<p>I just got my acceptance letter today, and I'm ecstatic! Anyone else apply to the 2006 Cornell Summer College and get their acceptances yet? If so, what course are you taking? I'm taking the CALS one-week course, July 16-22.</p>
<p>I did, I'm enrolled in the College Success program. Good Luck ;)</p>
<p>Im doing the three week psychology program. See you all there</p>
<p>Awesome, I'm doing the 3 week psychology program and the 1 week CALS program. I'm so excited!</p>
<p>I'm going to the 3 week(6/24-7/15) On Camera: Studies in Film Analysis. I'm really excited to go, but really scared too.</p>
<p>I went last year. If you have any questions, be sure to ask me through this forum, and I'll try to respond... I'm not too good with PM's XD</p>
<p>Troubleinabox why are you scared to go? fjchowdhury what are PM's XD? also hows the social scene at cornell summer college? are they strict there and are the rules easy to break?</p>
<p>PM's = private messages
XD = an expression</p>
<p>I guess scared was a bad word to use. I am more nervous than anything. I'm at a loss of what to except of the course, what it will be like rooming with someone else, and what things I can do when I am not working or in class. I'm the type the likes to be prepared for every aspect of a situation and all I've got is what the website says.</p>
<p>ali12, haha glad to see some of your questions were answered. Cornell's social scene is great. You make a ton of new friends really quickly, mainly because of the hall-style system they have in the dorms and the many social activities they plan for you in the beginning to get to know new people. Everybody makes tons of friends at Cornell, whether you make a point to or not, so don't worry about that. It's so much fun! </p>
<p>Regarding security.. Cornell takes security very seriously, especially during Summer College. They are not "strict" per se, but they have a few ground rules that leave no room for breaking. For instance, there is a curfew system.. you must report to your dorm room by 11 PM on weeknights, 12 AM on weekends so that they can check to see that you are still there. After this curfew, you can't leave your dorm building. Keep in mind that this is mainly because they are dealing with minors and before they implemented these restrictions there were students going crazy and doing really bad things (porn tapes anyone?). It's not a big deal at all though as everybody becomes close friends with their hallmates and find tons of things to do after curfew. Also, you are not allowed to go into any private cars without written and approved consent from your parents or you face serious disciplinary action.. with that said you don't really need to go into a private car as public transportaion does wonders if you want to head off of campus. There is also a limit to how many members of the opposite sex you can bring into your dorm with you - it's a 1:1 ratio (one girl per one boy, etc), but this isn't really that enforced unless you have a really anal resident advisor. Those are the only important rules I can really think of in addition to the obvious no going into frat houses (houses face a $5,000 fine if they are caught with summer college students, so they won't want you anyway), no drugs, no alcohol etc. These rules are extremely difficult to get past, and I reiterate once again that it would be really stupid of you to try and break these rules, esp. the ones about curfew. But other than that, you are free to explore Cornell, go off campus, make new friends.. it's a ton of fun, and if you have the money for tuition I highly reccomend it. </p>
<p>I took the Body, Mind, and Health course and it was really worth the 5k I put down because of the experiences I had, the friends I made, and the course credit I received. As I am going to Johns Hopkins this fall, I was thrilled to find out that my courses taken during Cornell Summer College will transfer, so make sure you do well in them too as they will help you! Also, I became friends with my professor and the TA's, who I still talk to often and even got reccmendations from for college. All in all, it's definitely worth it!</p>
<p>Troubleinabox - if you have any questions feel free to ask me, I would be more than happy to help!</p>
<p>What sort of things are there to do when isn't being done? And how is the food there? One last thing, are there any quirky little things I might want to know?</p>
<p>There are TONS of things to do outside of class. During the weekdays, after class my friends and I would usually get some lunch and hit the library to do our reading and whatnot. After that we would either go out to Collegetown and get smoothies, walk around campus, hang out in each other's dorms, or just hang outside and mingle. This is just the things that my friends did, but there aer tons of things to do that are Cornell-sponsored; they do a good job of having events to do for you. Everyday youwill get flooded with emails about how tehre are upcoming events, socials/mixers, seminars, etc that afternoon. Scavenger hunts, trips to Syracause, trips to the Gorges, and even day-long excursions on yachts were just some of the events to do. You'll have so many opportunities to do things that you won't be able to do everything you want to do, which kind of sucks, but oh well. Too many events, not enough time, I guess. Also, Cornell's campus itself is beautiful and has a lot to explore. The creamery is really nice, and even going out on the town to the Commons is really nice for weekends. The food is excellent, you won't be let down as it's really quite delicious. Every now and tehn it's nice to go out and get some food from Collegetown though, which I did with a passion. Delivery food is excellent too. I'm not sure waht you mean about quirky things, but as we were on the South end of campus (I believe, I know we were right next to Libe Slope), the clocktower amused us all as it played your typical clock chime and then every now and then would burst out Coldplay songs and other songs too. It was fun to guess what tune the clock was chiming to. Also, the bookstore is really nice and the libraries at Cornell are AMAZING. Uris Library is beautiful, and the bubble tea in Collegetown is nice too. You will love it at Cornell (I hope)!</p>
<p>What is collegetown?</p>
<p>p.s.
sorry for being a questioning brat. XP</p>
<p>Hey, no problem, I was just as inquisitive last year as you are, except I couldn't find any info anywhere, which sucked.</p>
<p>Collegetown is a few blocks of restaurants, bars, convenience stores, and apartments close to the engineering quad. It's beautiful during the summer and has some of the coolest food ever, and almost all of it is pretty cheap. It includes TONS of chinese/japanese restaurants, a mediterranean place, a bubble tea place, collegetown bagels which has cool smoothies, bagels, and sandwiches, and place where they serve some of the best pizza I've ever had. It's really nice! I think a lot of the upperclassmen live in apartments in collegetown.</p>
<p>Big question... Is it really worth the money?</p>
<p>I was also accepted to the SC! I was wondering if the classes are really difficult and if one can have enough time to do all the work and still have a social life there?</p>
<p>Troubleinabox, if you have the money and it won't put you or your family into financial hardship, it is definitely worth the money.. it was amazing. The classes are not difficult if you do your reading, pay attention in class, and actively participate. My class (body, mind, and health) was very interesting to me and I had a lot of fun with it. Lots of reading though. Anyway, you have plenty of time to have a social life and do whatever you want... I pulled off an A in the class and I still had a ton of fun. Don't worry about social life, you will have plenty of time to have fun, haha</p>
<p>That's good to know because I'm giving up a sweet 16 bash for this. I'm excited, except it seems so far away to be soo excited. Yay!</p>
<p>Awesome, I hope some other Summer College students can chime in too and give you other perspectives.</p>