<p>Is there really a "difference" between kids from each college in the university? Do students actually note that they are from A&S or Engineering or whatever when they talk to their peers?</p>
<p>After reading CC posts and talking to Cornell students/alums, they seem to group "aggies" or "engineers" together as if they're some other entity in the whole student body...</p>
<p>Was just some thoughts of mine...</p>
<p>When your at Cornell people generally will ask about what college your in and your major. However, this won’t seperate you from anyone else. I have friends in every school and we all joke about the different schools. It’s really not a big deal though.</p>
<p>What are the stereotypes? ;)</p>
<p>I agree with Ambassador12. People will ask which college you’re in. I guarantee your first month or so when you are meeting new people you will answer the question hundreds of times. Ultimately it doesn’t really mean much and you’ll likely meet people from all over. I would say a higher proportion of your friends will naturally come from your own college, but not by a significant margin (or it could just be I’m in Arts and it’s the biggest college, though I feel I have more Arts friends than people in other colleges). </p>
<p>Most people come to realize quickly that the stereotypes don’t mean much, but that doesn’t mean Cornell students don’t have fun with them. Don’t take them too seriously. These are just my general impressions from two years at Cornell. FYI, I’m an Econ/Govt double major in Arts so there is my bias. </p>
<p>AAP: They work all the time, day and night. They never leave Rand Hall. Some truth to this as you will always see lights on in that building on a Friday/Saturday night.</p>
<p>Ag School: Farmers, pre-med, and AEM (business major). AEM is generally thought of as an easy major, but that’s ok because they’ll graduate and get great jobs. AEM majors should never seek sympathy from other students for their work-load. Some truth to AEM being easier, but it’s certainly respectable and a top business program. I know being a member of the Econ department other Econ students look down on AEM (as easier), but ultimately realize AEM is a high-quality program (Please don’t take offense to me calling AEM easy. It’s the generally accepted stereotype on-campus. And not all majors are created equally in difficulty. For example, I consider econ to be the more difficult of the liberal arts programs, but easier than most of the hard sciences within the Arts school).</p>
<p>Arts: Lacks a definitive stereotype because it by far has the most diverse curriculum. Other students will often poke fun at the complexity of the graduation requirements (distribution, breadth, language, etc.), but generally Arts students are okay with this since they likely chose Arts because they appreciate a diverse curriculum. A divide exists between the hard sciences and liberal arts students which makes sense given the difference in courses of study.</p>
<p>Engineering: Nerdier, but smart in general, probably due to generally having a natural math affinity. Generally considered hard-working. Probably a bit of a male stereotype associated with it because the college is 70% male. Jokes perhaps associated with guys desperate for girls. Higher proportion of students tend to be more socially awkward within the party scene.</p>
<p>Hotel: “Hotelies” are considered to have an easier program. Again, don’t expect sympathy from anyone for your work load. In reality, they actually do a lot of work that is hands-on, job-related, but also realize that the work they do isn’t challenging relative to other programs. </p>
<p>Hum Ec: I can’t really think of any distinctive stereotype. I generally think of nutrition majors, pre-med, and such. Similar to Ag school since the school is located on the ag quad.</p>
<p>ILR: ILRies I don’t think have a stereotype. I personally consider ILR similar to my own course of study as an econ/government double major. I guess they are associated with unions and labor, but I think the department is actually divided faculty-wise between pro-union and pro-industry (I’m sure what I just said is a gross oversimplification, but hopefully you get what I mean). </p>
<p>Anyway, that’s what I came up with for stereotypes. I think they are generally accurate for the most part. Hopefully I didn’t just start a “war” between the colleges. These are just my honest impressions. I don’t mean to offend, especially when I called one major “easy.” Pretty much all programs at Cornell are pretty demanding compared to a lot of other schools. So being “easy” at Cornell doesn’t actually mean easy. But also I think people need to accept that some programs are simply harder than others.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for sharing! That was really great insight.</p>
<p>Keep it coming =)</p>
<p>I agree with MikeyC765 for almost everything he said.</p>
<p>I’ve heard Arts & Sciences referred to as the college of Arts& Crafts haha.</p>
<p>Also, hotelies tend to be much better looking than the general Cornell population and compared to the other 6 schools. They also rarely ever leave statler (no point when you have a library, classrooms, and 2 dining halls in your building). I once had a third year hotelie ask me where the Ivy Room was.</p>