Thinking of choosing Cornell over Upenn because people say non-wharton is a joke?

<p>I can be a vag scholar at cornell without even being accepted into the program WOO HOO!</p>

<p>all I have to do is find some drunk sorority girls lol. </p>

<p>It just sounds funny when you abbreviate it. No offense to the program itself Penn.</p>

<p>to the OP … I’m a Cornell alum and I think both schools are terrific schools … much more similar than different academically … and that you should pick the school you like better</p>

<p>cornell science and engineering has been at the top over the past 2 years and just got another huge 170 million dollar donation by sandy weill. it ranked first in engineering science/engineering physics over caltech, stanford and princeton. because everything is becoming more connected to engineering, you could take classes by the most brilliant people in their field and use them to run a software company or create computers to work with pure sciences like chemistry, biology, or physics. it’s like a hogwarts of science. go to cornell.</p>

<p>Nah Wharton isn’t going anywhere. Once the economy improves, the demand for IPOs and mergers & acquisitions will be back. If the financial system doesn’t recover, then you’re screwed regardless of your career choice. Also, the average bulge bracket salary after bonus is 500-600k (650 if you’re at Goldman), so it’s not like a little pay cut is going to turn everyone away. If regulation cuts into ibanking profits, then some people will simply migrate to boutiques, consulting, private equity, or hedge funds and make as much money.</p>

<p>With regards to UPenn in general, I doubt Wharton is the only reason for the 8 position difference in ranking.</p>

<p>yea, go with cornell.</p>

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<p>Except for, you know, dairy farming and horticulture. Even laid off investment bankers need to ear.</p>

<p>Now, I wonder which school teaches such vital subjects.</p>

<p>yea cornell is awesome. i just sent in my letter and chose it over upenn and dartmouth.</p>

<p>Welcome to Cornell James, and congratulations on making what must’ve been a difficult decision! =)</p>

<p>Have a GREAT time in Ithaca.</p>

<p>The burst of the tech bubble did not bring about an end to technology, so no, we have not seen the end of finance. Not even close</p>

<p>If you read the news, you would know that Oracle has just agreed to buy SUN. Who do you think is going to be making a lot of dough from this transaction? Finance and technology go hand in hand.</p>

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<p>Hahaha you have fun working in these high margin industries.</p>

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<p>I have yet to meet a single person at Cornell majoring in either of these fields. They are essentially a relic of Cornell’s past.</p>

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<p>The two areas are slightly too different for comparison my friend… Although finance (and by finance I assume you mean finance on Wall Street) has not “ended,” it will not be the same for a long time. Finance thrived due to lack of government regulation. If the government regulates Wall Street and has to bail out any more top financial institutions, finance won’t be as profitable as it once was.</p>

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Have fun being jobless</p>

<p>i agree that government regulation has ended wall streets ability to take profits without innovation, from nothing</p>

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<p>Just because you haven’t met them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I didn’t meet many people in the Greek system after my sophomore year. But they still existed.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the ambiguous language. Certainly, there do exist students majoring in fields like horticulture and dairy farming. I’m not saying that these people don’t exist. What I am saying though, is that they are few and far between.</p>

<p>cornell is the choice</p>

<p>nice choice james. though dartmouth has a similar setting to the cornell region you would have missed out on a lot of great research opportunities with famous profs.</p>

<p>Just accepted Cornell over Upenn, Dartmouth so if you have any questions just message me!</p>

<p>it looks like you have a pretty smart family jemoppenheim!</p>

<p>cornell engineering >>> penn engineering</p>

<p>vag scholar >>> cornell engineering</p>

<p>That’s what my brother did and he’s definitely happy with that choice. He’s been involved with undergrad research at Cornell since his freshman year, got a 41 on his MCAT (which if you know anything about MCATS is ridiculously high and in the 99th percentile). He said the research will obviously help especially since the professors he gets to work with are world-famous but he also told me that the classes at Cornell help the students give students a huge edge on tests like the MCAT because they learn so much.</p>

<p>is there a place to see mcat/test score ranges for colleges?</p>