<p>I never knew that upenn had about 19,000 undergrad + grad enrolled and cornell had 19,000 undergrad and grad. given though that upenn has 10,000 under grad and cornell has 13,000 under grad...still I have always been led to believe that Cornell was huge, but in reality people wise its about the same as UPenn...does that make UPenn a big school??? dont most schools have around 6-8000 undergrad?</p>
<p>the feel of school size is also related to campus size - while the number of people may be similar, the physical footprint of penn's campus is a good deal smaller, so it doesn't feel so big.</p>
<p>the definition of a big school is rather subjective anyway.</p>
<p>Penn is my first choice and Cornell is my second.
I think at Penn it seems easier to find a niche. There are a greater number of small communities (intimate, specialized) within the big one.</p>
<p>The total number of students at Harvard and Columbia is similar to that at Penn and Cornell.</p>
<p>it's all in the number of grad/professional students. If you want a better idea at what the balance for undergrad and grad students really is, you should subtract the professional schools that have no undergraduate program.</p>
<p>eg if you look solely at SAS, the numbers are:
undergrads: 6,329
grads: 2,238</p>
<p>Penn Undergrads: 2,400 per class * 4 = 9,600 Undergrads
Cornell Undergrads: 3,200 per class * 4 = 12,800 undergrads</p>