<p>I would definitely go to Dartmouth for law school. Smaller, easier to make connections with professors for recs, D-Plan allows you to get slick internships, less competition come law school app time, etc.</p>
<p>ILR is good for law school, but CAS is where the "traditional" pre-law majors....history, english, etc... are offered. And dont forget about Policy Analysis and Management (PAM), offered through the college of Human Ecology; it's also good for pre-law or pre-business.</p>
<p>Choose the school that feels right....</p>
<p>Both D & C will prepare you well for law school. Contrary to Kentucky's assertion, there is just is much opportunity to make connections with Cornell Profs as there are at D. One advantage Cornell has is a top notch law school right there in Ithaca. I had MANY classmates that really benefited from spending time at the law school as undergrads... it helped them either confirm or in some cases helped dissuade their desire to go to law school.</p>
<p>Cornell's size is a double edged sword. Perhaps there is less "clubbiness" than at D, but rest assured, there will be a multitude of students who you will relate to very well, no matter what your taste in people is. And better yet, you may desire a variety and this is what Cornell offers more than any other Ivy.</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>since this is the cornell board-- so how good is AEM, really? it's a new program.. and i don't really know if it lives up to all the hype i hear from some ppl.. how do you think it compares to an econ degree at dartmouth?</p>
<p>so..
dartmouth - econ major and then business grad school (do grad schools prefer a more liberal arts based education?)
vs.
cornell - applied economics & management major in CALS </p>
<p>which would you guys pick if you wanted to do somethin business/finance related?</p>
<p>There is a lot of AEM threads on this board....</p>
<p>AEM is not a new program. It's been around since the begining of the university. Its in ALS because when Cornell was founded, agriculture was the biggest industry in the state of New York.</p>
<p>Pre business can be done in many ways at Cornell (which is its beauty of course). AEM in ALS, Finance concentration in Hotel, Financial Engineering in Operations Research in Engineering, Econ in A&S, or even ILR. Or you can do it the Cornell way and take a little of each... design your own program...</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>DMC & Undecided87,</p>
<p>Here are a couple examples that diverse and exciting intellectual climate that Cornell provides:</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>LOL thank goodness for someone like wharf rat on our board.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call Cornell worst Ivy just b/c it's easiest to get in. I visited last summer, and was MUCH more impressed w/ Cornell than Brown or U Penn. Not to mention the fact that Cornell doesn't hand out high grades like Yale has the reputation of doing. Seems to me Cornell is a wonderful place. Cornell & Dartmouth are very different though, in size, number of majors; plus, Dartmouth seems more liberal arts-oriented. I dunno, just my .02 cents!</p>
<p>I know rankings aren't everything......or even anything for that matter, but just to correct an earlier post.....</p>
<p>According to US News and World Report....... </p>
<p>Cornell was, in fact, the lowest ranked ivy at 14. Brown is actually ranked 13 not 17.</p>
<p>nkfa, I know that Cornell is ranked number 14 and that Brown is ranked number 13. However, the person who created this topic stated that Cornell is consistently ranked as the lowest ivy. However, I stated that according to LAST YEAR'S ranking on US NEWS and WORLD REPORT for National Universities, Brown was indeed the lowest ranked ivy at number 17.</p>
<p>Not True arp6487...Dartmouth is one of the most diverse Ivies, it used to be homogenous but today that is simply not true. Dartmouth in 1998 was 25% minority, now its approaching 34%, which is higher than Cornell. The administration is really very diversity focused. Also, Dartmouth used to be conservative, but now its very liberal. </p>
<p>Granted neither school is Berkeley or Stanford in terms of diversity.</p>
<p>From USNEWS, Diversity Index. </p>
<p>Dartmouth College (NH) 0.48
Cornell University (NY) 0.47</p>
<p>i deeply love both schools, but we would love to have you at cornellie. and dude, you can say, i'm an "cornellian", what do you say if you go to dartmouth? i'm a..dartmouthan??? see? that doesn't work. so come to cornell.</p>
<p>Can't beat that logic.</p>
<p>Here's to the PRETTIEST IVIES!</p>
<p>As the song below indicates, they both have the other six licked!</p>
<p>**Harvard's run by Vassar, Vassar's run by Yale.
Yale's run by Wellesley, Wellesley's run by tail.
Princeton's for the pretty boys and drunkards go to Penn,
But far above Cayuga's a race of hairy men.</p>
<p>Oh we are the race of hairy chested men, hairy chested men, hairy chested men.
Oh we are the race of hairy chested men, and we are from Cornell.
We are from Cornell, we are from Cornell (Cornell!)
Oh we are the race of hairy chested men and we are from Cornell.</p>
<p>Don't send my son to Harvard, the dying mother said.
Don't send my son to Yale, I'd rather see him dead.
Send him off to Darmouth, or better yet, Cornell.
And as for Pennsylvania, I'll see him first in hell! **</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>Arp- Not diverse?</p>
<p>The students accepted into the Class of 2009 are a particularly diverse group. African Americans, Asian Americans and Native Americans all made notable jumps in terms of the percentages admitted. Latino student representation also increased nominally. Non-white applicants made up 46 percent of accepted students, an all-time high. Furstenberg also noticed an increased percentage of southern and western acceptances, comprising 18 and 20 percent respectively.</p>
<p>With 149 legacies comprising 6.9 percent of all acceptances, the sons and daughters of alumni represented the largest percentage of acceptances in five years, according to Furstenberg. Meanwhile, international students remained relatively constant at 7.3 percent of acceptances.</p>
<p>40% asian does not make a school diverse (berkeley)</p>
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<p>You make it sound like Dartmouth is the pits when it comes to science and engineering. That is definately not true. The small setting of the school allows for ample research opportunities and hands on experience.
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<p>no he doesnt, he makes it sound like cornell is alot better just like he said, haha</p>
<p>That is for Dartmouth by the way, and its only 16% asian.</p>
<p>I love the song!! hahaha. . . .</p>