<p>Just graduated from Cornell 3 weeks ago and I miss Ithaca so much already. I'm here to answer any questions anyone may have. While at Cornell I was heavily involved in student leadership, the greek system, service work, research, and ILR. Cornell was an amazing experience for me and I'm here to answer any questions related to Cornell. Ask away!</p>
<p>Hey CUgrad, Im transferring to ILR this fall as a third year. Is there any advice you can give me on how to study ILR type classes? If you can tell me your experience as an ILR student that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for doing this!!!</p>
<p>Could you expand a little on you felt ILR was as a program? Pros/Cons, recommendations, tips, hints, anything? Thanks :D</p>
<p>How much time does the average pre-med student have? Do you feel that you were able to manage student clubs, activities, school work, and reserach all at the same time? What are the chances of finding a good girlfriend (I know its a crazy question but I plan on going to med school and I dont know when I will have time to find one.)? Do you find classes to be boring or interesting?</p>
<p>I think you’ll will find people’s premed experiences to be quite variable. I personally had a great time at Cornell and, in hindsight, premed was not very stressful for me. I barely study 2-3 hours/night in med school as it is. I can only imagine what I was doing at Cornell. I found it relatively easy to balance all of the demands of life. By senior year, I was working 3 part-time jobs (30 hours/week) because I had so much free time. On the other end of the spectrum, you will find people who’ll ***** and moan about the grading and stress or whatever. If it makes you feel better, med school is much harder than premed. </p>
<p>As for the girlfriend question, you can certainly do relationships at Cornell. But, don’t force it. Many college relationships either break up before one partner starts med school or very soon after due to the hell med school puts on relationships. In some ways, if you’re looking long term, it might be better to start a new relationship after starting med school. That way both parties know the caveats before going into it. The first thing I did was show my girlfriend this article and ask her what she can live with:</p>
<p>[FOXNews.com</a> - How to Date a Med Student - Love and Marriage](<a href=“http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452186,00.html]FOXNews.com”>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452186,00.html)</p>
<p>If she wasn’t willing to live with any of the stuff on the article, then the relationship is moot. But, thankfully, she knows and respects our boundaries (ie do not talk to me during test week) and on my end I make a HUGE effort to spend time with her (I study like crazy during the week to clear out 1.5 days per week to spend with her and not study).</p>
<p>i like that dating article hahaha</p>
<p>Im pre med and I just finished my first year at Cornell. Honestly I think you can do whatever you want as long as u prioritize. I went out almost every weekend and still had enough time to study and stuff. Unless you are the type to not stay focused u should be able to balance ur personal life and academics.</p>
<p>I’ll be at ILR in the spring, and my question revolves around minors and if theyre as easy to obtain as the transfer day folks said they were? I’d really like to minor in english while i complete my requirements for ILR, but is that very realistic? </p>
<p>and also, how is it finding a job once you graduate? I was told ILR has great job placement, and are you currently pursuing law school or something along those lines? my goal is to head to law school after cornell.</p>
<p>any feedback is appreciated :P</p>
<p>Macgruber- Hey CUgrad, Im transferring to ILR this fall as a third year. Is there any advice you can give me on how to study ILR type classes? If you can tell me your experience as an ILR student that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for doing this!!!</p>
<p>First off I just want to tell you that ILR is a great school, I truly loved it. Studying for ILR classes isn’t that difficult. Most ILR classes have about 3 prelims (exams) per semester. If you keep up with your work by going to lectures and actually doing the readings then you’ll do great in ILR classes. A lot of ILR students (including myself) would skip lectures once in a while and hold off a 5 weeks of reading until a few weeks before the prelim. SOmetimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. Professors are always easily accessible and they have specific office hours where you can come in and ask questions, same with TAs. ILR also has a great career services department and is great with interview help, resume help, and finding internships. Research opportunities are also readily availbe. ILR is a small school (roughly 800 students) so you’ll see a lot of the same faces in Catherwood library and in group projects.</p>
<p>roneald- Read everything I mentioned above. Some pros about ILR is that it is very easy to take electives in other schools. A ton of electives can count for ILR credit and you have room in your schedule to take whatever classes you want. </p>
<p>BrandNew70x7- Unfortunately you can’t minor in English and ILR. Look on the ILR website for a list of minors available to ILR students.
In regards to finding a job… it was super difficult for all of my friends this year. Some people went on 45 interviews and only got 1 offer. Many people had to take jobs they wouldn’t normally take. A bunch of my friends are doing Teach for America. It’s not just difficult for ILRies but for every college student in the country. The economy is horrible and finding a job is much more difficult than it was 2 years ago. Things will get better.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering the questions CUgrad09!</p>
<p>ILR gets lots of transfers after first year. Is there a slight split between freshman-admits and transfers? At my current school in Canada some freshman look down upon the transfers :(</p>
<p>This might be a bit trivial, but could a pro-corporate/business manager student fit in at ILR?</p>
<p>No there really isn’t a split. If you transfer in sophomore year you’ll be taking some freshman classes with freshman (OB, Labor History, Econ) and you’ll take some sophomore classes with sophomores (HR, Labor Law, CB205). By junior year you’ll be taking elective classes with sophomores, juniors, and seniors. There really isn’t a split between transfers and anyone else in ILR. Transfers fit right in.</p>
<p>Yeah there are definitely pro-business, anti-union people in ILR. I took a class last semester called ILRCB4060/HADM4481 which was entitled Collective Bargaining in the Hospotality Industry. It took place in the Hotel School and it was pretty much half ILRies and half hotelies. Most of the hotelies were pro-business and most of the ILRies were pro-union. It was great to hear everyones opinions and it was a great class overall. But being pro-business in ILR is no big deal at all. Many of my friends are working corporate jobs right now and several despise unions.</p>
<p>CUgrad, are there any specific ILR professors that you would highly recommend? Also, were you involved in any ILR related clubs/ extracurriculars?</p>
<p>-Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>btw CUgrad09, congrats on graduating</p>
<p>I’d recommend any Professor Compa elective. He has one class on International Labor Law and another on Corporate Social Responsibly. Both are great because they combine labor law, human rights, and labor history. </p>
<p>I’d also recommend doing research with a professor such as Bronfenbrenner or Ehrenberg.</p>
<p>I wasn’t involved in any ILR clubs. The most popular is the ILR SGA (Student Government). They plan monthly ILR events and get together and study breaks. There are also ILR clubs such as MILRSO (Minority ILR Student Organization), Global Affairs Club, Human Resources club, and the ILR Women’s Caucus.</p>
<p>Hey current Cornellians! I’m new to the school and a friend told me about participating in debate (parliamentary perferably) for academic credit. Do you know what the cousre code is? I asked an advisor but she wasnt farmiliar w/ it (she was the pre-med advisor). Thanks. Also what is the cost of living for a typical week on campus? What does that include?</p>
<p>COMM203: ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE</p>
<p>The cost of living is pretty cheap. You will have a meal plan so you won’t really need to pay for food out of pocket. One weekend you may eat off campus in collegetown or buy alcohol to pregame before an open party. I’d exepct to spend $10-$50 a week depending on what you do.</p>
<p>Finaid estimates tuition to be around $53 000 (Contract college, non NY resident). How much did you ACTUALLY spent roughly?</p>
<p>I know at my current school they list textbooks as $1500 and I spent about only $200. They neglected to mention a bunch of class/club fees and I ended up spending more there. Way less for the personal expenses as well. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve never spend more than $300 on textbooks in a semester. You might spend $20-$40 a week eating out, buying random supplies, and alcohol.</p>
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It’s also easy to spend far more than that a night if you’re eating out and going to bars.</p>
<p>Yeah but freshmen don’t usually go to the bars.</p>