<p>I've been admitted into graduate school at USC and the Masters of Engineering program at Cornell to study Electrical Engineering. If I decide to just get a Masters degree, which school do you think would offer the most in terms of jobs after graduation? USC would be free (TA), I'd have to pay/take out loans for Cornell.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Well, namewise i think Cornell will help. However, my bro goes to Cornell and he knows first hand how hard it is to get good scores there...</p>
<p>"Easiest ivy to get into, hardest to get out of"</p>
<p>omigosh! Deja-vu... I just made this same decision! except it's undergrad for me.</p>
<p>It was a hard decision but I ended up choosing USC over Cornell</p>
<p>One thing I'm worried about is the name. Here in Texas, people mainly just know USC from football. People everywhere know Cornell. However, I hear that the Trojan Family is really strong in CA, and I do think I'd rather be in L.A. than Ithaca, NY.</p>
<p>If you do not like small towns, DON'T GOTO ITHACA...! Also, if the cold's not for you, another bad idea. I lived there for awhile and although its a beautiful place to look at, not a good place to live (well, for me) the ithaca mall had bestbuy and a large bookstore that would be usually independent because they couldn't find anything else to stick in there.. however, syracuse is quite large and its only around an 1 hour drive away</p>
<p>Well, I grew up in Houston so I don't really know what NE winters are like. I have managed to survive 4 years in a very small, rural town for my undergrad... but I'm tired of it. Uyulove - do you attend USC?</p>
<p>America's Best Graduate Schools (Engineering)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. University of CaliforniaBerkeley<br>
4. Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
5. University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign<br>
6. Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette (IN)
6. University of MichiganAnn Arbor<br>
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
9. University of Southern California (Viterbi)<br>
10. California Institute of Technology<br>
11. Cornell University (NY)
11. University of CaliforniaSan Diego (Jacobs)
...
According to the Usnews, USC ranks higher than Cornell for graduate engineering. Also, better weather and great football team. Plus, it's free. If I were you, I'd go to USC :) GL w/e you decide to go though.</p>
<p>Cornell has great Alumni connections...I don't know about USC. I guess you should decide based on environment.</p>
<p>I don't attend USC but i'm going to in Fall of 2006! >.< I lived in Ithaca for awhile with my bro..</p>
<p>Im pretty sure USC also has really great Alumni connections.
it's like, FAMOUS. i heard you cannot NOT get a job if you graduate from USC.</p>
<p>there has to be exceptions to that rule...j/p but i'm hoping that the Network is all i've heard it is</p>
<p>jennyz365 what were the factors why you chose SC > Cornell?</p>
<p><em>Cornell PROS
Beautiful setting, beautiful architecture on campus
Got into their super competitive Arch program, #1 in the nation!
Good all-around education, scholarly atmosphere
Across the country from where I live b/c I wanted to get out of the state
Cornell CONS
No major city nearby, sorta isolated
Cold weather
Too expensive, I got *</em>*** fin. aid</p>
<p>*USC PROS
L.A.
Cali weather
Thematic Option, honors program
The Cinema, Business, Engineering schools are relatively good- I'm still deciding what to major in
Trojan family, alumni network
I got a full tuition Trustee scholarship
*USC CONS
ehh... it's pretty average academically-speaking
Not that prestigeous, ppl outside of Cali don't know about USC (unless they are football fanatics)
Atheletics come before academics, tho it contributes to a certain type of social life</p>
<p>I don't know if this helps (at all), but I know someone doing EE as well, got into Cornell and USC w/ presidential, and he will be attending USC in the fall :)</p>