<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Whats the atmosphere of the student body at Cornell like? I mean, is it laid back and diverse like Stanford ? Does it have lots of different things to do? Do you feel closed in ??</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>very career oriented students who are generally very concerned with their studies, know how to lay back, but get intense with their work when need be.</p>
<p>it's big enough to have its own zip code, so there's certainly always something going on! i highly doubt you'll feel closed in.</p>
<p>I believe Stanford was modeled with Cornell in mind. Although I'm sure the feel of campus is very different. I'm under the impression that Stanford is big too. . . .they have a total enrollment of around 14,400 (6654 undergraduate, 7800 graduate). Cornell's around 20,000 total with 13,000 undergraduate. So they are both big. . . .</p>
<p>Cornell seemed like it's laid back at times, and intense at others. I visited in the spring where everyone was sprawled out across the quad, playing frisbee, and lining their dorm halls in lawn chairs. But Cornell is a difficult school, and there are times, like reading periods before finals, where the atmosphere is very focused and intense.</p>
<p>I don't know much about Stanford, so I really can't make too much of a comparison. If you have a serious problem with snow, Stanford has an edge. . .but I personally like snow, and it's an added bonus to have a small ski center nearby (Greek Peak, although it is small)</p>
<p>Cornell is also very diverse, like Stanford, so pretty cool. Considering i grew up in a 99% white community, it's kind of nice to have all sorts of people around.</p>
<p>Um, what else. Keep in mind that Ithaca is a very cool collegetown, though very isolated from any major cities. However, cornell and ithaca have everything you could ever want anyway. . . and if you really want to go to NYC, there's a 5 hour bus ride and you're there.</p>
<p>Quality of life wise. . .the food is amazing. Most of the dorms are really nice, and the campus is beautiful (waterfall cascading through the campus).</p>
<p>From what I gather, Cornell is stressful, but even among the hardest majors, it's still doable if you stay on top of your work. . . . .There is plenty of opportunity to have a good time, but it is by no means a party school. </p>
<p>I hoped I helped with a little insight on CU, I wish I could give you a comparison to Stanford, but I never looked at the school (way too far away). . . but I hear Stanford is fantastic as well!</p>
<p>The atmosphere at Cornell is roughly 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, with the remaining percent split between very small amounts of noble gases and other compounds. </p>
<p>Yes stanford just ripped off cornell. And all those cali people seem laid back and nice, but they're really stuck-up pricks. (Just kidding Norcalguy and others!!!!!!).</p>
<p>Ain't nothin' wrong with those Cali people. It's the New Yorkers you have to worry about ;)</p>
<p>Closed in? No.</p>
<p>Lots of different things to do? Yes.</p>
<p>Laid back? No. After October, the sun comes out only five more times the rest of the school year. That's when people flock out to play frisbee and such.</p>
<p>wait a week or 2 and i'll get back to you with some extensive firsthand research :D</p>
<p>The other day, I was looking at stanford's description in the Fiske guide, and they talked about how Stanford was the first great American university, not one modeled after Oxford and Cambridge like hyp, and it really annoyed me, because CORNELL is the FIRST great american university! Stanford is second at best...</p>