<p>Wait, isn't Bill Nye a prof there?? When I was there once this dude told me he was...or maybe he was a guest prof at that time.</p>
<p>Oh yeah well we have a seriel killer, slipper...</p>
<p>absolutley not.</p>
<p>I hope you're not hating on Cornell jelch...that could be seriously hazardous to your health!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Bill Nye is a biology prof at cornell. he is also an alum, class of 77 i htink</p>
<p>if i only i could get in lol</p>
<p>LOL I know right</p>
<p>omg i love bill nye!!
lol that's my input</p>
<p>wait didn't bill nye have a contract for like 4 years up this year? He might not be teaching there when we start in September</p>
<p>If you are seriously considering Cornell, visit it, talk to people, be very careful how you decide. DO NOT let the work scare you away. If you are capable enough to get in, you are capable enough to handle the work, so don't doubt yourself. The idea of the workload scared me away - although I got in, I thought I wouldn't be able to handle it and turned Cornell down for another university. This is a decision I have spent a lot of time thinking about and regretting, and seeing as I feel understimulated and unhappy at my current school....I plan on transferring to Cornell in the Fall. I'm in the process of reapplying now. Trust me, if you really want to go there and you get in - don't be afraid. Cornell thinks you can handle it, so you can. You won't be happy somewhere that's anything less then that.</p>
<p>oh gosh guys, please don't get me wrong, I still love Cornell, and like i said, i CRAVE intellectual stimulation. I'm one of those huge losers that actually likes writing papers and reading for school. When the bell rings after 8th period, I'm really upset that Government is over before my teacher has managed to impart yet more of her infinite wisdom on us.</p>
<p>Dart is technically my fave now, even though Cornell is closer to home. I simply get the idea that Dartmouth is a lot more focused on undergraduates than Cornell. Also, I've never actually been to Dartmouth's campus, whereas I've seen Cornell and am enamored with it...when I set foot on campus it felt like I'd entered a higher plane that was virtually drama-free and where learning was sacrosanct. </p>
<p>Trust me, I'm not the type to go "wah wah this is hard, I'm going to run away now." If I were, I wouldn't have taken the hardest courseload that my school has to offer. I didn't even do it for the MRA - I just couldn't envision myself sitting bored off my a s s in Environmental Science Regular when the AP Bio class is giving their brains a workout next door. And I didn't want to be Just Another Girl Who Dropped Math and Science As Soon As She Was Allowed to - no, I stuck with BC Calc AP and AP Bio.</p>
<p>But there are a ton of reasons that I refused to apply to Swarthmore, for example. It has to do with the fact that their students renamed McCabe Library "McCage", because THEY NEVER LEAVE THE BUILDING. I'm all for learning and becoming a smarter person at a great institution - but I still want to be able to meet people, to join choirs, continue piano lessons and tennis and art and writing, etc. I don't want to give up the extracurriculars that I've come to love, or to spend four years cooped up in a library, trying desperately to crank out papers when there are a ton of amazing people just waiting to be met on the outside of those walls (although...I have to hand it to them...Cornell's library is like a PALACE and I would love to hang out there. lol.). Yes, the 40,000 dollars are for the education, but they're also for an experience that I don't want to miss out on.</p>
<p>I think you are missing the point completely. The point was that what you are saying is absolutely true, and the Cornell still holds the advantage. Did you not read the posts? What I and others posted was that cornell is best for exactly the reasons that you are mentioning. Your entire post is one big long non sequiter. Who said anything about giving up extracurriculars or spending 4 years in a library? I'm confused. After all, what gives cornell a lot of its bragging rights is its difference from the other ivies in those same areas. Its at harvard and yale where kids dont get out at all and spend their lives in libraries. Cornell places a much bigger emphasis on social and extracurricular activites and a balanced lifestyle for its students.</p>
<p>no, i completely understand that what you all were saying about Cornell is the same thing I just said in my last post; thank you for all your responses. I was just replying to the people who indirectly cast me as someone that was opposed to tough academics:</p>
<p>"I've never understood kids running away from schools simply because they heard the school was "hard" wah wah If you're going to pay $40,000 a year to go to college, why not go to one that will challenge you to do your best?"</p>
<p>Please understand, I was not complaining about Cornell when I started this thread. I just realize that sometimes the college books do not paint an accurate picture and wanted the opinions of people who go there. What you said, and your obvious enthusiasm for the school, definitely has brought Cornell back into higher favor with me again. I'd say that in my eyes, Cornell and Dartmouth are now tied (don't hate me! lol).</p>
<p>Did you hear the rumor? Cornell is better than Dartmouth! psst psst. It's a secret; don't tell bluirinka....:p</p>
<p>haha sparticus, in what ways?</p>
<p>we have better gorges, and everything else...</p>
<p>I see.........</p>
<p>And Dartmouth boards have to steal our games (though it was blurinka that did the stealing....)</p>
<p>and red is a way cooler color than green</p>
<p>dartmouth vs cornell
i think i mite go with cornell
waht bout u</p>