<p>I'm transferring next year and I have GOT to get an answer to this, Cornell has like 20,000 undergrads. What are the relations like between IC and CU? </p>
<p>Now come on, theres a million and one, Short simple answers, which quite frankly dont explain anything at all. Can anyone help me out understanding this? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>It really depends on the person, but for the most part, the interaction is minimal. As a Cornell student, the only IC kids I know are people I knew from home and friends of friends. IC doesn’t have any parties (and if they do, they are very small). Many IC students try to come to Cornell fraternities for parties. </p>
<p>In the past, people have voiced that there has been tension with IC students and Cornell students, especially with Cornell students in fraternities. The main reason is because unlike many schools, it is custom for fraternities to provide some form of alcohol at parties. BYOB is rare. Most of the time, we’re talking about cases of beer. As a fraternity member, of course I get ****ed off when random IC kids are showing up and drinking all of the beer we paid for. The only reason we throw the parties is mainly to cater to our circle of friends within Cornell. </p>
<p>Also, there are new regulations for Cornell Greek Life that do not allow non-Cornell students to attend registered parties. So, yeah, unless they’re best friends with someone in the house, we’re not going to let them in because it places a huge and unnecessary risk on our house.</p>
<p>As for non-registered parties (greek or non-greek), IC kids are obviously allowed because there is no committee that regulates it. But again, unless the IC students have close friends that go to Cornell, its pretty much a wasted effort.</p>
<p>I hated IC so spent most of my time at Cornell. My circle of friends were there, I took classes there, and it is the only reason I never transferred.</p>
<p>AMTC: Why were you unhappy at Ithaca? Interested to hear about your experience.</p>
<p>This post makes me laugh… It makes it sound like every IC kid is rushing to CU on the weekends for parties. This is not the case by a longshot. I am in my senior year at IC and have never once tried to crash a frat party at Cornell. I go to IC parties (they do exist–they’re mostly off campus or in the circle apartments) and have gone to frat parties courtesy of a friendship with some frat brothers there. There are a LOT of IC kids that don’t ever go over there, and the only ones that do are usually freshman who think they have a shot of getting in.</p>
<p>In terms of tensions… I don’t think they exist. We are two entirely different school types and we don’t have sports rivalries at all. I have gone to Cornell many times for sports events, speakers and to visit friends and have never once felt unwelcome.</p>