<p>Well. Engineering is probably the toughest major at any college, not just at Cornell. Yes, engineering folks tend to study much harder than others. However, many engineers I knew were also the wildest people I knew at Cornell and partied the most. (including my roommate from senior year…) </p>
<p>The benefit of going through the engineering curriculum is that, although you may need to work harder than others while at college, you will have that much easier time getting good jobs after college. It’s all about trade offs.</p>
<p>Cornell has an excellent fine arts program. The most beautiful building on Arts quad is dedicated to the fine arts program. Also, Cornell has a museum, in the middle of the campus, dedicated to fine arts.</p>
<p>The reason I think fine arts is strong at Cornell is because Cornell invests a lot into that program, as well as the fact that a somewhat related major (such as architecture) is also very heavily invested from Cornell. (Cornell recently completely renovated the architecture building)</p>
<p>Ithaca itself is a rather artistic town. Also, it doesn’t hurt that Ithaca & Cornell campus both are very beautiful and scenery.</p>
<p>Hi! Do you know if a large portion of PAM students in human ecology get into top graduate schools like Harvard, Yale, NYU, Northwestern…etc? And I was also wondering, on your r</p>
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Hi! Do you know if a large portion of PAM students in human ecology get into top graduate schools like Harvard, Yale, NYU, Northwestern…etc? And I was also wondering, on your r</p>
<p>Thank you so much!! My goal is law school, but I can tell my parents want me to go into finance…I’m not sure that the PAM major fits enough for that though…maybe corporate law then?? haha. NYU is extremely expensive, but I’ve taken 10 APs throughout high school, and NYU accepts up to 30 credits, so I’d graduate within 3 years + commute everyday (instead of living in the dorms) + work part-time every day at the restaurant I currently work at. It’s a possibility. But I think I like your plan! Thanks so much once again! :)</p>
<p>I happened to know quite a few things about law school admissions, well, since I am a law student. For law school, it absolutely doesn’t matter what you major in college. You can major in basket weaving & Chinese traditional dancing and still get into Harvard Law, as long as you have the GPA + LSAT combo they’re looking for. </p>
<p>And lastly, corporate lawyer > investment banker, in my humble opinion.</p>
<p>Does Cornell have an extreme drug abuse problem in comparison to other colleges?</p>
<p>Is the CoE applicant pool/student body a completely different set of students from the rest of Cornell?</p>
<p>If you had to survive a zombie apocalypse with a group of 5 students from one of Cornell’s colleges, from which college would you prefer they come from?</p>
<p>No. Btw, don’t do hard drugs. There are plenty of other fun things to do, trust me.</p>
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<p>CoE student body would be similar to those majoring in math, stats, or physics within CAS. But yes, on average CoE students tend to be more studious than others at Cornell.</p>
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<p>Engineering. No question. Some dudes I knew from engineering were absolute studs.</p>
<p>-Amazing quality of food at dorms
-Good school spirit
-Many fun and chill kids to hang out with
-Strong partying & drinking culture
-Diversity of student body
-Beautiful campus
-Delicious restaurants to explore outside campus
-Cornell gets strong recruiting from top employers
-Very high quality of professors
-Low faculty:student ratio in upper level courses
-High caliber of overall student body
-Strong leadership of University (I am a big fan of David Skorton)</p>
<p>Cons:</p>
<p>-Very expensive housing in Collegetown
-Some professors were just pain to deal with
-Terrible weather, from December to March
-Lack of legit sports teams (sorry, Cornell sports teams are a joke)
-Library bathrooms smelled bad, almost always (not sure why…)
-Competition for top grades can be fierce, especially in pre-med or engineering courses
-Not enough places to park, and very easy to get parking tickets (seriously…)
-Too many cops around campus
-Lack of legit clubs or high-end bars
-Far from casino (big fan of poker & black jack here)
-Far from NYC (if it was just 1-2 hours away from NYC, it would’ve been perfect)</p>
<p>Ugh. Weather. Too much snow and grey weather. Ithaca is a frozen tundra from Jan to Feb. Maybe that’s the reason why students stay inside and drink so heavily.</p>
<p>Could u tell more about sports? I am a big soccer fan and do I have a chance to play for a team or something at Cornell? I failed to get much info from its website.</p>
thanks again! I’m honored to be applying. I’m very nervous and excited!</p>