<p>Being the biggest out of the 8, how big do you think it feels?</p>
<p>Campus wise and number of buildings wise, very big. The facility is honestly… too much in my opinion. They could save space and resources. People wise, rather small (once you have friends). It’s better that way.</p>
<p>It feels huge. The place is definitely worth visiting.</p>
<p>Cornell has a huge campus, but after a while it feels really small. Before you know it, you’ll be seeing someone you know every minute.</p>
<p>There is the saying, " You can make a big campus feel small, but you can never make a small campus feel big." My S just finished his freshman year at Cornell and would agree with this; any reservations he had about Cornell possibly being too big, too spread out, and too many students vanished within days of his arrival.</p>
<p>Cornell only really feels big when you have a class on the opposite side of campus to get there and 15mins (but that’s rare). For the most part you will be on central campus in your college’s quad. It’ll feel really big first couple weeks, but once you know your way, it’s much smaller. Heck, as a freshman you’ll probably do the most walking to C-town from North Campus for parties.</p>
<p>georgraphically?
i’m sure it feels enormous for everyone at first. i remember having no concept of direction at all at first, it was so confusing. there are also tons of cut-through walking routes i.e. to get from the ag quad to uris or to goldwin smith that nobody tells you about, and you soon figure out for yourself. within a month its pretty manageable i’d say. the north campus/west campus frat area also seems crazy confusing for a really long time–i don’t think i figured it out until late freshman/early sophomore year—i’m really not sure when, i just remember wandering aimlessly trying to find certain frats and being like a mile in the wrong direction haha, and now it seems so simple and easy… whats funny is by the time you figure it out you aren’t walking to frats anymore</p>
<p>socially?
i think it totally depends on the individual. cornell can feel big and scary at first i think, but there are so many ways to make it smaller. you can have lots of smaller circles of friends, and at some point they all seem to interesect. your hallmates freshman year. if you happen to have a small/close-knit major like me. friends from clubs. if you join greek life or a co-op. etc. these are all helpful for making it seem like a smaller community. and somehow after a couple of years it seems like you keep seeing the same people everywhere</p>