<p>Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about what it's like to be a student at Ithaca. I was accepted into the Exploratory program for '11, and it's looking like I might end up there...but I have yet to visit (I will be at accepted student's day mid-April, and I plan on doing an overnight and sitting in on some classes.) In the meantime, can anyone tell me more about the school? What are the people like, what people like/dislike about it, how the social life is (is it cliquish) etc. Someone had said "it feels like highschool"...which I would love to avoid, so clairfication on that sentiment would be great.
I will eventually be studying culture and communications there, I think...but I wasn't sure enough to declare it as a major. I would also love some input on the abroad program.
Thanks for any and all thoughts you have!</p>
<p>There's pretty much all types of people here. No matter what you can find a group of friends like you, but you have to put yourself out there to find them. As for the social life, there are always parties at the circle apartments. There are also lots of house parties, but they're not always big enough to let people in they don't know. If you're a girl, you can definitely get into any Cornell frat party, but that's a lot more difficult for guys unless they bring a ton of girls. Also, you can always get into Castaway's which is a bar where you only need to be 18 to get in, and that's where a lot of freshmen go. I really don't think it feels like high school at all. Everyone here is really open to meeting new people and most people are very accepting. In my high school, all of my friends were basically the same person, but that's totally not how it is here. I have an extremely diverse group of friends and I love it. In fact, a lot of the people I'm friends with here I probably never would've been friends with in high school. I'm in HSHP so I don't know anything about culture and communications, but if you're unsure I would say stick with being an exploratory major because they get first pick for registration and it's MUCH easier to switch from exploratory than to switch from a declared major. I'm actually a freshmen so I don't know much about studying abroad, but if you look on Ithaca's website under Campus Life and then International Programs that may help.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I hope Ithaca is where I will end up unless fin.aid stuff doesn't pull through. I've heard almost all positive feedback from people I know that go there. I'll look into the abroad stuff, and I'm visiting soon. If anyone else has any Ithaca impressions, that would be lovely.</p>
<p>I was thinking about doing the exploratory for freshman year and then taking up the interdisciplinary major for culture and communications as well
i hope it's accredited and effective/useful</p>
<p>Three of the most popular study abroad programs are in London, Australia and LA (though not out of the country, Ithaca does have a program there)</p>