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Dang, you did Cornell dirty! I think if you are good enough to get into Cornell, you are good enough to get in Georgia Tech. The rest is cost. If you are an ou
by aynyc 5y ago
Dang, you did Cornell dirty!
I think if you are good enough to get into Cornell, you are good enough to get in Georgia Tech. The rest is cost. If you are an out-of-stater, they probably end up costing about the same. My understanding is Cornell gives out a lot of financial aids.
- zz865 5y agoLol not really, I'd still choose it. The problem is I'm just another immigrant and I dont understand the fascination with rankings here, esp when I'm surrounded by tiger parents who work their kids every day to get them into Harvard. Maybe its worth it? Its difficult to tell.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoWhether or not it is worth it depends on your priorities. Based on the pedigree of many of the leading political figures and business leaders, it does seem to have a measurable impact to have passed through the leading institutions. Who you know is of course more important than what you know. But depending high high you are aiming, it may or may not be worth the tradeoffs for you.
- spoonjim 5y agoHonestly the majority of it is Harvard selecting who they know will be rich, famous, or both. I know a girl who got into Harvard but her parents couldn't afford to send her (this was before they ramped up their financial aid), she went to state school instead, won a Marshall Scholarship, and was a tenured professor at Harvard by her early 30s.
- throwaway2331 5y agoHell, for the longest time I didn't even think Cornell was a real Ivy. It always ranked up (down ;) there with Dartmouth. Then one level above you have Brown and Columbia. Then above them you have Harvard and Yale. And right at the top sits dear old Princeton. And somewhere off the side in the bushes you have UPenn, which today I learned is an Ivy.