<p>what is South Baker dorm like? I heard its one of the worst possible places to live</p>
<p>Drug Statistics at Cornell:
<a href="http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/top10Topics/alcohol-tobacco-drugs/AOD/cornellUse.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/top10Topics/alcohol-tobacco-drugs/AOD/cornellUse.html</a></p>
<p>South Baker is on West Campus, it's not that bad, and you wouldn't even have a chance of living there until sophomore year.</p>
<p>So I wouldn't really worry about it. If it's ur thing, u'll probably find it, if not then no problem (this is pretty much the attitude of everyone I've seen in my life so I doubt it would be different at Cornell).</p>
<p>You probably won't encounter hard drugs unless you fly over with a suitcase full of the finest Indian black tar.....</p>
<p>To the music questioners: There is a broad range of ensemble levels. You should be able to find something, from a general "fun" orchestra that practices a few hours a week all the way up to having personal piano recitals scheduled or nationally touring a cappella groups.</p>
<p>ASP: You will not encounter any drug other than alcohol unless you seek it. You might overhear someone talking about smoking pot, but unless you are friends with people who use it you probably won't even hear people talking about it. You will see the effects of alcohol if you are up late on a weekend night in the dorms and someone who has been drinking a lot wanders down your hall, but you won't have to be in the presence of alcohol or drugs ever unless you choose to. Disclaimer: this does not include slope day, where if you want to go on the slope and listen to the concerts you will definitely be around a lot of people who have been drinking. ;)</p>
<p>Oh wow, Sparticus, you say you were in math 111 and physics 112? Can you possibly tell me about those classes, like how hard they were, what the profs are like, how much help is available, etc. See, I'd really like to take physics 112, but I'm terrified of it being disasterous and killing my GPA, and I also gotta take math 111. So any help would be awesome.</p>
<p>I think the marijuana usage is a little more prevalent than sparticus described.</p>
<p>lol I went to a highschool where 95%, if not higher, of people smoked/smoke pot. (small town farm school). oooo small town life haha</p>
<p>with regard to pot, I don't think that if you don't want to be around it you will find yourself in a situation where you're forced to be around it. Perhaps it's disingenuous to say one will never encounter a situation with it, but on a daily basis I think it's fair to say it won't come into your life if you don't want it to.</p>
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<p>111 is easy as long as you do your practice problems...barely gets to the concept of integral calculus. It covers derivatives, fundamental theorem, and u substitution (possibly integration by parts, i forget). It doesn't matter if you know it though, you should definitely practice for the tests, because being able to do all the types of problems is important for solving the more involved test questions.</p>
<p>Physics 112 isn't too hard either. The two hardest parts for me were the concepts of angular momentum, and understanding precession and other gyroscopic phenomena. It's all about applying equations to "real life" problems. once again, practice problems are key.</p>
<p>In both courses, it's more important to understand the concepts to be able to regurgitate the steps, although both are necessary. Basically the testing methodology i've observed is one of combining types of problems so as to test a full understanding of "applying the tools one has learned to use" rather than just plugging into a formula. for example, in math 111 a question might require the tester to use multiple aspects of derivation to get the solution, and in physics 112, a question might involve a ball rolling down an frictioned inclined plane and then flying off a ramp into space (i.e. testing rotational analogs, conservation of energy, and kinematics all at once). Like I said, you use your "tools" to solve a larger problem rather than get tested on each "tool."</p>
<p>Yea, you might over-smell pot smoking, not overhear it.</p>
<p>Arjun, I like your sense of humor. Is it that high?</p>
<p>I tried this in another thread with no luck, so will try here--
Has anyone heard anything, good or bad, about the History and Govt departments? Would also be interested to hear views on class size, professors, etc. Thanks</p>
<p>hopefulsenior: The only way that statistic could be that high anywhere at a large, mainstream school would be if it's an "ever tried" statistic. I seriously doubt that 80% of cornell students smoke pot in your average month.</p>
<p>lspf72: Cornell doesn't really have bad departments. I'm not in either one right now, but you can get an idea of the offerings from the course catalog and of the professors from <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com%5B/url%5D">www.ratemyprofessors.com</a>. A friend of mine says there aren't many conservatice professors, fyi.</p>
<p>What exactly do you do in the IRL school?</p>
<p>Thanks, Sparticus.
Looked at the Cornell Website. History Dept was much larger than expected-</p>
<p>ILovetoRead I hear...lol but watever I can read good ;)</p>
<p>a couple of questions here:</p>
<p>Can you store stuff in refrigerators (like in the small ones for urself)?
Is it possible to drive a motorcycle (and store it sumwhere for winter)?
Are there coed dorms?</p>
<p>You can have a refrigerator in your room but it has to consume less than a certain level of power (I'm not sure of the exact figure). I have no idea about the motorcycle. Almost all the residence halls are co-ed (Balch is the only single sex residence hall and it's for girls); if you meant to ask if any of the rooms are co-ed, no there are no co-ed rooms on campus. As far as residence halls go, in some you'll be next door to the opposite sex, in others they will be on the other half of the hall, and still in others they will be in the suite opposite you. It all depends on which residence hall we're talking about.</p>
<p>ldlaunva:
1.yes, the refrigerators are for storage.
2.yes you can have one, I don't know about storage though. Campus parking is free for motorcycles.
3.Most of the dorms are coed.</p>
<p>Tell today, Has Cornell actually screwed anyone for using DC++ (Its illegal after all)?</p>