<p>Hey.</p>
<p>Well first off, what made you want to come to this school? And secondly, how much are you enjoying it? Elaborate about that in terms of athletics, campus, clubs, curriculum, academics, food, social life, city life, things to do, student body, professors, financial help, everything else, etc.
From your overall experience at this university, rate how much you like it on a scale from 1-10.</p>
<p>Well first off, what made you want to come to this school? The second-to-none academic experience. The prestige. The student body. The wide selection of courses. The beautiful location. </p>
<p>And secondly, how much are you enjoying it?
Elaborate about that in terms of </p>
<p>athletics - Cornell hockey dominates. Season tickets are a must have. There's plenty of intramural sports and gym classes if you're more into participating than watching</p>
<p>campus - have you ever seen the place? It's spectacular!</p>
<p>clubs - 700 official student clubs and organizations cant be wrong. </p>
<p>curriculum - intense, focused, specialized, with just enough flexibility. </p>
<p>academics - also really intense. Cornell will give you a thorough academic workout. It's certainly not for those weak at heart, but all of the courses can be extremely rewarding. Cornell's tough academics are also noticed in the world of employment and graduate school. </p>
<p>food - food at Cornell is the best around. I won't be the only person saying this. </p>
<p>social life - it's what you make of it. If you want the frat scene, it's here and big. If not, there's always something to do with friends around campus. </p>
<p>city life - ithaca isn't a city. It's a wonderful town with an abundance of unique shops and restaurants. The food in Ithaca is really really good. It's an ideal place for college students to relax and hang out. </p>
<p>things to do - Cornell does a really good job of giving students an alternative to the party scene. Just look around, and you'll find something fun!</p>
<p>student body - everybody is incredably smart and driven. I've found this to be a big advantage over other colleges. </p>
<p>professors - all are pretty much brilliant. Mine have all been wonderful teachers and have helped me along with any questions i've had. </p>
<p>financial help - i wish i knew, i dont qualify for financial aid. </p>
<p>From your overall experience at this university, rate how much you like it on a scale from 1-10 - easily a 10.</p>
<p>Well first off, what made you want to come to this school? </p>
<p>Change of scenery from California. Good academics. Great campus/food.</p>
<p>Athletics-Cornell hockey games are second to none. Basketball and football (which are the only other sports I follow) pretty much sucks.</p>
<p>Campus-beautiful campus; large</p>
<p>Clubs-Over 300 student organizations covering everything from Super Smash Bros. to premed</p>
<p>Academics-tough, stressful at times, but not unfair; you put some work/effort into it, you should be able to come out with at least a 3.0 GPA</p>
<p>Food-Overall it's good. Some dinings halls are better than others.</p>
<p>Social life-I wouldn't know:) B/w EC's, work, getting A's, and the gf, don't have much time for anything else</p>
<p>Things to do-always lots and lots to do: bowling, sports games, seminars, concerts, movies, partying of course, etc.etc.etc.</p>
<p>Student body-fairly diverse</p>
<p>Professors-some better at teaching than others; all are smart though</p>
<p>Financial help-ok financial aid package</p>
<p>I give my experience an 8. And I mean it in the best possible way. I really really love this school and I have been successful.</p>
<p>there is a site coming out called where students will be blogging about their ivy league experience week by week. I'll update you once it's up and running. should be cool though. I'm a bit rushed and i'll reply in full later but i LOVE cornell...ttyl</p>
<p>that's good. so is the city life boring or exciting. describe it</p>
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Hey.</p>
<p>Well first off, what made you want to come to this school?
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The academics, location/scenery, spirit, and my admissions boost because of legacy.
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And secondly, how much are you enjoying it?
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Beyond comprehension!
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Elaborate about that in terms of athletics,
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Cornell hockey is incredible. Students will pay for season tickets because the games are so awesome and intense. The noise level is insane, and the waiting list for not-student season tickets is something like 10 years long.
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campus,
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beautiful, breathtaking, incredible. The architecture is eclectic, but many of the buildings, especially the arts quad, old dorms, and the fraternities, are exquisite.
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clubs,
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so many; more than you could want. If you want it, there's a club for it. Fortunately, graduate schools don't ease admissions for those who started clubs, because cornell students will rarely be starting clubs due to the diversity currently available. Actually, if you want to start a club, it's not hard, but there's already something for almost everyone.
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curriculum,
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Great. I'm in CAS, and the curriculum varies by college, BTW. We have a fairly liberal distribution requirement, but your genuinely intellectual student should have no problem filling it. I've taken a really broad range of courses and filled a lot of the requirements my first semester just by taking courses I want to. I don't see myself having to take an obscure course I don't want to fill it. There is a lot of freedom. I am doing a double major and didn't have to get it specially approved or anything. Additionally, you can take any of cornell's 4000+ courses, regardless of which college you are enrolled in. You can take almost any course pass/fail (called S/U at cornell, for satisfactory/unsatis.) if you want to explore it but don't want to have it affect your GPA. S/U courses don't count toward requirements or majors though.
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academics,
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It's Cornell University; this doesn't even need discussion.
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food,
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awesome, diverse, and easily available all over campus
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social life,
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great party scene. The frats act as the bars and clubs, there are a few parties on any given weekend night first semester, and the partying is very focused on campus or just on the edges of campus in collegetown. However, there is lots to do (discussed in the "things to do" section) for those of you who are more puritanical.
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city life,
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ithaca is a bustling, modern town with most of the stores you could want...in the middle of nowhere. It's a b**ch to get to and from ithaca if you're not driving yourself, but once your here at Cornell, the transportation is great (many many busses run right through campus, and incoming freshmen who don't bring cars get a free bus pass good throughout Tomkins County), the stores are great, the atmosphere is great, and anything you can't buy in a store can be bought online and shipped to appel, one of the student centers by the freshman dorms. I rolled my refrigerator on a dolly about 100 yards to my dorm, and didn't have to leave my room to purchase it. :D
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things to do,
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what do you do in your town? we almost definitely have all that and a lot more. Movies, bowling, ice skating, skate park, tennis, indoor basketball courts, various fields, parties, speakers like bill nye and tucker max, acts and bands like whoopie goldberg, third eye blind, collective soul, and lifehouse this year (in the past there have been kanye, snoop, the game, common, and the rolling stones among others), incredible hockey games, beautiful scenery, a ski mountain about 30 minutes away, gorge jumping early in the fall semester...the list goes on...ask about anything in particular you're intereted in and i'll tell you (probably) that we have it.
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student body,
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very diverse, very tolerant, and a few bad apples.
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professors,
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intelligent and accessable, no real complaints...
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financial help,
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I have no experience in this department.
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everything else, etc.
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this would take a lifetime to say. Ask particulars if there's anything lacking in my response.
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From your overall experience at this university, rate how much you like it on a scale from 1-10...
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the complaints about cornell I have are so small (things like laundry prices) that I really can't do anything but give it a 9+</p>