<p>I have narrowed my early decision choice to these two schools: Why is Penn better than Cornell?</p>
<p>That's for you to figure out, not for us to tell you.
Go do some research, like most of us did to find out that we loved Penn.</p>
<p>Have you even visited them both? They are polar opposites in terms of location. You're screen name involves Wharton so if you're looking to do business then obviously Upenn would be the clear favorite since Wharton is arguably the best in the world.</p>
<p>Did you seriously just start another thread with basically the same question as your previous "what is penn like?" one?
<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>Seriously man, especially for a comparison such as Penn/Cornell (in which both schools are very, very obviously different from each other) it shouldn't take much for you to gain a preference. Based on location alone I think Penn is superior, but that's just because I love the city and Philly. Cornell seemed way too
a) cold
b) isolated
c) obsessed with disproving its "worst ivy" stereotype by actively attacking other schools including Penn. Obviously there are many Cornell students who don't care about rankings, but a lot of them feel way too fiercely on the subject. This is magnified on CC.
If you like the great outdoors 24/7 then you'd like Cornell more!
Both student bodies seemed to me vibrant, chill/relaxed, and energetic, unlike many of the other ivies, so they do have that in common.</p>
<p>Obviously I have done plenty of research and I have visited both schools at least twice. In terms of location, they are very different but I like them both a lot. I am looking for input as to why you guys as Penn students love Penn.</p>
<p>Seniors08, are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how often people from other Ivies come over to our thread and start randomly attacking us and telling us we deserve to not even BE in the Ivy League? I don't even vist other Ivy League boards except, obviously, right now - but only because someone from Penn made a link to this board through the Cornell forum. @_@</p>
<p>Penn has greater breadth of classes available to its undergrads, as it not only lets you take classes in all four undergraduate schools, but several of its graduate schools as well. Penn also has a strong interdisciplinary culture. It does more than just make them available; it actively encourages you to take advantage of them.</p>
<p>Penn has the greater cultural, social, recreational, etc opportunities that come with being in one of America's major cities. Penn is also smack dab in the middle of the Northeast Corridor (or the BosWash megapolis) and has quick and convenient access to visit NYC, DC, etc</p>
<p>It's a heck of a lot easier to get from point A to point B as Penn's campus is more compact and not on a hill.</p>
<p>The weather is (somewhat) better in Philly than Ithaca.</p>
<p>Of course if I were an outdoorsy type I'd probably prefer Cornell over Penn--at least as determined by its surrounding environment.</p>
<p>Oh, and food carts ;)</p>
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<p>Hm... I don't know about this considering the fact that Cornell has 7 undergraduate colleges in very diversified fields, and also allows its undergrads to take some grad courses</p>
<p>edit:I posted more in the Cornell forum, you can take a look at it there.</p>
<p>^ Cornell also offers the most courses in the Ivy League, and it has the widest range of topics to study. As an undergrad, you can choose from 4,000 classes to take.</p>
<p>Yay! Love it when the Cornellians come and invade =)</p>
<p>Not gonna get into a prestige contest between Cornell and Penn... if Cornell kids wants to think they are more prestigious as a university overall than Penn, they have the freedom to live in whatever world they wish to.
But to ILOVEWHARTON I think location should be the biggest factor in your decision. I hated Ithaca's location, hense why I chose not to go there. Both schools are great academically.</p>
<p>Or the people.
Penn tends to have too many greeks (but not as much as darthmouth) and a lot of drinking.
I also heard that the old money are too flashy, and so are the new money.
Oh well.</p>
<p>You seem to love Wharton</p>
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How many CAS and Engineering students take a class on agriculture (non business) or a class in ILR? At Penn we have 4 undergraduate schools, but it is pretty common for SAS students to take a programming class in SEAS. a nursing class like nutrition, and a Wharton class. It is also pretty common for Penn students to take graduate level courses and many are able to take law school classes (can't name many top 10 law schools that do that). I'll admit that if I had gone to Cornell I'd have taken a cooking class in the hotel school, but aside from that I wouldn't have too much exploration in the other schools.</p>
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<p>Yay! I love hypocrisy!</p>
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<p>ROFL</p>
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How many CAS and Engineering students take a class on agriculture (non business) or a class in ILR? At Penn we have 4 undergraduate schools, but it is pretty common for SAS students to take a programming class in SEAS. a nursing class like nutrition, and a Wharton class. It is also pretty common for Penn students to take graduate level courses and many are able to take law school classes (can't name many top 10 law schools that do that). I'll admit that if I had gone to Cornell I'd have taken a cooking class in the hotel school, but aside from that I wouldn't have too much exploration in the other schools.
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<p>Uhh... it's pretty common at Cornell for SAS students to take a programming course. Plenty do this. Plenty also take business classes as well. It's also pretty common for Cornell students to take graduate courses as well. Plenty of law and MBA classes are offered to undergrads. Penn's "one university policy" is not that special- plenty of schools don't restrict their students from taking classes in other departments or colleges. It's just that Penn advertises and markets this boldly and other schools don't.</p>
<p>I'm an engineer and I'm taking a psychology, and economics class next semester, both in the arts school. I've also taken courses in Ag and ILR.</p>
<p>Difference is, Penn's interdisciplinary offers are much more well-implemented and institutionalized, facilitated by being the only Ivy with all of its schools on a single contiguous campus (you wanna do medical research at Cornell? Good luck, the med school is in NYC)</p>
<p>both schools r good, u cant go wrong either way :)</p>