<p>I have a few questions about student life at Cornell. I applied ED to ILR and am curious about a few things.</p>
<p>How are the fitness centers? Are they worth the price of a membership (I think around $100 a semester)? I'd say that I stay in shape, but there isn't enough time for exercise every day. Would I be better off getting a set of adjustable dumbells which would last me a while? Any input would be great.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if there is the possibility of buying more than one season ticket for hockey and bringing a friend/sibling/really close high school chem teacher to the games using a season ticket?</p>
<p>How are the fitness centers? I do not have a gym membership, but everybody else living on campus seems to have one. No compliaints have ever arisen about the gyms.
Are they worth the price of a membership (I think around $100 a semester)? I'd have to say yes ... i'll be buying a membership for next semester. If you want to simply stay in shape, it's worth it, even if you dont go every day.
I'd say that I stay in shape, but there isn't enough time for exercise every day. Would I be better off getting a set of adjustable dumbells which would last me a while? Where would you put them? The gyms are all over campus, just get a memebership and use it!</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if there is the possibility of buying more than one season ticket for hockey and bringing a friend/sibling/really close high school chem teacher to the games using a season ticket? Nope. Season ticket to cornell hockey games are the hottest thing to have on campus. They're right behind the degree as far as 'prized items to have from Cornell' goes. A student may purchase only one season ticket. If you want to take a friend or anybody, you'll either have to find somebody who can't go for a game, or hope that there's leftover tickets from the townie sections. It's tough, but it's Cornell hockey.</p>
<p>Wow, thank you for the responses gomestar, that was great! I know it's unlikely, but could I have a friend not interested in hockey (not likely again, I know, lol) purchase an extra season ticket for me?
I guess my real question is: Do they check student IDs at the door if you have a season ticket? Thanks again Gomestar.</p>
<p>yeah, anybody can use any ticket. they dont check ID's or anything, you just need to physically have that ticket. You could have a friend purchase a season ticket for you. You just have to A) find that friend whose crazy enough not to want tickets, and B) get lucky enough to score two line numbers in the first place. Tickets are really really hard to get, but are so worth the time, effort, and $152 price.</p>
<p>How are the fitness centers? Are they worth the price of a membership (I think around $100 a semester)? The gyms are pretty decent and membership is only 135 for the entire year, which is much cheaper than the gym I go to at home. There are certain times when the gyms will be packed, but you can avoid having to wait by signing up for a machine earlier in the day, if you're into cardio (otherwise you don't sign up). I think it's a good investment, it's nice to stay healthy, especially if you're used to working out at home. </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if there is the possibility of buying more than one season ticket for hockey and bringing a friend/sibling/really close high school chem teacher to the games using a season ticket? You, personally, can only get one ticket, unless you buy one off someone else. If you want to bring someone to a specific game (except Harvard and some others), then it's generally not hard to buy a ticket from a season ticket holder who isn't going to that particular game (I sold one to someone's dad during parents weekend so he could go with his son).</p>
<p>Yea, the tickets were pretty hard to get. I ran slower than my friends who didn't get tickets, but sneaked through the crowd, since I'm relatively short, and got sat on repeatedly. It was kind of fun, except when it felt like my legs were breaking because of the opposing forces of each side of the crowd/mob :).</p>
<p>The likelihood of getting 2 hockey tickets for what is effectively just yourself is very small. The process (at least this year) was to obtain line number (1 per person, distribution announcement time window was all evening over the course of 4 days), camp out 24 hours (holding line numbers for up to 4 people, though effectively you could actually hold 4 people per set of 200 numbers due to the way they checked things), and then select seats (200 people per hour, holding as many line numbers as you want).</p>
<p>If you could get a friend who didn't want tickets at all to hang out with you over on the south end of campus for like 5 days in a row in the evenings, you could theoretically get 2 seats next to each other. Of course it would cost you 304 dollars as well...</p>
<p>The campus doesn't get excited over hockey, it's effin NUTS</p>
<p>the best thing i'd recommend, and i've mentioned this a few times before, is to volunteer for the 50/50 raffle, sure you miss like 5 minutes of the first quarter, but if you gave your friend your tix, you can still sit next to each other since there's always seats next to the band (where I sit when I volunteer)...the only game it's not a sure thing is the harvard game since that's actually a lottery...</p>
<p>I love this message board!! You guys rock, you really do. I appreciate everyone's input sooooo much!!</p>
<p>spanks- Nice to talk to you again! Thank you for the info and it is cheaper than private gyms. </p>
<p>Sparticus-I love the imagery, lol. I know that it would be expensive, but the other season ticket would be mostly for my AP Chem teacher, so he would repay me.</p>
<p>quynh- Nice to talk to you as well! Good to know!!! It's not a bad idea... Harvard is a raffle for everyone, even season ticket holders?</p>