<p>NothinButTheBest:
-homework help is not hard to come by. you'll most likely know/become friendly with someone in your class, or have a neighbor who is an expert in it. Also, professors and TAs have office hours and are very flexible.
-yeah, pretty much 3 in 10 join a greek house, and that's where the parties are if you can't go to bars. the fraternity gpa is comperable to the overall male GPA though, so it's not like 3 in 10 are animal house types and 7 in 10 are nerd-study types. all types of students join fraternities.
-people rarely take trips to NYC, but if you wanted to it is perfectly possible to do a day or weekend trip there. however, most students find enough fun on campus.
-downtown ithaca has tons of restaurants and shops, and a little beyond there are some shopping malls.
ED is binding; EA is not. a school will have one or the other, not both.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers, Sparticus. :)</p>
<p>no prob, any time...</p>
<p>OK...here's a question. I'm applying to Cornell(CALS) ED in the fall. How does Cornell view ED applicants?</p>
<p>How's the business atmosphere at cornell? Specifically entrepreneurship? I know that there are only a handful of schools that concern themselves with entrepreneurship. Hopefully, Cornell has a nice entrepreneurial atmosphere. Also, would I be able to sustain, say, a landscaping company in Ithica?
or would it be a wiser alternative to attend Babson College? As a junior(now senior:D ) these 2 schools are recurring leaders in my college search. For entrepreneurship, which school would you recommend I attend?</p>
<p>From Cornell's website, it appears the entrepreneurial community at cornell is very active. Is this accurate?</p>
<p>This question is aimed at anyone currently enrolled or possessing knowledge relevant to the question.</p>
<p>...know anything about theatre at Cornell?</p>
<p>Yeah, all the theatre kids live in Risley...and they're all weirdos, just like in high school. :)</p>
<p>"You have one month, maybe two, where you can randomly go up and say hi to anybody. Take advantage of that."</p>
<p>Ha, I say hi to random people...maybe I'm overly friendly? lol. (Hopefully not creepy).</p>
<p>"How did you deal with the sensation of being alone, even tho you have so many ppl arnd you?"</p>
<p>As a transfer, I was worried about meeting people...shouldn't have. Within a couple of weeks the group of friends I'd basically spend the year around had emerged. You just have to remember that every new student is in the same boat--and everyone wants to meet people. The wonderful thing is, there are so many people that you are BOUND to find people that you 'click' with.</p>
<p>As far as missing high school friends--three days after getting back home, I went on a camping trip with my closest HS friends. And we make a point to stay close over breaks and the summer.</p>
<p>"For all the non-Engineering majors out there from Cornell, are you isolated from all the Engineering majors?"</p>
<p>Nope.</p>
<p>"...know anything about theatre at Cornell?"</p>
<p>When it's nice out Risley kids have jousting matches on the lawn infront of their dorm on the weekends...(I'm serious).</p>
<p>That's the extent of my knowledge on theatre people.</p>
<p>rhassanl: There's a whole entreprenureship area of AEM, with this guy pedro perez, and others. i'm not in AEM, so i don't know specifics, but in general i see a strong presence for entreprenureship here. i took a course AEM 121 this semester where a different entreprenure grad spoke each week.</p>
<p>Are you saying you want to have your own landscaping business in ithaca? I don't know how that would go either way. I don't know if the townies cut their grass themselves for the most part or not.</p>
<p>Why Ignore Ants: Not much of an idea, sorry, but this might help you out a little: <a href="http://www.arts.cornell.edu/theatrearts/%5B/url%5D">http://www.arts.cornell.edu/theatrearts/</a></p>
<p>Cornells Entrepreneurship program is not limited to AEM students, it is a University-wide program (participating colleges at Cornell are CALS, Engineering, Hotel, ILR, CAS, Hum Ec (Undergraduate) plus Veterinary, Johnson and Law (Graduate) .
<a href="http://epe.cornell.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://epe.cornell.edu/</a></p>
<p>This program works in conjunction with Cornells Entrepreneur Network (CEN) which, as the name suggests provides networking opportunities for alum, students, faculty and staff.<br>
<a href="http://cen.cornell.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://cen.cornell.edu/</a></p>
<p>To the question about theatre- not all Risley people are weird and crazy, just some of them are... different. But we love them anyway.
In terms of theatre, there are a few different student groups with different specialties.
Risley does have its own theatre, which puts on a medley of productions each year. You can be very involved in that, even if you don't live there. The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts also puts on many performances, many of which students are involved with/perform in.</p>
<p>okay so can someone explain how the whole food situation works?</p>
<p>i got the 14 meals and 500 brb, but i feel like thats too much since theres only like 3 places that i saw that takes the 14 meals a week thing. what's the best plan do you think?</p>
<p>I say 7 or 10 is fine with all those brbs.</p>
<p>Meal Plans:</p>
<p>there are 8 places that have the 'meals' (your 14 meals/week)- 2 are on North, 3 on West, 1 on Central, 1 off of West (104West!, the kosher place).
there are also around 30+ places on campus that take your BRBs. </p>
<p>I would take the first week with the plan you have and see how much time you have/what works for you. Have lots of time/like the dining halls? Then your plan is great for you. Find yourself rarely touching your meals and burning through your BRBs? (you're not alone on that, probably 50% of students use their BRB stash by mid-semester) Then switch to a cheaper, fewer meals/week plan (7 or 10). You can only 'downgrade' until a certain point each semester, usually within 1-2 weeks of the semester starting. You can always 'upgrade', however (Cornell is always willing to take your money but is less happy to lose some of it).</p>
<p>Personally, 14/week worked out GREAT with my fall semester, but I rarely had time for more than dinners/weekends (7-10/wk) second semester, so I ought to have downgraded.
Basically? See what works for you and how much you like to eat. This is another time for all of us current students to plug how great the Cornell food is.</p>
<p>If cost is not an object, get the unlimited meal plan. It is so totally worth it.</p>
<p>14 is pretty good for first semester. Second semester you'll be able to gauge what you need.</p>
<p>Do classes start immediately after Orientation?
How many of you did CASE exams? Are they very tough? Is it advisable to do them?
Whats your view on AEWs? Do AEWs have tests at the end of the course?
When exactly do we do major oriented courses (like the ECE or AEP tagged courses...can we start them first term itself, if we're skipping intro phys-mech and E&M, math and chem?)
From what I gathered, in Writing Sem, u learn another subject and write an essay on it...Is that what it is? Can we choose what subject we want to do our writing sem in?
And, Lastly, how imprtant is the holiday homework we're doing now (that write up on the The Great Gatsby)</p>
<ol>
<li>Yes</li>
<li>No idea</li>
<li>They don't fit my style but might be good for some people</li>
<li>You'll probably take 1-3 your freshmen year based on your AP credit and schedule choices.</li>
<li>No. It's a course in a subject of your choosing. There are hundreds of choices. Instead of exams, it's graded based on essays.</li>
<li>It may be graded in your writing seminar. Just write it.</li>
</ol>
<p>perro how much weight did you gain though haha</p>