<p>I know Penn’s not a push-over, but Cornell has the image of being the most academically demanding of all the ivy leagues</p>
<p>How does Penn’s academic rigor hold up to Cornell’s?</p>
<p>I don't think Cornell is necessarily the most academically demanding..it just has more grade deflation so you have to work harder to keep the same grades. I guess you could say that's more demanding. But you also have to consider the quality of work done.</p>
<p>The real reason for Cornell's grade deflation is that the kids there are dumb.</p>
<p>i think probably all ivies(and stanford, mit, ect) are about the same in level of difficulty...but since cornell is so big, it HAS to take some lesser qualified applicants that will struggle. i have nothing against cornell and might end up going there. its just bigger.</p>
<p>All of the top schools are about the same for the same person in terms of rigor. The difficulty depends mainly on your major and specific requirements than on the overall school.</p>
<p>Most of the stories you hear about how certain schools are "harder" than others are overblown myths.</p>
<p>Cornell is definently rigorous for most subjects... its mean sat score this year was 1420 and admissions rate was 20%. Thats pretty selective (highest acceptence in the ivy league), but still pretty low. The kids are qualified, its just really really tough. Even being the biggest one, it's not that much bigger than Penn and tons of the kids got into both. Harvard undergrad, for example, is a joke... its not nearly as hard as Cornell but as far Penn is concerned, it's not as tough as Cornell unless you're in Wharton. Wharton is definently tough.</p>
<p>Wharton, Cornell, and Princeton are notoriously hard to get the good grades. I'm sure though that most Whartonites are several notches above their Cornell counterparts in AEM. That said--- Cornell kids tend to be more laid back with Whartonites have a rampant problem of uber-competition. My friend at Huntsman told me recently and probably half jokingly that you have to sleep with one eye open.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that engineering, was a ****load (LOT) harder than wharton. Although, I might also have the wrong impression :(</p>
<p>Except for Wharton, hell no!</p>
<p>Engineering at Penn is definitely harder than Wharton.</p>
<p>Cornell has an overblown stereotype. It doesn't have the most suicides (I think that's MIT) and it's not the most grade deflated Ivy (Princeton is supposed to be, but according to something I saw in the Law School forum, Penn is).</p>
<p>Personally, the exact ranks don't concern me, but I have heard from many different sources that Penn has alot of grade deflation compared to other schools...</p>
<p>Hi Guys! I like Cornell MUCHO MEJOR!</p>
<p>Hey dulce, No gives a damn!!!!</p>
<p>Dulce, leave before I call the Immigration Officers!</p>
<p>engineering at penn is much harder work than wharton. Getting a B/A- at wharton is easy, getting the A/A+ is difficult.</p>
<p>Go with the lighbulb philosophy:</p>
<p>How many Penn students does it take to change a lightbulb?
One---But he gets six credits for it.</p>
<p>How many Cornell students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Seven--- One to change the lightbulb and six to crack under pressure and commit suicide</p>
<p>Since very few people (none really) have attended all of the schools mentioned in this thread and since the level of demands varies by major and even by course, I don't know how the hell it's possible to say anything meaningful - all these Ivy School X is harder than Ivy School Y statements sound like urban legends to me.</p>
<p>I bet there must be some cornell-penn under/grad students somewhere in CC.</p>