<p>this makes me very happy.</p>
<p>that's really cool! How far are ski resorts?</p>
<p>Closest one is Greek Peak. About 20-40 mins away. It's ok. Not great but not terrible.</p>
<p>Is that the mountain the gym class goes up to?</p>
<p>On the topic of having fun, are Cornell students all really nerdy and into themselves? </p>
<p>Silly as it is, I'm concerned with there not being enough girls like me at Cornell, who want to shop and gossip. :]</p>
<p>lol definitely not. There is a group for everyone.</p>
<p>haha, I'm glad to hear it. I visited recently, but realized too late that it was your spring break, so I didn't get a feel for the student body. </p>
<p>It seemed a little serious for my liking.</p>
<p>Well you might have visited around midterms n such so those r always stressful. But in a group of 13,000 undergrads there's probably ever possible social circle ever lol.</p>
<p>I'm going to come back up on my Spring Break and just look around. I'm excited.</p>
<p>Once Cornell gets sunny and everything is in bloom it is absolutely amazing. You just get the best vibe. I'm a guy and I'll admit that walking around Ithaca and Cornell when everything is in bloom is just sooo nice. It's really a great environment (I'm starting next year so I've only been there once and everything was like that when I visited and it was amazing) [I'm a GT]</p>
<p>Even though I don't go to Cornell yet I could answer ur question about the social groups for sure tho. I've been on these forums for a year and know college first hand. I go to a small college and there is every social group so going to a college many times the size of the one I'm at there's SURELY to be all those social groups. Especially w/ frats and sororities I can't imagine there ever being all nerdy people. As I heard, everyone has a little nerd in them to get into Cornell, but besides that everyone is different. I know that I'm def not nerdy (cept the little nerd in me that makes me do well in school and be passionate about it)...but I love hanging out, partying, playing sports (I was captain of two sports in hs), ect...so I'm sure I'll find many other people like that.</p>
<p>How does the campus look when everything is...well...not in bloom...which is for a large part of the year, no? is it still as nice as the times when most people are visiting? nice but different?</p>
<p>should i buy a bike for cornell? -_-</p>
<p>The only downside to Cornell is the weather. It maybe just that I come from a sunny place, but I find the weather in winter pretty harsh. But its GREAT in spring. Right now the weather is just fabulous. Anyone visiting should definitely watch the falls from the footbridge.</p>
<p>As for buying a bike, its kinda hard to ride one with so many slopes. But, i've felt at time sthat i shd a have a bike, especially when i wake up 5 minutes before class [;)]. But, you should be fine with walk and TCAT tho.</p>
<p>I think cornell was an awesome campus!</p>
<p>I thought so tooooo…^^^ absolutely gorges lol i went there in the fall…it was beautiful :)</p>
<p>I had a question for you Cornell students - when my son and I visited, we noticed that the freshman dorms are across a gorge, and up a hill and around a bend, they seemed pretty far from a lot of the academic buildings. Is this so? Do you have a long walk in the cold on a winter morning? </p>
<p>And how prevalent are the fraternities? I saw a LOT of Greek houses, and he is not thrilled with a school where the fraternities rule. Are they just a presence, or are they an overwhelming presence?</p>
<p>Yup. Basically all Freshmen live on North Campus. Currently there is a detour as they work on the bridge so it takes a little longer to get to class. Usually it takes roughly 10-20 mins of walking to get to class. And yes, walking to class in the bitter cold sucks.</p>
<p>I think about 30% of the student population are in the Greek system. I don't know what you mean by prevalent or "ruling" but they certainly are there. Of course, most parties revolve around them.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response - I think you answered my questions about the fraternities when you said that most of the parties revolve around them.</p>
<p>Do you have to be in a fraternity to go to their parties? And if so, what do the other 70% do for social weekend activities?</p>
<p>I'm not in a fraternity so I can't say this is 100% accurate, but there are exclusive events and open events. Exclusive events include mixers, date parties, formal parties, etc etc. and these are exclusive to the frat/sorority themselves. Open parties/events are open to everyone.</p>
<p>There are a decent number of open parties on campus. Maybe one weekend every 2 or 3 weeks after the initial Freshman Spring Rush. But before that, there are quite a number of parties. Furthermore, having fun doesn't necessarily mean drinking or going to huge parties. You could watch movies with some friends, board games, exercise. It's anything you want to do really.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info - that is what I was thinking of, the exclusive vs the open events! And thanks for the other information!</p>