<p>check it out...i like it's brutal honesty! </p>
<p><a href="http://www.*****.com/cornell_university/%5B/url%5D">http://www.*****.com/cornell_university/</a></p>
<p>link doesn’t work</p>
<p>sorry apparently this site has now put up a filter on websites </p>
<p>www(dot)*****(dot)com/cornell_university</p>
<p>edit: OMGOGMOG i guess this college confidential is trying to censor links to its competition! </p>
<p>the missing word for that website will be spelled using the first letter of every word below </p>
<p>university
national
institute
globalization
organization</p>
<p>I think this sums up Cornell U</p>
<p>The main text from the site:</p>
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<p>It’s not that bad in terms of academic stress – except perhaps for the engineers and pre-meds/pre-vets.</p>
<p>Just make sure that your credentials are in the upper half of Cornell’s admitted students and try to stay sober most of the time and actually do the work. The less qualified people and the drunks will get the low grades on the exams, and the curve will actually help you. That’s what my daughter says, anyway. </p>
<p>They’re right about the segregation, though. Even when self-segregation isn’t officially supported, it happens on its own. There is no Asian program house, for example, but Asian upperclassmen have more-or-less created one by deliberately choosing rooms in Cascadilla Hall (an old building that would otherwise be among the less desirable upperclass dorms) in the dorm lottery. There are even different Asian ethnic groups living on different floors in Cascadilla.</p>
<p>The amount of self-segregation is no more than any other large college campus in the country. And in many ways, it is more integrated at Cornell, due to the all of the fantastic ECs that are completely color and class-blind. (Think engineering teams or the music groups.)</p>
<p>I don’t agree with this assertion either:</p>
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<p>Any good school will allow you the opportunities to test yourself academically. The rest is up to you.</p>
<p>Cornellians, do however, like to whine. And they should really shut up about it.</p>
<p>I have one question though, when that review talks about the curve method in classes, how often does that apply? Am I going to find a curve in every class from Biology to Psychology to Business to Archeology or is it mostly in a particular subject area?</p>
<p>Kind of a weird question, in my first year at a community college with a total of my eleven classes I didn’t have one class that used a curved grading method.</p>
<p>This freaked me out a bit. I’m not scared by the prospect of working, I appreciate that is the point of college. However, the bit about not playing frisbee or reminiscing on good times because you’re too busy studying, studying and more studying? Serious? I love Cornell from what I know but this put me off big time. I want to be at a college where I can have fun and chill out, working as hard as this article suggests (in my opinion) is unhealthy and undesirable. </p>
<p>So can anyone clarify if it is really this bad? (I’m in CAS…)</p>
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<p>This is ridiculous. I played plenty of Frisbee and had plenty of snowball fights. Oh, and I definitely studied harder and worked a lot harder than the average Cornell student. </p>
<p>Oh, and I’m renting a house with eight of my close friends from Cornell this weekend and I will tell you that all we’re going to do is sit back and wax nostalgic about how amazing our days on East Hill were.</p>
<p>It’s actually kind of annoying how often I get hit by stray frisbee.</p>
<p>I saw kids plaing frisbee and doing random (RANDOM) things in the quad (or whatever that area is) when i went.</p>
<p>that review maybe be accurate, but almost none of it sounds great.</p>
<p>Let’s just say Resurgam doesn’t have the most unbiased perspective about Cornell. In particular, he has a hard time seeing the place from other people’s shoes. He also should probably be more proactive in seeking out the types of experiences he would like to have at Cornell.</p>
<p>There are some Asian “'bots” but it is their choice to stay segregated. Some people like staying in their own little universe. Otherwise the segregation thing is overblown and not any worse at CU than it is anywhere else; better than it is in the population at large.</p>
<p>Septiambre- there are “bots” which you speak of that aren’t Asian too you know…lets be careful of what we say.</p>
<p>uhhh, i do not like how this sounds… i guess i’ll see for myself when i get there!</p>
<p>Listen. Cornell is a “work-hard, play-hard” school. You will work hard and study during the week but it isn’t torturous at all. On the weekend most people cut loose and go to frat parties, bars in collegetown, and house parties. You also get to go out to brunches, dinners, parks, wegmans, CTB, etc. and catch up with friends.</p>
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<p>i didnt mean to scare anyone off. i have no affiliations with this website. i think it’s interesting the testimonials they have. </p>
<p>of course people have fun here. but when it starts to suck is when you arent able to balance the work hard/play hard lifestyle. which is why you’ll always see SOME people pull allnighters. </p>
<p>you just have to find a niche at cornell and learn to deal with it. i’ll admit i didnt read EVERYTHING on that page about cornell. but i do like that they offer the not-so-rosy side of the school. it’s false to say that everyone at cornell is happy 100% of the time. </p>
<p>but by posting that link i didnt mean to scare incoming freshman or potential applicants. i think every review (official or not) should be taken with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>we should have a disclaimer: </p>
<p>CORNELL: EXPERIENCES MAY VARY!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say the work “sucks.” Coming to Cornell generally means you are a motivated student, so while you’ll likely complain at the time about having so much work, I think generally speaking, people reflect on their academic experience as rewarding for having done so much work. </p>
<p>I would disagree with not partying and having time to throw a frisbee. Though the frisbee throwing is reserved for the nice weather. Monday-Friday is generally all about class-club meeings-studying. But when Friday night comes around, the weekends are pretty relaxed at night. Sure, you will find yourself likely studying Saturday/Sunday morning/afternoon, but come late afternoon, early-evening, there is a lot of fun to be had. </p>
<p>Unofficial Cornell motto: Work hard, party harder (and since you are working so hard during the week, when it comes to weekends, the parties are generally top-notch).</p>
<p>“There are some Asian “'bots” but it is their choice to stay segregated. Some people like staying in their own little universe. Otherwise the segregation thing is overblown and not any worse at CU than it is anywhere else; better than it is in the population at large.”</p>
<p>My apologies to the Asian community; robotization is a social disease that knows no ethnic or sexual boundaries.</p>