<p>That definitely would make me nervous, my town's pretty quiet too.
I've heard positive things about Cornell's safety, so that shouldn't be a real factor in anything, right?
My dad was quite scared after our Penn visit... though I think he definitely overreacted, Penn's location isn't exactly ideal.</p>
<p>I felt very safe on the Cornell campus. Unfortunately...we did a few armed muggings on campus during a week in March...but the police found the man responsible. Just be sure to use common sense (ie. don't walk alone late at night, leave your doors locked, don't display valuable items, don't leave valuable things unattended in the library) and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>We have blue light phones all over campus as well as an escort service that will walk or drive you home if you feel unsafe.</p>
<p>is there ever a problem with laptop theft? should I invest in lojack?</p>
<p>It does happen...I used a laptop lock for those moments when I needed to use the restroom or when I wanted to grab a book from the stacks and it wasn't practical to take my laptop with me. But ideally...you should never leave your laptop unattended. I worked in the Uris Library and I can't tell you how many students would leave their laptop unattended for 30+ minutes.</p>
<p>what's a laptop lock?</p>
<p>its a laptop protection thingy you get to have as insurance when you buy a laptop.</p>
<p>It's not as snazzy as lojack....it's a combination lock for your laptop. Most laptops have a slot on the side that you plug the device into and wrap the cable around the chair or something...kind of cumbersome...but it works.</p>
<p>ohh...so it's a physical lock rather than tracking software? interesting...</p>
<p>Chandler: I like certain aspects of LI. I mean, I live on the water and the city is minutes away(it surprisingly gets old pretty fast... I really do not take advantage of it as much as one might think). </p>
<p>Every part of LI is different. There is no stereotypical Long Islander, it varies from town to town. I live on the North Shore. Yes, you could classify my town as "slightly" elitist but it does have its positives. All the wealthy send their kids to private schools therefore our PS is practically empty but we still have the same resources and even smaller class sizes than Private schools. Its becoming impossible to live here unless you make a lot of money so a lot of people leave once they hit adulthood.</p>
<p>vitae: LI just sounds like a cool place to be, other than the elitism. Lots of beaches, close proximity to the city, lots of fun things to do.</p>
<p>Haha wow, my PS is getting so full that they have to keep building new additions, and it's still too crowded! Yeah, costs of living are rising even where I live in upstate.
I guess if you live close to NYC your entire life, you get kind of sick of going there all the time. I wouldn't mind though! haha</p>
<p>LI is awesome! Yeah, we are slightly elitist, but it's just cause we're better than you :) jk. I'm from the north shore as well - vitaebella - where are you from, if you don't mind me asking? I love living on the shore, near beaches, but also being so close to NYC. The public schools are amazing. After middle school, some of my classmates went to private schools, but over half came back after a yr! they said our public school was just as good, so what's the point of wasting money? It's a great place to raise kids, if you work in NYC but don't want to raise a family there. Sadly, like most LI teens, I won't be able to afford living here when I'm older :( at least not in my twenties. I'd rather live in Manhattan in my twenties, if I can afford it. I'd love to live in LI when I'm older.</p>
<p>What draws you to Manhattan and LI if you don't mind me asking? I like the city, but God, I couldn't live there more than a year or two before I'd move to Montana or something and make a hut out of mud just so I'd never have to see another sheep again! I've taken too much acid to move like a city person...</p>
<p>There's also too much despair in NYC, but that's any city....</p>
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<p>Okay. If you say so.</p>
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<p>As opposed to Cornell.</p>
<p>Yep, Cayuga, I do say so. And no one said there's a typical Cornellian, although someone will always insist there is....</p>
<p>Beans - I love the city, also couldn't live there for my whole life. I love the hustle and bustle and the energy. I love the diversity and how there's so many types of people here...weirdos, mostly :) nothing is strange or out of place in NYC. In Washington square park, there is a man called Samurai Guy who slices oranges in half with his sword and reads your forture. There is a woman who talks to squirrels. There is an angry midget who stands on the square all day called Time Guy, because his job is to yell out the time all day. I see this on campus everyday. All this would be seen as weird in the rest of America, but it's nothing unusual here. I love the eccentricity, and the history of NY, and the culture and museums and food and clubs and how the city never sleeps. </p>
<p>But I'm really a nature girl at heart. I like trees and hiking and gardening. I would love to go to college upstate. What I love about Long Island is you have the nature and the beaches, but it's not isolated, and you have NYC right there so you can go when you feel like it, but you can leave and come back to your nice quiet town at night. It's a good life. If Montana and mud huts and sheep are your thing, go for it. Go where you're happy.</p>
<p>i don't expect too much with ED bcz i don't wanna get disappointed when i get rejected.
I'm just preparing my RD applications as if I didn't even apply ED</p>
<p>stargazerlilies - I live in the town of oyster bay. And even if the cost of living went down, Idk if I would choose to live the rest of my life here. Idk I'd rather just go up North. I know I could never leave the Northeast though, I would probably not fit in haha. Where are you from?</p>
<p>Beansaguscheese - you're either a New York person or you're not. that's all i comes down to. Being born & bred here makes me a little more accepting of the "fast" pace I guess. Every cities different though, If you picked m up and plopped me in LA for example, I would not be very happy (no offense to anyone from SoCal! Its just not my niche)</p>
<p>& I would never generalize Long Island as "urban" Definitely "suburban", and even completely "rural" in some areas (particularly out East). IMO, Its "fast-paced" but to an extent. Where I am from, some kids' parents make the commute to the city, but they are definitely the minority.</p>
<p>LI still sounds like a really cool place to live, but it's probably extremely expensive.
I've had some... contact with Long Island Jews and I kind of prefer non-LI Jews over LI Jews, I find the ones from LI to be much more arrogant and clique-y.</p>
<p>I'd definitely like to live in Manhattan for at least a while. And maybe a nice suburb of LA, too?</p>
<p>vitaebella - cool I'm from Manhasset! I also love upstate NY. I think NY is the best state to live in the nation - we have NYC, for the fast-pased city dwellers, we have the beautiful mountains and lakes of upstate NY, we have the beaches and spacious suburbs of LI. I could also never live anywhere but the Northeast, esp SoCal. I need 4 seasons a year, not 2!</p>
<p>yeah Chandler it's expensive, but so is Manhattan. I have LI Jewish friends who I love dearly, but unfortunately, your stereotype is kinda true. And I know, that sounds really terrible. Were those kids you met from Great Neck by chance? It's a Jewish town next to ours and I've never met a nice girl from there in my life. Those people give the good Long Islanders a bad name.</p>
<p>I'm not a huge fan of upstate NY... maybe because I've lived there my entire life. I'm definitely moving to a different area eventually.
I wouldn't mind 2, since they're both warm!</p>
<p>Well, the LI Jewish people I knew were originally from LI but moved to Albany and formed their little cliques there. I met them at Hebrew School... and they made my Hebrew School experience possibly the worst of my life. Who knew that (a large percentage of) LI Jews hate all who are not LI Jews, even other Jews?</p>
<p>I hope Jews at Cornell (if I get in) are less clique-y and nicer.</p>