<p>i went to princeton review to check out colleges and stuff and i hit on cornell, and I couldnt help but to notice that the "Quality of Life Rating" was really low (83 out of a possible 100, the lowest being 66 i think). This kinda bothers me cuz a lot of other schools like stanford, princeton, and even TCNJ have like 97-99 in this ranking. </p>
<p>so i was just wondering to those who are at cornell right now, does this ranking seem off to you or is PR just dumb? If not, could you tell me what at cornell you dont like that could justify such a low rating? </p>
<p>thanks so much.</p>
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<p>by the way, the ratings are based on their overall happiness; the beauty, safety, and location of the campus; the comfort of dorms; the quality of food; the ease of getting around campus and dealing with administrators; the friendliness of fellow students; the interaction of different student types; and the quality of the relationship with the local community.</p>
<p>I don't know how PR can give a numerical representation of all of those and squish them all under "Quality of Life Rating." To be honest, I want to know how they come up with any of these numbers. Are they surveys? Voluntary or Random? Who knows? There's most definitely some bias in their process.</p>
<p>In short, I don't have a problem with any of those.. at least not yet. But, it's different for everyone. Everyone has different preferences. Don't let a number decide whether or not a college is good for you. Take a tour, go to a class, try the food, and see for yourself.</p>
<p>PR always seems to be an iffy source for data. I can't think of anybody I know that would rank Cornell low like that. </p>
<p>Food for thought:</p>
<p>i forget the exact years, but a year or two ago yale's student newspaper wasn't in the top 20 of the Princeton Review's guide. All of a sudden, Boom! This year it's up to like 2nd or 3rd. The problem is, Yale didn't change their newspaper. This wasn't an isolated event ... schools are constanting changing dramatically in PR's rankings. Just take them with a grain of salt, please. </p>
<p>As long as you do your research on Cornell and you decide that it's a good fit for you, you'll have a great time, guaranteed!</p>
1 Yale University<br>
2 University of Arizona<br>
3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br>
4 Howard University<br>
5 University of Pennsylvania<br>
6 University of Georgia<br>
7 University of Maryland-College Park<br>
8 Harvard College<br>
9 Indiana University at Bloomington<br>
10 The University of Texas at Austin<br>
11 Syracuse University<br>
12 Northwestern University<br>
13 Penn State--University Park<br>
14 Duke University<br>
15 West Virginia University<br>
16 Louisiana State University<br>
17 Texas A&M University-College Station<br>
18 Michigan State University<br>
19 University of California-Los Angeles<br>
20 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
<p>Life at the university of Arizona is not that good. I was there over the summer taking courses and all of the students I talked to said there was nothing to do and that the city of Tucson sucks. The campus didn't look all that great either....</p>