<p>I visited Cornell today and I'm a junior. I've been visiting a lot of colleges and thought most of them were soso... but Cornell was AMAZING!I have a few questions so if anyone could answer them that would be great!</p>
<p>I'm a friendly person but a little shy, do you think I'd have problems making friends at Cornell? </p>
<p>Do you meet people mostly from your dorm, classes or clubs? Also how is the social scene? Is it hard to have a relationship? </p>
<p>And can freshman have quads? </p>
<h2>Sorry for all the questions :) Please answer! (and this is my first real post lol so someone please answer) Thanks so much- em :) </h2>
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<li><p>You definitely won't have trouble meeting people at Cornell. What's so cool here is that wherever you fall on the spectrum of "coolness" or "nerdiness" or "shyness" or whatever, there's ALWAYS going to be someone a little cooler, a little nerdier, a little shier that you. I'm not a party animal myself and have had no problem.</p></li>
<li><p>You first meet people from your dorm. So the first day you go to dinner with your hallmates. At dinner the first week or so, random people will come up to you and ask if they can sit. Sometimes you will become best friends, some you will never talk to again. I met my best friend here quite by accident. We were both sick of convocation/orientation week and we both had our eye on the back corner chair to get out of dean's convocation. We ended up being friends. I don't really know what the point of that little story was, other to say that you meet people in really unexpected ways so there's no real one answer to give you for that question.</p></li>
<li><p>Not sure about the quads. I just don't know. I am in a single (which has turned out to be veeeery nice).</p></li>
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<p>1 (and 2). Meeting people at Cornell is really easy. You just have to be open to looking for friends and people to talk to in the weirdest of places (info sessions, on line for food, bathrooms, etc). I met a lot of my friends through POST (the most fantastic thing ever, see a previous thread about that), but I also have friends from classes, clubs, and just friends I met randomly at things. You become friends with hallmates, their friends, your friends from places, their room/hallmates... it's an ongoing process. I wouldn't worry, though- as long as you get involved and don't hole yourself up in your room, you'll be set!
--> to add to the 'best friend' story list, I met my best friend online- she was looking on the 'class of' site (a website that gives a lot of info about Cornell, including your housing assignment) and saw that we were hallmates! We talked the rest of the summer and hit it off great once we met in person- so yes, friends can be unexpected! :D</p>
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<li>I don't think there are any quads, to my knowledge. Most places are doubles, a lot of singles (yes, they are fantastic), and a bunch of triples. There are, though, 'suites' in many dorms with a few singles/doubles of 5-6 people, and the Townhouses are 2 doubles/house.</li>
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