<li><p>Does Cornell go by the quarter or semester system? Which do you think is better and why?</p></li>
<li><p>What is the minimum number of years you need to dorm on campus?</p></li>
<li><p>Is Cornell a good place to go if you want to go to med school?</p></li>
<li><p>How is the social life? Are there movie theaters? Are there places to get asian food? Boba? Places to chill? Is it too rural that it’s hard to have fun is basically by question.</p></li>
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<p>Sorry if this is a little long. These questions are important and will help me make my decision. Please answer as soon as possible. Thanks.</p>
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<li><p>Semester, which I like, better variety of classes over a longer period of time. I dont' know many schools who go by quarters, only "trimesters" like Dartmouth.</p></li>
<li><p>One, as far as I know.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, in my opinion it's one of the best places, and will give you a very solid pre-med base. If you do really well, not med school will be totally out of reach.</p></li>
<li><p>The social life is pretty good, and it is probably the most social Ivy ( from what I've heard). There are indeed movie theatres and plenty of places to get asian food (Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, etc). Food is never a problem at cornell, unless you're trying to lose weight. There are tons of places to chill, and it is in now way too rural to have a good time. The campus and surrounding town of Ithaca make it feel no more rural than any other school, but the natural beauty remains. I only know what the social life is like during the summer, but it seems pretty darn good. I'll find out within the week.</p></li>
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<li>I heard Ithaca is fun. Well, I am a transfer student from binghamton. I got used to the boring social life already. so it's not a problem for me. I think my friend was just scaring me. but he said he had to spend so much time on studying that it doesnt really matter whats out there.</li>
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<p>U Chicago uses quarters, but the 4th Q is the "summer quarter"</p>
<p>if you achieve a 3.4 or higher GPA at cornell undergrad, you statistically have an 89% chance of getting accepted to med school. Compare that with around 50% nationally.</p>
<p>I always read the figure for gpa and med school, but what about gpa and a good engineering graduate school? Some people say a 3.2+ at Cornell Engineering can get you into a pretty good engineering grad school, but is that true? Does anyone have any real numbers they could throw out?</p>
<p>well we all know how sickly awesome cornell engineering is. Best of the ivy league, one of the top in the country, high acceptance rate due to a very self selective applicant pool... but no i don't have numbers</p>
<p>I have a question too...how are the medical volunteer opportunities in Ithaca? I looked up the main hospital but it only had positions in filing and the like.</p>