<p>My uncle is an associate professor at the Tuck School in Dartmouth and he told me how his colleagues really respect Cornell and think Upenn was inflated because of Wharton and the American obsession with investment banking and that as wall street is regulated, Upenn will go back to being what it was ten years ago because it has weak science programs.</p>
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<p>Well if you’re going into sciences like bio and that yeah, cornell is generally known as better.</p>
<p>but UPenn’s CAS still isn’t a joke.</p>
<p>Its not a joke, but some Penn CAS members on this board will come around saying that Penn wipes cornells butt all over the floor, which is a blatant lie. Cornell and Penn are fairly similar schools. I think the only real discernible differences between the arts colleges is that Cornell is better in the hard sciences, and Penn is better in the social sciences. If you were admitted to both schools, I would decide based on fit rather than academic standing because any difference in the schools is marginal at best. If you like cities, go to penn, if you like the country, and want a more “traditional” college campus life, go to Cornell.</p>
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<p>Well said. I don’t think of non-Wharton CAS as a joke, but rather on the same level as the four other non-HYP Ivies.</p>
<p>Wharton, however, is quickly becoming a punchline at many cocktail parties.</p>
<p>I’m at MIT grad school right now for computer engineering and I know Cornell is at least one of the 4 most frequent undergrads of the grad students here. If you are choosing for science between cornell and upenn then definitely go to cornell.</p>
<p>Brown is a joke (no curriculum, no +/-, and no grades from classes that give you frownie-faces). Penn CAS is definitely equal to Cornell CAS, so if Cornell CAS is a joke, then so be it.</p>
<p>I would much rather be at Penn, but Cornell is still an Ivy and therefore awesome ;)</p>
<p>Twitter was created by a Cornell student…</p>
<p>just read the post and i think it makes the science/ engineering decisions a lot easier</p>
<p>[CollegiateTimes.com</a> - Twitter provides micro-blogging technology](<a href=“http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/13461]CollegiateTimes.com”>Twitter provides micro-blogging technology)
[The</a> Cornell Daily Sun - Opinion | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/04/07/have-you-twatted-yethttp:]The”>http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/04/07/have-you-twatted-yethttp:)</p>
<p>I’m not certain how any particular alumnus should influence your decision, but if it helps the PalmPilot and the iPod were invented by Cornell alums as well.</p>
<p>As well as Blackboard, Wiggio, Peoplesoft, Burger King, Coors, Staples, Priceline.com, Citigroup.</p>
<p>The inventor of the chicken nugget, Freon, Canola Oil, Heimlich Maneuver, the first artificial heart, the modern day air conditioner, the pap smear, and Super glue. :)</p>
<p>And Peter Ostrum (the actor who played Charlie in the original Willy Wonka movie) is an alum of the Cornell Vet School!</p>
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<p>So we have Cornell to thank for fake chicken and the city of Phoenix? Great…</p>
<p>I had no idea about Twitter, IPod, and PalmPilot. Another way that Cornell just doesn’t know how to sell itself. If that’s true, they’re basically responsible for defining a generation and getting absolutely no credit (in contrast, you always hear when Harvard students or Stanford students create things. Perhaps it’s a media bias that needs to propagate a cultural story line. I’ve seen it happen with the way events are covered in different cities).</p>
<p>anyway - that’s off topic.</p>
<p>Penn’s no joke. Cornell’s more well-rounded. Penn’s more pre-professional. For what you want to study, Cornell probably makes more sense.</p>
<p>[Have</a> You Twatted Yet? | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/04/07/have-you-twatted-yet]Have”>http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/04/07/have-you-twatted-yet)</p>
<p>Corrected link (second one posted by zaohoa). Anyways…ahem. Twatted? Really? <em>snickers</em></p>
<p>Anyways, I have nothing to say that hasn’t been said regarding the actual topic. Good luck at wherever you choose to go!</p>
<p>Penn and Cornell are very different schools in different places - and they happen to be two of the best schools in the country - regardless of program. Go to the one you like more.</p>
<p>Twatted… I think that just made my day (besides the fact that it’s PESACH!)</p>
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<p>Which means it’s time for kosher coke!! But sadly…I haven’t been able to find any in New Orleans :(</p>
<p>Jack Dorsey himself claims that he DID NOT attend Cornell:</p>
<p>[Twitter</a> / Jack Dorsey: To be clear: I didn’t atte …](<a href=“x.com”>x.com)</p>
<p>Definitely Cornell. Its science program is unmatched int he Ivy league. I’m trying transfer there from Swarthmore for that very reason. Wish me luck and maybe we’ll both be there someday?!</p>
<p>Do go to UPENN for undergraduate studies.
I had an UPENN alumni saying that they don’t pay much special attention to their undergrads. All they probably do is teach out of the book and that’s it.</p>
<p>did you mean “Do not”? or do you just have a strange sense of syntax and like to contradict yourself in one post?</p>
<p>^lol</p>
<p>on another note, I had no clue that twitter and the iPod were made by Cornellians…</p>