<p>I got accepted to both these schools for engineering. While both of them are good schools, U Toronto slightly overshadows Cornell in terms of ranking for most if not all Engineering Majors.</p>
<p>However, that aside, I'm still confused as to which college to actually go to. Would be glad for a bit of advice on this. :)</p>
<p>One way to decide is through finances. Would attending one give significant discount over the other money-wise? If so, go for that school.</p>
<p>Disregarding finance, I believe Cornell fits closer to the liberal-arts model (not sure about engineering) than UT, which is a huge public school. You’ll surely be able to get more attention from your profs (great if you’re applying to grad school and need their rec letters) and form a closer bond with your classmates at Cornell. Cornell is also more competitive in terms of admissions, so you can expect the student quality to be higher there. Overall, I believe Cornell is more prestigious and internationally recognized. Also, don’t rely on the ranking so much, or at least look at the rankings in tiers.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is the setting of the two campuses, which are very different.</p>
<p>I am planning on applying to Grad school.</p>
<p>However, when I asked a couple of my friends at Cornell, they said that the freshmen classes were pretty big.</p>
<p>Whereas, going to Canada for undergrad and then for grad to US, doesn’t seem to be a bad option. But yes, Cornell is more internationally recognized.</p>
<p>Cornell is an oddity among American universities: part private Ivy League school, part publicly funded state school. Engineereing is private.</p>
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<p>First off ignore the ranking. Dont make this your deciding factor. </p>
<p>What engineering are you going into at uoft? I cant comment on cornell but i finished my first year at uoft engineering a good thing is that you will not have to go into general physics courses. You will take dynamics, materials science and other courses in your first year. Ive heard that this is different at american schools? </p>
<p>However you will take the first year courses APS111&APS112 they’ll sound cool until your up at 3 the morning before writing the parts of a report that your two foreign group members were unable to write because they are unable to speak english. If i would say for any reason not to come here it would be because of these two courses. </p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>I’m planning on doing Chemical Engineering.</p>
<p>Being someone from the other side, I would say that UofT is more renowned internationally as it is a prominent uni of canada. Cornell may be sort of the same or a little higher but I wouldn’t say that people disregard UofT when it is confronted with the namesake of Cornell.
Also, freshman classes in cornell or any of the ivies and top publics in the US will be huge (~300 or more). Thus, the professor student relations become more promising at higher lvl courses where you have more concentration of the like majors. </p>
<p>I would be interested in what grad school you are wishing to go because that may make a difference. However, if UofT is cheaper, I don’t see why you don’t pick that school in contrast to Cornell.</p>