<p>If Cornell is academically rigorous, how can Cornellians have time to do parties and stuff? Is it true that most Cornellians study until 2am? Is studying at Cornell harder than studying at Harvard? I'd really love to go to Cornell, but after reading many threads on this forum, I began to think that maybe I should end up enrolling in an easier school. And why people keep bashing Cornell as the lowest ivy? One more thing. Compared to other ivies, do Cornell graduates get good/lucrative jobs? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Cornell is academically rigorous. IMO it is completely legitimate to consider whether you are interested in the challenge of an academically rigorous school when you select colleges.</p>
<p>This is a point I mentioned to my own daughter when she started looking at colleges. Then as she was considering: Swarthmore. MIT, Wellesley, Haverford, U Chicago, Bryn Mawr, Johns Hopkins- we found that people at all these schools considered them highly academically rigorous as well!!! So maybe there's no "free lunch" at this level.</p>
<p>As for "lowest Ivy", "compared to Ivys"- Bear in mind that the Ivy league is just a sports conference. The schools in the Ivy league are all diferent than each other. They don't all offer identical programs of study, and they don't all have identical admissions standards. I suggest worry about whether you prefer Cornell to Harvard once you are fortunate enough to gain admission to both of these schools. Personally I think some of the schools I listed above share as much with Cornell as certain Ivy league schools do.</p>
<p>My own opinion is that individual Cornell students have accomplished afterwards exactly what their individual talents enabled them to accomplish. And ditto grads of these other schools.</p>
<p>In many cases, the individual talents are considerable and the success has been commensurate.</p>
<p>well put Moneydad,<br>
I agree that there are many successfull individuals coming from colleges outside of the ivy league. And a quality education can be found at numerous non-ivy league colleges.</p>
<p>If Cornell is academically rigorous, how can Cornellians have time to do parties and stuff? Though we study hard, we offset that with a 'work hard, play hard' mentality. </p>
<p>Is it true that most Cornellians study until 2am? God no!!! I'd have no life. Academics are rigorous, but they dont ask you to throw our life away! </p>
<p>Is studying at Cornell harder than studying at Harvard? Haha, probably! I have a few friends at harvard; grade inflation. </p>
<p>And why people keep bashing Cornell as the lowest ivy? I dont really know, probably because we kicked their ass in hockey. After all, the ivy league is an athletic division. </p>
<p>Compared to other ivies, do Cornell graduates get good/lucrative jobs? A bigger alumni network probably offers cornell graduates more job opportunites, at least on average.</p>
<p>Hey, speak for yourself gomestar:)</p>
<p>I study till 2AM (if I'm lucky).</p>
<p>That's rough, norcalguy, but that's probably why your GPA is much higher than mine.</p>
<p>Although not a Cornell student I do think I can talk about the time thing. When I took my college course during the summer at a pretty well ranked college, time management was an issue. I did stay up really late to study, but that's because I wanted the best grade I could get and because I was preoccupied with other activites during the day. Staying up to 2 am is the option of the person who is studying really...</p>
<p>norcalguy - on average i dont. However, the past three to four weeks has been rather brutal for me. Two all nighters last week should count ;) I should have a bit of a break after my prelim tomorrow.</p>