is cornell really...

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<p>urban or rural?</p>

<p>on wikipedia, it is listed as "urban", while dartmouth is, of course "rural". so, is it like a relative thing?</p>

<p>what's the area around cornell like? i visited once, but at night, so i didn't have a chance of seeing much...i mean, there are shopping/dining places there, right?</p>

<p>i have still to hear from some schools, but i've pretty much narrowed my choices to cornell or uc berkeley. from what i've heard cornell is rural all the way, and i prefer more of a city life. ;)</p>

<p>p.s. congrats to those accepted!! maybe i'll see some of you next year....oh, does anybody know what's the book this year? Thnx.</p>

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<p>it's definitely in the middle of nowhere. lol. but it has a small collegetown that caters to the students. and tons of on-campus activities. so don't worry. </p>

<p>the great gasby.</p>

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<p>That's right. The City of Ithaca (which has 20,000 or 30,000 people) is a small city, but nevertheless a city. It is surrounded, at least on the lake side, by suburbs and then rural areas and more rural areas. It definitely does have a college town feel, with the city surrounded by Cornell on one side and Ithaca College on the other. I had always heard that it is in a rural area and expected it to be right in the middle of a farm, so I was surprised when I first visited to find a downtown area (albeit a small one).</p>

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<p>I think it depends on your personal definition of urban. Ithaca has some 3-4 story buildings and a city-like downtown. However -- two steps outside of the 'downtown' and it's overgrown cow pastures. Great school ... but I am constantly amazed at how it's in the middle of nowhere and you can't <em>get</em> there from here!</p>

<p>If urban brings Boston or NYC or even Hartford or Baltimore to mind -- absolutely no way. If urban means Dundee IL -- Ithaca is similar and slightly larger.</p>

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<p>Cornell's pretty much Ithaca, in my opinion. It's pretty tiny and Cornell keeps on stretching out. Beautiful campus but campus is the city. =_= The mall is tiny and worthless (it has borders and best buy inside it.. see what i mean..) pretty tiny for city. Big for a campus.</p>

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<p>Where is Ithaca?</p>

<p>Ithaca is located in the Finger Lakes region of central New York state. While the outlying areas of Ithaca may be rural, the center of Ithaca is a cross between suburban and urban. Rather than fortune cookie wisdom, bumper sticker wisdom reigns surpreme. The first bumper stick is the well known "Ithaca is Gorges" which is a reference to the natural beauty of Ithaca and its gorges. The second is "Ithaca NY - 10 square miles surrounded by reality." This has quite a few meanings and you'll discover them for yourself, but both do explain Ithaca well.</p>

<p>Besides Cornell Univ, Ithaca is also home to Ithaca College located on South Hill. Although there is not very much mingling between colleges, you may meet some IC students along the way.</p>

<p>Ithaca</p>

<p>For a little city, Ithaca has a lot of character. You can essentially break down the area into a few micro-regions: Cornell Campus, Collegetown, The Commons, Downtown, East Hill Plaza and Pyramid Mall.</p>

<p>The Cornell campus will be what you are most familiar with initially. You'll become more acquainted with Collegetown as you move from semester to semester. The Commons is a sidewalk mall between Seneca and State streets downtown that is cut off from cars. There are a number of restaurants and stores of local interest, e.g. there is a HEMP store. For more about the Commons, see <a href="http://www.ithacacommons.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ithacacommons.com&lt;/a>. It is unlikely you will have to goto East Hill Plaza unless you play tennis or ride horses, but it is the home to a supermarket, Wings Over Ithaca, Burger King, a bowling alley, and more. Pyramid Mall, located a couple miles north of North Campus, includes many many stores.</p>

<p>Weather</p>

<p>Ithaca weather is...interesting. The best way to understand Ithaca weather, short of living here for years -- but even then it is still impossible to predict, is to check out the Ithaca Climate Page which lets you see all sorts of statistics on when it rained, average temperatures, etc. Weather isn't all that dissimilar to NYC, except our cold temperatures average 5-10 degrees colder, and instead of a big snow storm every now and then, Ithaca has lots of days with 1-2" of snow. In the winter, it is not uncommon for the mercury not to break 32F for a couple straight weeks. In spring it is not uncommon for it to be 80F one day and snow the next.</p>

<p>Rumors?</p>

<p>Ithaca is full of hippies. Not full, but it has a lot of character, especially The Commons.
Cows wander around -- nope.
The sky is always grey. Fall, spring, and summer can be very beautiful.
Winter lasts from November-April. Nahh, Dec->March and students really aren't even here for an entire month of winter (mid dec->mid jan)!
There is a subway -- uh no :)</p>

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<p>thats what the cornell web-site says atleast :D</p>

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<p>Cornell is more urban than my hometown. But that's not saying much.</p>

<p>The campus is huge and has everything you'd ever need.</p>

<p>Immediately south of campus is collegetown, a group of stores, bars, appartments and restaurants all geared towards college students.</p>

<p>We also have The Commons, a pedestrian mall filled with local stores, tons of restaurants in the downtown area.</p>

<p>We also have a couple small malls, a Wegmans and the standard set of stores (Tops, Wal*Mart, BestBuy, K-Mart. . .)</p>

<p>for more info about downtown ithaca see:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.downtownithaca.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.downtownithaca.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Cornell is more underpopulated and smaller than my town and my town is in Oklahoma. See what I mean?</p>

<p>I really couldn't find Wal Mart and My bro (he's the who goes to cornell) and I used to order pizza from papa johns online. They took 50 minutes to come (i dont know its because it was online but) but we never did figure out where papa johns exactly was...</p>

<p>My bro loves Taco bell and none are there and it's killing him slowly inside. (cough) and Taco bell is everywhere in the nation, pretty much.. there is a McDonalds (outside of the mall) and arby's, etc in the mall.</p>

<p>Snows awfully alot.. when my bro came from Ithaca back to Okeyland, his first comment was
"OMG THE GROUND IS NOT WET! MY SOCKS ARE NOT WET!"</p>

<p>I heard it snows for the most part (I lived there but not long enough for that)</p>

<p>It's an hour away from Syracuse, which has a HUGE mall. But I didn't think it was worth for me to drive all the way down there just for that. </p>

<p>O BTW: Basically no TV stations unless you have cable(i only got 2-3 channels w/o cable) same with pretty much the radio.</p>

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<p>There is definitely a Taco Bell in Ithaca. It's near Wegmans and Wal-Mart. (you can get there by the bus, but it's not wort the trouble - make friends with people who have cars)</p>

<p>It does snow a lot, but campus grounds does a decent job at keeping everything clear, and everything just runs as normal in a blizzard. We do have nice days - today was so nice and sunny that it was dificult to find a spot on the lawn outside the freshman dorms to lie out and catch some sun.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the info. guys. Ithaca is looking pretty nice after all. :) i heard that the area around Princeton is basically like that of Cornell.</p>

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<p>I fell in love with Ithaca.. it really is the perfect collegetown, and the Commons are great! The mall sucks though.. but honestly how m uch shopping are you going to be doing once you get to school? Probably not much, as far as heavy shopping anyway.. I wish they had a J.Crew though XD</p>

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<p>The area around Cornell is definitely NOT like the area around Princeton. In my book, Cornell qualifies as a small suburban enclave in the middle of rural farmland. Princeton, on the other hand, is in the middle of Central NJ suburban sprawl. The university is minutes away from a big mall and countless shopping centers. Furthermore, it is about 30 minutes from Philadelphia, a little over an hour by train to NY City. No cow pastures nearby except on the campus of nearby Rutger's agricultural school, which actually borders a major highway: Route 1. Speaking of highways, in addition to Route 1 Princeton is close to the NJ Turnpike, I-95 and 295, and the Garden State Parkway. Cornell is close to ?</p>

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<p>PS Calais, if you're from Colombia and have the choice of Cornell or Berkely, my guess is you'd be happier in California. Vas a morirte de frio en Cornell.</p>

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<p>Cornell itself is urban. Many students living on campus = high density and city like feel. Ithaca is pretty small but most of what you want can be found nearby.</p>

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<p>Ithaca is definitely not a large city, but it's a pretty cool place. If you're looking for a truly urban environment, I wouldn't recommend coming to Cornell; however, if you're looking for a university in a truly unique town, then by all means come check out Ithaca. After all, it is gorges!</p>

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<p>GFG, i'm FROM california, and i must admit that i do love it here, but i've always wanted to go to a place where the seasons change...so don't worry, i'll pack for the for the frialdad of the weather :)</p>