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Cornell University

How this student rated the school
Research QualityC Research AvailabilityB
Research FundingB- Graduate PoliticsD-
Errand RunnersB Degree CompletionB
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]C Sufficient PayA
CompetitivenessD Education QualityD
Faculty AccessibilityD Useful ResearchB-
ExtracurricularsC Success-UnderstandingC-
Surrounding CityF Social Life/EnvironmentF
"Individual" treatmentB FriendlinessA
SafetyA+ Campus BeautyA+
Campus MaintenanceA- University Resource/spendingA
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed

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He cares more about Social Life/Environment than the average student.
Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Aerospace Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Grad school is something of a personal experience. Not every school works for everyone. In general the faculty at the Mech & Aerospace (MAE) are nice, helpful and friendly. But there are some of those rare academic birds who really treat you like slave labor. Beware of faculty who sit far away from rest of the department (that's a clue)! I believe its owing to the fact that faculty themselves do not get any social life outside university. Any civilization is 4 hrs from Ithaca. So if you join in, be ready to slog without timings/life.

A lot of faculty seem to get free labor in terms of M.Eng students. They see very accustomed to getting free labor. I feel its highly unethical/immoral to make a graduate student work in one's research group for free. So beware of that!

Some faculty seriously have problems with funding. When I stayed there, there was additional political drama unfolding. The TAM (Theoretical and applied mechanics) had been merged with the MAE. This was done against the wishes of the TAM faculty. As a protest, TAM faculty would vote a blanket no to any decision taken by the MAE. Probably as to retort, the TAM students who had advisors not affiliated with MAE had their funding down from 2010. Many students were planning to take a year of leave of absence.

But considering that a TAM member has become the Director now, things should be better hopefully.

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