<p>I'm planning to major in psychology, and was wondering which of the two schools would be better if I'm planning to go into psychology as a career choice.</p>
<p>Cornell U
UChicago</p>
<p>For the record, I'm pretty adaptable, so the types of environments that the schools are in isn't TREMENDOUSLY important to me.</p>
<p>THANKS YALL.</p>
<p>you’re ■■■■■■■■ jonny boy.</p>
<p>i’m not sure if either school is well known for either. if we were talking about anthropology or sociology however it’d be chicago.</p>
<p>This is my uninformed opinion (since I’m not really a humanities kid):</p>
<p>The culture should be the defining factor in choosing between them. Cost and culture, actually. I’m sure there are slight differences in the strengths of each in psychology, but psych is enough of a general topic that you should get a strong education in either. If there’s a particular area/focus of psych that you care about, or any possible double majors/minors you’re interested in exploring, then look to see which college has a more fully fleshed-out curriculum in that area.</p>
<p>Honestly: figure out the differences in culture for each. They’re very different schools.</p>
<p>They are both excellent schools but have different academic structures and orientation. Cornell is part private and part land grant state university. It has agriculture, engineering, and hotel management schools. Chicago has less than half as many undergraduates and the undergraduate focus is exclusively on the liberal arts and sciences (no engineering, no ag). It is also in a very different physical setting.</p>
<p>Rankings are available for social sciences generally or for psychology in particular. However, the focus is on graduate programs and I don’t think they comprise a very good basis for a prospective undergraduate to choose between the two schools. Go visit both if you can.</p>
<p>Both schools feature outstanding academics. Cornell offers a quintessential college experience on a beautiful campus. Ithaca is a wonderful college town.</p>
<p>Its my advice that a general major like psych isn’t going to matter much between the top schools, so as the others are advising choose the one you think is a better social fit for you.</p>
<p>“It has agriculture, engineering, and hotel management schools.”</p>
<p>Of more relevance to the matter of hand, it has a College of Human Ecology which houses a highly regarded program in Human Development and Family Studies. This was the department led by Urie Bronfenbrenner. The additional programs and courses provided at HDFS could potentially enhance the offerings available to a psychology major in the Arts & sciences college, I would imagine.</p>