<p>Which one is better as far as job placement and potential for future advancements, including MBA admissions.</p>
<p>Cornell for sure</p>
<p>Cornell, no comparison</p>
<p>AEM is the **** son. if recruiters come to hire 40 people, would you rather compete with 800 other people or 180 other people. do the math.</p>
<p>USC gets recruited as well especially for west coast offices. you should make the decision based on fit. USC and Cornell are pretty different.</p>
<p>Cornell > USC no comparison</p>
<p>I can't believe you are even considering USC.</p>
<p>gonsenheim ftw</p>
<p>I say usc if you love sports and if you are very social. Do not get caught up in the Ivy name because USC is just as highly regarded. USC's location in California compared to Cornell's isolation should be a factor in making your decision as well.</p>
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I say usc if you love sports and if you are very social. Do not get caught up in the Ivy name because USC is just as highly regarded. USC's location in California compared to Cornell's isolation should be a factor in making your decision as well.
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USC is a good school, but not at the Ivy level. Cornell sends a good number of ppl into IB whereas USC does not. If IB is what you want, go to Cornell. If not, then USC should give ou what you need.</p>
<p>momkimmy saying USC is on ivy level is just a plain lie. why blow smoke to confuse applicants on the forum</p>
<p>Cornell. No doubt. </p>
<p>And btw, USC isn't that highly regarded on the West Coast.
(Even UCLA beats USC in terms of prestige...)</p>
<p>Cornell > USC any day here.</p>
<p>Differences are only marginal, I'd imagine. I'd imagine USC has quite good placement.</p>
<p>thats bollocks. cornell is an ivy league school and USC is best known for their overrated football teams and frat parties. USC is still a good school, but it's not even the best school in LA, how could the difference between USC and Cornell be marginal? Cornell is a much better school and will offer much better placement, without a doubt.</p>
<p>Umm. The difference between Cornell & USC is not very big at all. Average sats (M/V) are 1360 & 1320 respectively. Hardly an impressive delta.</p>
<p>note: I'm lazy and just got the closest numbers from online. From 2002.</p>
<p>Also note that USC has a higher SAT average than UCLA.</p>
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Umm. The difference between Cornell & USC is not very big at all. Average sats (M/V) are 1360 & 1320 respectively. Hardly an impressive delta.</p>
<p>note: I'm lazy and just got the closest numbers from online. From 2002.</p>
<p>Also note that USC has a higher SAT average than UCLA.
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I don't think comparing SAT averages is an effective way to see which school is better than the other. What is important is the placement of each school, and in that regards, Cornell>USC. However, if your not interested in IB, USC would probably be a better place to be than Cornell.</p>
<p>^^yes average SAT scores are a horrible way to compare schools. </p>
<p>USC has an excellent accounting program. If you want to work for the big four, its a great choice, but if you're talking about business in general, an ivy league degree will take you much further.</p>
<p>USC has a higher average than UCLA because it's not a public university. And SAT scores don't necessarily tell you much about the business program and job placement. Also, Cornell is extremely difficult academically compared to most universities and even other Ivies, whereas USC is definitely not known for grade deflation [possible known for grade inflation, but I'm not sure] and is an easier school to gain acceptance to anyhow. By the way, this is in reference to the general business program at those schools... I don't know about specifics, like who's better in accounting for example.</p>
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Also, Cornell is extremely difficult academically compared to most universities and even other Ivies, whereas USC is definitely not known for grade deflation [possible known for grade inflation, but I'm not sure] and is an easier school to gain acceptance to anyhow.
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Marshall (USC) is known for its Marshall curve. I believe the avg used to be a C+, but they changed it to a B- earlier this year.</p>
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USC has a higher average than UCLA because it's not a public university. And SAT scores don't necessarily tell you much about the business program and job placement. Also, Cornell is extremely difficult academically compared to most universities and even other Ivies, whereas USC is definitely not known for grade deflation [possible known for grade inflation, but I'm not sure] and is an easier school to gain acceptance to anyhow. By the way, this is in reference to the general business program at those schools... I don't know about specifics, like who's better in accounting for example.
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Oh, I don't doubt that USC has better business placement than UCLA. UCLA strengths over USC are in basically anything other than business. In fact, USC Marshall might be better than even a Haas undergrad for IB.</p>