fortune, jumpy aren't we?

I would not think s/he just pick a school from Thompson's or US news and applied. S/he must have done some research. Where the school or the department is ranked has/and will be always be on applicant's mind

I have no useful information as i know nothing about Cornell's Engg program..i will butt out ...

On more serious note...I hope the original poster will get some useful information, vis a vis some one with personal ties to the university.....not where he's department is ranked.

One last thing...even some dimwit from a third tier school will know where his graduate program is ranked.

He might say, dude..like my department is ranked among top 360 in the US.

Amen

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