Advice for the parents of the Cornell Class of 2013

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<p>Any Cornell parents, alumni or current students have any advice for the parents of the Cornell Class of 2013?</p>

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<p>Parent AND alum here.</p>

<p>Advice? Hmmm…</p>

<p>1)take a course at the adult university some time. It’s a cheap vacation, and a lot of fun.
2) Take a vacation up there, it’s really nice
3) get a half sui, they’re really good. Not healthy though, at all.
4) if you’re driving up from South the traditional stops are: Roscoe Diner, and Whitney Point ice cream place
5) Expect that the academics will not be a cakewalk
6) your kid is really lucky
7) I dunno what else to say, your kid will figure out his/her existence without you, so…</p>

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<p>one important one: teach your kids how to do laundry!</p>

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<p>there are several laundry services…i did my own laundry about 3 times this year.</p>

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<p>if you are planning to go up Parents week-end-book a hotel reservation now. If all hotels are booked, check out hotels in Cortland, NY. It’s about a 30 minute drive.</p>

<p>Some hotels will start taking reservations for graduation 4 years in advance. Yup- you drop your kid off for freshman year, and you make a hotel reservation for graduation at the same time. Other hotels have a lottery a year before graduation. Don’t panic, if all else fails, you can stay on campus for graduation. The do a dorm lottery in February of senior year. It is ALOT cheaper to stay in the dorms for graduation.</p>

<p>and the finger lake area around cornell is absolutely beautiful- see if you can drop the kid off and take a mini vacation in the area. </p>

<p>ah- the Roscoe Diner. stopped there many a time on my trips to school from Brooklyn to Oswego. My kids never quite understood the signifigance of the Diner to NY college students, until I pointed out a bumper sticker on a car on Long Island from “The Famous Roscoe Diner”.</p>

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<p>“My kids never quite understood the signifigance of the Diner to NY college students…”</p>

<p>ya, maybe that skipped a generation,temporarily, I had to instruct. But it’s still there, and still about half-way from NYC…</p>

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<p>Make sure to visit Buttermilk Falls State Park (especially the Gorge Trail) and Robert H. Treman State Park (make sure to see Lucifer Falls) sometime when you visit Ithaca (preferably in the autumn or spring). Both parks are absolutely beautiful, and a short ride down the hill from campus. For that matter, make sure to walk around Cornell’s campus – see the Plantations, Fall Creek Gorge, Cascadilla Gorge, the varying architecture of the buildings and the beautifully maintained campus. </p>

<p>Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes!</p>

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<p>things we did before d graduated–</p>

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<li> spent one night at Statler Hotel</li>
<li> hubby played golf on Cornell golf course</li>
<li> went to Farmers Market</li>
<li> Dinner at WEGMANN’S.</li>
<li> Drove car on racetrack at Watkins Glen (less than 1 hour from Cornell).</li>
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<p>we still travel through area, as d # 2 is at SUNY Cortland. We’ll try to fit in at least one more mini vacation in Finger Lake Region before d# 2 graduates.</p>

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<p>for those of you interested in local tensions, i found this on ithaca’s rant and raves: </p>

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