<p>I got accepted to both and I'm trying to decide...
I really love both environments and would be happy in either one.
I would love feed backs on:
purely academically speaking, which engineering has more favorable facilities, reputation, experience, opportunities etc.</p>
<p>I'm looking foward to majoring in E.E. at the moment but not a sure thing</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>I have heard that Princeton's EE is better than Cornell's, while Cornell has better MechE. Keep in mind though, I'm basing that entirely off of hearsay.</p>
<p>In terms of opportunities, I would say that Princeton beats Cornell without a question. Princeton, to put it bluntly, has a better reputation as a school, a stronger alumni base and more connections in Wall Street than Cornell can offer. (I am not sure about the facilities, and I presume that both have similar connections in academia and in other fields besides finance.)</p>
<p>As a side note, Electrical Engineering (which I believe stands for E.E. ???) used to be the only Princeton major that didn't require you to write a senior thesis. But that was several years ago, and might have changed...</p>
<p>That said, if you really like Cornell to begin with, pick it. No one will hold it against you, and it is a great school!!!</p>
<p>I was also deciding between Princeton and Cornell for engineering. Don't think twice about it, go to Princeton.</p>
<p>Cornell may have the better name for graduate schools, but Princeton pushes you at a ridiculous level, and they just pour resources on to you like anything. Engineering departments have between 15 and 30 majors per class. As a CS major, I saw the professors were on a first name basis with their students and were naming off who each one was, their personal history in the CS department, what their thesis was, and where they were going after college. Most engineering departments at Princeton are like that.</p>
<p>lots of engineers dont have to write a senior thesis (it may be all of them, im not sure though)- they do need to do one or more semesters of independent work. Many do write thesis</p>
<p>If you are female go for Princeton Engineering Smithies are being let in the back door so the numbers increase and therefore you will have stronger networking ties when you graduate. I think that is something very positive to consider!</p>
<p>*bump. I'd like to know more about Princeton Engineering.</p>
<p>I've heard engineering at Princeton is more 'theoretical'.</p>
<p>Princeton has both strong undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, especially in chemical engineering. </p>
<p>However, it's not like you're going to somehow get a worse education if you went to Cornell, or that your Cornell degree will close doors that Princeton would have opened. You should pick between the universities based on other metrics (i.e. social compatibility, location, etc.) rather than academics, at least in regards to engineering.</p>