1. A certain amount of group think -- CS at Cornell seems to focus a lot more on theory/research. I know this is the case at any reputable CS school but the top

1. A certain amount of group think -- CS at Cornell seems to focus a lot more on theory/research. I know this is the case at any reputable CS school but the top CS students either aim to go get their PhDs and pursue the most abstract research or go work for an IBM/Accenture (in my experience, a lot more people opt for MS over Google and I know of a handful at FB) Thats is purely beacuse MS hires more people every year. You can obtain good stats from this page: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/ugrad/cscareers/PlacementReport/index.htm http://www.cs.cornell.edu/ugrad/cscareers/PlacementReport/in... [for undergrad] For Masters students as well as undergrads: http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineering-coop-career-services/statistics/upload/2009-CS-PGR.pdf http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineer... People go in all sort of companies from Zynga to Google to Microsoft to NetApp and to exotic trading companies such as Black Rock and D. E. Shaw .