Accepted into Cornell Dyson
Found out a few hours ago that I got accepted into Dyson. During my research on undergrad finance programs, I came across many posts and replies here shitting on Dyson and Cornell as a whole. Information I've been receiving seems to either place Dyson below Wharton / HYP in terms of BB recruiting or below several other schools (UVA, Dartmouth, Brown, etc). Additionally, the statistics posted here about placements don't seem to adjust for Dyson's small class sizes.
Is Dyson really that bad? Or do people here just despise Cornell for being the "easiest Ivy" or something of a similar ilk?
Cornell is not bad at all. It just has the highest percentage acceptance among Iveys. But it depends on what other schools you got into. If you got into Cornell, Fordham, BC, or equivalent schools, Cornell would be my choice. But if you got into UChicago, Cornell, Umich etc. then your choice may be harder. Either way Cornell is an Ivey and will absolutely not closed any doors on you.
Agreed. Additionally, Dyson's acceptance rate is around 3-4%. Gives opportunity to take classes in the other Cornell schools and provides a nice well rounded education.
Don't put much stock into someone who can't properly spell 'Ivy' and compares Cornell with FAR inferior programs. Dyson competes only with Wharton as the best Undergrad Business School in USA, based on reputation and job offers and absolutely CRUSHES in recruiting. Never seen one Dyson grad who did not get into MULTIPLE top banks on Wall Street with 6 figure base salaries- minimum. Harvard and Dyson lead all schools for JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley recruits, beating out all other schools nationwide. There may not be respect among high school kids and US News rankings for Dyson, but Wall Street and top recruiters respect Dyson more than any other school in the country after Wharton. All the positive comments on this board are from people who know the truth about how great Dyson is.
Current student at Dyson/Hotel and thus my response may be biased. We place extremely well into IB/REPE compared to other ivies and have strong pipeline at all the BB/MF REPE due to the strength of the Hotel school and the real estate minor. I personally think for REPE, we place the best in the country. For IB, we have alumni across all the BB/EB and you won’t have a problem landing the interview at all of the banks.
Feel free to pm me if you have any questions. Happy to help.
Cornell dyson alum here. The very first comment clearly has no clue what they are talking about grouping Cornell with schools like Fordham/BC. Cornell is far and away a strong target. Everyone in Dyson who wanted a BB offer got one. Most people who wanted an EB offer and put in the work got one. The kids who wanted PE and put in the work got it. Cornell Hotel/CAS Econ/ILR place enough kids into BB/EBs in IB and other front office positions to be targets on their own. You can look this up on linkedin. I knew 20-30 kids who were going into BB IB or better from ILR for example and ILR only graduates like 200 a year most of whom are pre law to put into perspective. You made a great decision to go to a great collegetown and superb university. Don't let the people who wanna hype up their own undergrads here put you down.
Second this comment. My class of 2023, I think we have 5-10 kids going to all of the BB/EBs IBD in NY. We have ~10 kids (out of 120) going to BX this year too. Not trying to flex but I hope this shows you that you can pretty much get any interview at all the places you want to go as long as you put in the work!
Good luck!
100% true. In fact, FIVE students from the Class of 2023 were just accepted to the Harvard Business School 2+2 program. Just incredible and the highest in the nation, not to mention from the smallest program nationwide- by a HUGE margin!
What I literally said the choice would be Cornell?? I grouped those together since picking Cornell would be an easy choice from those three. Not every one applies to the same tiered schools. People apply to reaches, safeties, and ones you are confident in. Thus, Cornell would be the person's reach, Fordham the safety, and BC the confident. I'm also a Dyson alumni btw.
How does the college of agriculture place?
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Haha it's hilarious how this forum can make students think Cornell is not a great school. Cornell is an amazing school, it is an Ivy after all, and Dyson is a great program. You will have no problem getting into IB if you stay focused. Keep your GPA up and network with alumni and you will be fine. I see an absolutely ridiculous amount of Cornell kids in IB/PE. Good luck!
Honestly this forum makes it seem so warped. Not a cornell alum, but easily a 2nd tier target (1st tier is Harvard, Wharton, Stanford in my opinion)
Dyson has a 1% acceptance rate…. It’s fucking good people are so dumb on this site is mind blowing
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