Cornell vs UPenn

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Tiebreaking considerations:

• Same price at both schools
• Internship placement
• School culture differences, especially for introverts (not shy or afraid to talk to people just need my alone time)
• Student body differences (average cornell student vs average penn student vibes)
• Clubs and how competitive they are at each school (competitive at both, but is one much less competitive than the other?)
• Prefer a suburban environment, but can deal with Ithaca, but unsure of the exact opportunities and things to do there, which is why I put it as a con
• I don't care about weather and want a place I might find myself most comfortable at (is Cornell like Penn in the sense that its preprofessional and occasionally toxic?).

Not sure if it seems like I have a preference for either one from my post but I don't! please feel free to be as honest and critical as possible thank you guys!!

[dusk juniper]

Cornell is really the go to ivy fir any engineering

So if you want to do EE that’s a no brainer

However Econ and EE are pretty different so if you’re more set on engineering but want to change it up Cornell is a good choice but if you’re more firmly set on Econ then Penn is a good choice

[analog shoal]

did u get cornll cas?

dont bank on being able to internal transfer to cornell coe

its harder than u think

to all of ur considerations from the pov of cornell

• internship placement i heard is good if u know what to go for + ppl in ur major are usually friendly and mentoring or offer advice
• i mean if u want ur alone time ppl will leave u alone lol. no college has ppl running up to u and begging for attention
• idk how to explain the vibes, ask a better question
• project teams and consulting clubs are competitive
• what things do u like to do in ur free time?? also idk what phys or eng majors would do during the academic year even in a city; is there like volunteering or smth yall want?
• quite hard to find ppl outwardly toxic and like secretive abt their strategies and answers n shit but nonpreprof ppl are common at cornell i think; like theres no shame to bio sci majors from premeds if ykwim

personally also the campuses are both really different; definitely tour both

i hated upenn vibe

when i toured

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nope got into coe

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what didnt u like about it

[analog shoal]

ah i see

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i do think philly vibe kinda sucks off campus when i went people wouldnt stop honking lmao

[analog shoal]

the vibe

it was ugly

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would you say cornell is super preprofessional cuz to me it seems like all ivies r as almost as preprofessional as penn except dartmouth maybe

im interested in consulting clubs and some other clubs for free time (idk which)

[analog shoal]

it can be

idk what that means tho tbh

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also by alone time i mean will people judge you if you dont go out and party every night or if you just want to chill out

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like do ppl at cornell just do things for the sake of the resume and advancing their career or would u say there r a fair amount of genuine ppl

[analog shoal]

mix

undergrad size is 15k

no way its heavily either side

[primal stump]

Penn is so lit

most people find their people

amazing internship placements

can get a wharton degree too

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how are tech placements for magma and other top tech? do those companies come to penn to recruit during career fair?

[primal stump]

magma?

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microsoft apple google meta amazon

[primal stump]

ohhh i thought that was maang

like every ivy really really good placements

most of my SWE friends who wanted it got it but i think interest wise a lot of people are very excited by the startup culture

i think you should think of SWE aside bc both school have really good pure swe placements

might be a little less direct than cornell though

but that’s also bc a lot of SWE kids go into Hedge funds, investment banking or PE

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ohh i see ty

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and what about this do people at penn tend to judge

[primal stump]

literaly no one cares

😭

like litearlly no one cares about other peoples lives enough to care

freshmen year you might feel pressure to go out because it may seem like everyone is

but thats also like every college

also a lot of people who didnt previously go out in hs can go out at penn and try it

that was me

[quiet ledge]

This is job placement in tech sector: https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech. Even by proportion Cornell outplaces upenn in the tech sector

I have mad respect for Wharton but for engineering Cornell has a stronger reputation

[primal stump]

while this is true it’s because most people aren’t interested in tech

its selection bias

it’s bc the smartest kids regardless of major do finance

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@primal stump genuine question how bad is the food at penn and can you use dining dollars at the food trucks

[primal stump]

pretty bad and no

not gonna lie

but there are some good ones and most college dining is sus

[gloomy finch]

what did you end up choosing? just curious!

[quiet ledge]

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hi i ended up choosing penn!