<p>I applied to Cornell and have heard conflicting account on its students. My cousin who didn't get in said Cornell are full of lazy kids...while my math teacher who graduated there said Cornell's students are extremely industrious and it is difficult to graduate without working hard. Whose word is more credible?</p>
<p>asking your cousin... is like asking a student how he likes the professor that failed him...the teacher is the more credible source</p>
<p>"it is difficult to graduate without working hard."</p>
<p>shouldn't that be the case at any university?</p>
<p>"My cousin who didn't get in said Cornell...."</p>
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<p>"shouldn't that be the case at any university?"</p>
<p>you'd think so, but apparently there are some colleges where you don't have to study/work as much as others.</p>
<p>It's somewhere in between. Some people work harder than others, but in many cases the workload itself is not all it's hyped up to be. (I, for example, took a small intro science class- i.e., not bio or physics or chem- studied for only 3 days the entire semester- the days before the 3 tests- and passed.)</p>
<p>Stress at Cornell is partly a self-fulfilling prophecy. People come here with the idea that it's supposed to be hard, and so they feel like it's hard. This means that they often make their workloads harder than they really should be. Which is why you hear a lot of students whining, and that's why Cornell continues to maintain its tradition as a pressure cooker.</p>
<p>There are some classes that are just plain really freaking hard. But they're a small minority.</p>
<p>we abuse adderall and study copious amounts at once, then we are lazy in between and abuse alcohol...that's how I got my 4.0 this semester. I feel like most classes that are "hard" are more tedious than actually mentally challenging (I'm sure this isn't a problem in science/engineering, though), which is just annoying. all of my classes, except for ILR 656, were not mentally difficult. people were just lazy (and stupid), which is why they got bad grades. you should designate one week day for getting drunk just to balance out the academic work/maintain your sanity.</p>
<p>lianri, no one wants to "pass" a class. you can't do much graduating with a 2.0 GPA. people shouldn't take science courses if they plan on studying 3 days for the entire semester and aren't very intelligent/ don't have ridiculous memories.</p>
<p>Cornell isn't a "self-fulfilling prophecy", it's a soul-crushing institution, particularly during finals week, which is why I recommend the alcoholism. I guess it depends on what kind of grades you want to get. If you're trying to get over a 3.7 or so, you're probably going to be constantly ****ed about doing work. I guess this only applies to people who want to go to graduate school. So, if you're not going to grad school, you can get by without doing much work.</p>
<p>It's about medium. In ILR there's a **** load of reading but it's not really difficult reading...it's just that u need to read it to do well. Most people go out on weekends but just study during weekdays and hang out late at night. It's def a lot but it's nothing to cry about lol</p>
<p>it depends on you of course ... im a bio major and i have to say cornell is filled with lazy kids lol, all my friends are damn lazy, they barely study. my friend's suite mate said "ive never seen you with a book open" to my friend haha. </p>
<p>although my classes have a lot of reading, Bio, bio lab, chem, nutrition, they are optional, teachers don't check whether you read or not (xcept for bio lab theres quizzes) so if you chooes to do the readings then yea you'll be in doors a lot, if you don't you got plenty of time. i dont do the readings til 2 days before prelim/final and it works fine</p>