the two university's economics departments by looking at their faculty and curriculum. but Cornell and NYU could not be more dissimilar. </p>
<p>"better" is what you make of it really. does the Cornell name carry more prestige? yes, it does. but the two college experiences are miles apart.</p>
<p>The previous poster is right, NYU and Cornell are Apples and Oranges in comparison. I went to Cornell and my son goes to NYU so I have a good perspective on both. Cornell is more unified, has more school spirit and traditions and a more traditional college experience. But NYU has a bold and eclectic mixture of classes and professors not availible anywhere else. In addition to it's city location NYU has assembled talented and unconventional teachers in a way that is not possible outside new york city. Which one you go to depends on what you want out of college.</p>
<p>The two schools are COMPLETELY different. I go to NYU and am trying to transfer to Cornell, and know quite a bit about both schools. Both schools are terrific for different types of students. </p>
<p>NYU - urban atmosphere, smack in the middle of Manhattan, no campus. No traditions, not much school unity, people not really peppy or into sports and the like. The social life isn’t centered around campus, but in NYC - we like to say NYC is our campus. NYU is also the better choice if you’re into artsy majors - in fact, the stereotype about NYU being full of liberal artsy hipster kids seems to be pretty true 
It’s a pretty artsy school. </p>
<p>Cornell - Rural, in the small town of Ithaca, in upstate NY. It’s basically in the middle of nowhere. Very traditional, rural, and more focused on science - there are a lot of science majors, their Engineering program is great, and they have a ton of unique majors not offered anywhere else. The campus unity seems to be strong and it’s more of the traditional college experience, complete with sports games, frats, sororities, etc. </p>
<p>I’m an Economics major - the Econ dept are both colleges are great! If you’re interested in Business, Cornell’s Business program is also ranked #4, higher than Stern, although Stern has the advantages of NYC.</p>
<p>Is Cornell really on par with NYU? I though NYU had a lower ranking on USNWR by like 15 spots</p>
<p>i’ve said this in other threads- honestly, employers are NOT going to whip out college rankings when you go on job interviews. yeah, Cornell is “Ivy League” and NYU is well known for their own reasons, but no employer or graduate school is going to have the rankings memorized by heart.</p>
<p>It’s been awhile since I’ve contributed. But I attended NYU in my first year and Cornell in my last three years of college.</p>
<p>There are a few reasons why I left NYU.</p>
<p>1) Atmosphere. Having spent my life in the city, I just wanted a change. NYU’s lack of a campus made it difficult for me to appreciate and enjoy the college life. As a commuter, it made the experience even worse. However, if you live on campus, I’m pretty sure things can be much better. Having the city is great, but having been in it my whole life, I just wanted to go out and explore and grow.</p>
<p>2) Academics. Yes NYU has great programs. As a pre-med, I was looking to major in the sciences. As I look through their offerings, I wasn’t too thrilled with the generic majors. I wasn’t about to spend my next four years majoring in something that isn’t particularly appealing to me. I went to Cornell for a more diverse and unique course offering. You mentioned that you wanted to be a marketing major, have you looked into AEM? It’s an excellent program with lots of connections. It’s also pretty well known.</p>
<p>That’s pretty much it, I really can’t think of anything right now. But if I had to pick again, I’d still pick Cornell. There are definitely pros and cons to the school. In the end, the decision rests of where you think you will be most happy and successful.</p>
<p>I would say “name-wise”, Cornell is considered more prestigious/elite…yeah no one has rankings memorized, but most people know cornell as ivy league and nyu as a good top 50 school. But the difference in academics or quality of education is probably not very different, so pick the school that’s a better fit for you. In this case, the 2 schools are COMPLETELY different atmospheres.</p>