<p>Hey guys!
I've been accepted too both UPenn and Cornell for the class of 2015!
Now that it's time choose where to go I am too perplexed to decide where to go. So I was hoping you could help me out.
I got into the College of Arts and Sciences at both schools.
My Major - Math/Applied Math/Financial Math.</p>
<p>Please let me know which can be a better option for me!
I also got into Berkeley, Duke, UChicago, UCLA, UCSD and BU. But I think I wanna go Ivy after all.</p>
<p>I would say both are great options, congratulations.
Choose based on fit, one is an urban school, one is very rural
(but my biased opinion says go Penn ;])</p>
<p>all you’re really gonna get anyway is biased responses. that send, cornell isn’t “very rural” as ithaca is a small city. I mean, if cornell’s very rural, then what would dartmouth be considered?</p>
<p>I mean, obviously this is also biased, but my Mom’s a Cornell alumni (and liked her time there, btw). Although it’s not “rural”, there is not much to do in Ithaca, it’s basically just a college town, and of course, has nothing on Philadelphia in terms of citylife ;)</p>
<p>You probably want to investigate the quality of the math programs. I don’t know anything about Cornell’s program, and just things I’ve heard through friends here. People who love math seem to really like the program, but people who ‘like’ math but had no intention of majoring in it find it generally hard/poor…so what you should really do is find some math majors to ask. Also, don’t rule out Duke or UChicago. Obviously I love Penn, but those are both great schools as well (and I love, love the city of Chicago).</p>
<p>Beyond the math program, also consider what you want out of the school socially–what is the party scene, is there a city and how integrated are the campus/city, what kind of diversity you want at a school, how big, etc.</p>
<p>As someone whose first choice was originally Cornell, I defined to apply ED to Penn and was accepted CAS 2015 for biochemistry. Cornell’s chemistry dept is pretty secure and may be ranked higher than Penn’s, but Penn has so much more to offer in terms of resources and personalities, I think. I still love Cornell, and though Ithaca is beautiful, Philadelphia is a better place (for me anyways) in terms of opportunities (social, civic, culture, etc). My best friend is probably going to Cornell and I could not be more happy for him because it is probably a better fit for him (he plans on biochem or chem, too). That being said, I am not sure on the relative strengths of the math programs, and though Penn’s business classes are clearly top notch, Cornell’s business school does really well, too. Penn’s “one campus” approach would make it easy to take any of a number of classes on campus, but Cornell might do that, too, not too sure on that one. Make sure you understand both school’s programs. Good luck choosing!</p>
<p>I had the same decision to make last year. I was originally leaning towards Cornell but after visiting both decided to go to Penn. I liked the campus better and the school was ranked higher in the area of my studies. At the end of the day pick where you think you’ll fit in better, have a better time and more opportunities.</p>
<p>The schools are similar enough that to me it pretty much gomes down to … would you like to go to college in a great city or in a great college town? … both are great but lead to different college experiences.</p>
They’re both excellent schools though.</p>