<p>He has some very interesting observations. I thought this one in particular nailed the ethos of Cornell:</p>
<p>"Granted, the academics are tough at Cornell, but that does not seem to be the only reason why students struggle. Life at Cornell is a challenge because the students are incredibly ambitious. Double majors abound, and people seek academic challenges. Students volunteer in the community, participate in intramural sports, attend student organizations, and play musical instruments. And, of course, they party. In fact, first they party, and then they do all of those other things. The challenge of Cornell is in the breadth of the students' interests."</p>
<p>Put differently, if you're not ready to grow as a person or expand your realm of interests, then perhaps a smaller ivy would be a better choice... :)</p>
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Another theme of my trip has been the attractiveness of the students. Several people commented to me, almost with surprise, that the students at Cornell are hot. The consensus seems to be that students stay fit because of the hilly and expansive terrain on campus, although I suspect the actual causes run deeper. In any case, it is hard to deny that the students are very attractive as a group.
<p>The male and female classical choirs of Cornell came to sing at Harvard with our male and female classical choirs. I was in the audience, and the very first thing I noticed was that the Cornell women's choir members were about thirty degrees hotter than their counterparts at Harvard. I mean, the difference was gigantic. At the party afterwards, my buddies in the Harvard male choir and I spent a bunch of time speculating about why that is -- we thought it was about 50% actual student body differences, and 50% differences in who joins single-sex groups at each campus (at Harvard, female auditionees strongly prefer coed singing groups, and one result is that the all-female groups tend not to be as good-looking). Now, why THAT is true is a whole other sociological discussion...</p>
<p>Oh, there are plenty of hot girls. They just congregate in different places than the Cornell girls do. (Like, on the dance team or in certain co-ed singing groups, but not in the high-voice classical choir.)</p>
<p>ye, good to see girls with great looks still working hard and not relying on their beauty to get them married to rich men as their source of income or u may say "career". And so to all you girls...good looking or not....way to be, dont change.</p>