<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I just wanted to say thanks for all the responses, as they’re very helpful. It’s great to hear that, should I move out west, the name Cornell will be heard and understood loudly and clearly on my resume (along with the alumni network)!</p>
<p>Thanks again. Now all I have to do is get through 4 Ithaca winters!</p>
<p>^I want to say thanks too b/c they were very helpful to me too. Except that I’m more worried about the financial side than Ithaca winters, since I’m Canadian =P </p>
<p>I asked a Californian about Cornell’s reputation there (particularly engineering) and she said that MIT/Harvard are more prestigious. I’m like, duh, of course, if I can get in =P</p>
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<p>You shouldn’t listen to the kids in your high school. I’ve honestly never met anyone who spent time in Ithaca who didn’t carry a warm, fuzzy place in their heart for it the rest of their lives. </p>
<p>I mean - it’s laughable that anyone who’s actually been there could describe it as “bleak” (cold, at times, yes). The waterfalls, gorges, forests, lake, wineries, comfortable restaurants… </p>
<p>I’ll also pile on the sentiment that, once you’re out of college, there is a HUGE swath of schools that you will be given the benefit of the doubt that you’re smart and went where you did for any number of reasons (a specific program, financial aid, location, etc…). The little nitpicking on forums like this is laughably unrealistic.</p>
<p>I’m from California, and while Cornell isn’t very well known, when it is known, it’s looked more highly upon than UCLA or Berkeley. Not Stanford, though :)</p>
<p>Californian here. Accepted ED 2014. A good friend in my year was accepted EA by stanford. He gets more praise.</p>
<p>comparing cornell to stanford is completely different from comparing cornell to a uc though. </p>
<p>stanford = top 5, cornell = top 15, that’s why lol</p>
<p>To be honest, I go to an IB school and we send plenty of kids to top schools every year. In our eyes, we see Cornell as the “reject ivy”. Why? I don’t know. I myself am going to NYU Stern next year and would gladly choose it over Cornell anyday.</p>
<p>^ LOL Stern over Cornell maybe, but NYU over Cornell is just hilarious, Cornell is 3X more prestigious than the non-Stern NYU internationally, though NYU is a great school </p>
<p>anyways, lets not go off topic~</p>
<p>honestly, the only people that care between the difference in prestige between cornell and stanford and the UCs are people who suck at life (IE, high school juniors and seniors). Anyone from any one of these schools has the same opportunities after graduation, and they are all filled with intelligent and motivated students.</p>
<p>“I myself am going to NYU Stern next year and would gladly choose it over Cornell anyday.”</p>
<p>Ditto. I’d take the top 2 UC’s, USC Marshall, and UMich Ross over Cornell. I applied to all of these (yes Cornell as well).</p>
<p>I’m really put off at the prospect of getting drunk in cold basements in Ithaca and jumping off a bridge.</p>
<p>"I’m really put off at the prospect of getting drunk in cold basements in Ithaca and jumping off a bridge. "</p>
<p>Then don’t come here? If you think that’s what life is like here you’re an absolute moron.</p>
<p>I think it’s safe to say that Cornell has a good reputation everywhere.</p>
<p>Agree with Zfanatic</p>
<p>In California, Cornell might get good treatment as an Ivy League, but going to Cornell from California, versus UCLA, Cal or Stanford, usually means you did not get into the in-state trio. Just my experience.</p>
<p>LOL. In California UCB and UCLA definitely are not automatically preferred over Cornell. Stanford may be a different story.
At least in the private HS sector, UC’s are not the top choices. This might be true in the public schools where more students have to weigh the cost of tuition. Even then, with the budget crisis and class cutting, it is expected that one will very likely take 5-6 or even 7 years to graduate from the UC’s. A lot of college counselors here in California are recommending out of state choices.
For my own two sons, UCB and UCLA were their “back-up” in 2004 and 2007. As a matter of fact, they got into all the UC’s they applied and the fat envelops remained to be unopened. There were many many other schools they preferred over UCB and UCLA. And FYI, one of them even chose an Ivy over Stanford.
So Strykur definitely strike out on his comment.</p>
<p>“This might be true in the public schools where more students have to weigh the cost of tuition. Even then, with the budget crisis and class cutting, it is expected that one will very likely take 5-6 or even 7 years to graduate from the UC’s.”</p>
<p>You are clueless. I completed my undergraduate requirements from UC Berkeley IN THREE YEARS. </p>
<p>Super-senior statuses (5th years) are a common trend, but 6-7 years? Reality check, you need.</p>
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It’s amazing how much mis information is out there about UCs and California. Lots of people believe that California is tanking, as though the rest of the US is not tanking even more.</p>
<p>My sister finished her requirements at UCLA in three years and her friend finished at Irvine in 3.5 years. It all depends on what you bring to the school. Unlike many private colleges, UCs give you AP credits for almost a year worth of credits if you did well. If you start out ahead and do well, it’s a breeze. If you fall behind and goof off, there’s nobody to babysit you. Sort of like the real world.</p>
<p>Congrats! Strykur. You did well. But you are probably one of the lucky or super-industrious few. As you yourself said,“Super-senior statuses (5th years) are a common trend.” I don’t see this common trend in most of the top schools. It is there perhaps but definitely not common.
Also things are different now with the current state bedget crisis and massive cut in college subsidies. Just look at the demonstrations and even riots at the UC campuses last few weeks stemming from the tuition hike and lack of classes.
Open your eyes and look beyond our comfortable little sunny world of California. There are much better education and greener pastures out there.
Another of my pet peeve is the idea of AP credits in college. AP classes are not true equivalence of a college class. That’s why the Ivies and other top colleges seldom accept all AP credits readily. AP classes might have the breadth of the subject but not the depth. Ask any college professor and they will tell you the same. At best, it equate to a community college level education. UC’s use that very effectively to solve the crowded class situation. And “successful” students are tricked into trading that for a year of college with community college education and settle for three year of real college education.
On the other hand, the AP does allow a student to accelerate his education. It’ll be perfectly ok if one can stay for four years even though they fulfill the graduation requirements in three and use the extra year to take more advanced or interesting COLLEGE courses. Then you are getting a full four years of college education. But I have heard that this is getting more and more difficult in the UC’s. They will ask you to graduate once your graduation requirements are fulfilled in order to free up spaces for those that need them. This actually happened to my friend’s daugther at UCLA.
Just my take.</p>
<p>Most of my family and a lot of friends come from California. Most Californian don’t even realize there is a whole wide world outside of California!</p>
<p>Ditto, Sammy2. Sad but oh so true.
In other word, “provincialism”. There are other less kind and forgiving terms, we both know but don’t really want to say it.</p>