<p>Hi faustarp, thanks very much for taking the time to reply. Are you currently an undergrad at cornell?</p>
<p>Actually one thing that I thought would be that if I chose Carnegie Mellon, the absence of graduate housing + the vastness of the city would perhaps provide me with less incentive to build connections during my graduate studies. not sure about that but i trust it when people say that cornell has a great student atmosphere.</p>
<p>about TCAT, are the buses frequent enough for travel to downtown say when I stock up on groceries for the weekend? I fear that you know the buses only arrive at the stop once every 30 minutes and that if you were only a couple of minutes late then you’d have to wait for a long time…But there’s a night bus service am I right? I mean I’m not a party person but you know just in case you need to go home late or something. As of now it’s a bit hard for me to grasp how life in Ithaca would be because whenever I see photos of it all I see is nature and so it’s difficult for me to think that it would have ample amenities for comfortable student living. I believe that it’s ranked the best college town for a purpose and I might have to wait till I get there to truly appreciate what it has to offer.</p>
<p>By the way, I guess I ought to take this opportunity to ask what you can recommend regarding traveling to Ithaca. If the airport there won’t be in operation, for instance, I’ve heard that the airport in syracuse is a very popular alternative. Now I’ve been looking online as to how to get to syracuse from ithace but to no avail. Ive checked [Short</a> Line Bus](<a href=“http://www.coachusa.com/shortline/]Short”>Welcome to ShortLine | CoachUSA) and <a href=“https://www.greyhound.com/[/url]”>https://www.greyhound.com/</a> but for the latter the website says that there are no fares from ithaca to syracuse while for the former it seems like there’s no direct route from ithaca to syracuse. Any suggestions for this? Thanks very much and I hope you enjoy your summer break :)</p>