Cornell Days Overnight visit

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Is anyone else planning on staying overnight with a host student on Cornell Days? What should one expect? What could one find out through such an experience?

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My D is scheduled to stay overnight with a host student during Cornell Days later this month. She’s been overnight to another university last month and will have another one before the Cornell trip. For her, it’s her aim to get an “insiders” look on what she’ll experience should she choose to attend that particular university, from staying in the dorms, chatting with current students, eating in the dining hall, etc. Besides comparing the academics at her final 3 school choices, the social aspect, including living situation are factors in her final decision.

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@takanuva you get an honest look at the dorm, get to eat at a dining hall, see what the campus is like at night, and meet a bunch of current students. Gives you a decent flavor of Cornell.

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Thanks @CGZoo42
Do students in a specific dorm belong to the same college in general or is there heterogenous grouping? If the host is in CALS, is there still a chance to maybe get to talk to some CS majors? Based on some of your other posts, it seems you might know about CS @ Cornell so if you don’t mind, I have a few questions:

  1. Is there a place where CS students hang out when not in class - like an ACM room? Is it possible to walk up and talk to some CS students - specifically sophomores/juniors?
  2. Are students able to sign up for the courses they want each semester? It seemed that certain courses run every other year or even greater gap …
    Thank you for your help - we emailed a few people at Cornell about getting to know more specifics and heard no response from most of them.
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To answer your first question- Dorms are not organized by major or school or anything like that.
I’m not sure about the other stuff you asked.

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@takanuva 1) I think CS majors tend to hang out with other CS majors because they often have projects to work on together or they simply help each other. But there isn’t a set place where individual majors hang out or anything like that.
2) You may likely find that, as a freshman, you will be the last to pick the classes that you want - and they might have filled up. You will get all of you’re required classes in so don’t worry about that. Electives may fill up though simply because of seniority.