<p>I heard that cornell is in the middle of nowhere. can someone please define that. does that mean there is open land all around the campus? is there a college town nearby?
how long does it take to get to the city?</p>
<p>far,cold,gray,and snowy.......</p>
<p>isn't it in /near Ithaca? check a map to be sure.</p>
<p>if you want a bustling city, cross Cornell off your list
if you want a cute little town, then Ithaca is the place to be</p>
<p>the closest 'city' is Syracuse, which is an hour or so away, but Ithaca does have an awesome collegetown
i know i wont get bored</p>
<p>Ithaca is pretty isolated from huge populations, but Ithaca itself is not "nowhere". With just under 100,000 residents during the school year, Ithaca is a big town (technically classified as a small city). There's plenty to do around town, and with a huge percentage of college students, the area really does cater to the needs of college students. </p>
<p>The area around campus is called collegetown and it's full of student housing and restaurants .... awesome restaurants as well.</p>
<p>this reminded me of hot hot heat's song</p>
<p>how far is it from new york city?</p>
<p>and is the surrounding area kinda like suburban?</p>
<p>ummm, like 4-6 hours from NYC, and the surrounding area is not suburban, it's farmland and rural. The closest cities are rochester and syracuse which are both like 1-2 hours away.</p>
<p>It's about 5 hr drive from NYC, and I wouldn't really say it's suburban. Maybe the "city" of Ithaca is suburban, but as soon as you go 10 miles out, it's all farmland. And it doesn't really matter what the surrounding area is like, because you won't leave campus anyway. Cornell is a city unto itself.</p>
<p>If your definition of "somewhere" is the megopolis between Boston and DC ... Ithaca is definitely in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>The area surrounding Cornell and Ithaca is kinda like rural. Serious rural. Cows. Cropland. Corn. Ithaca itself would be considered urban -- unless you think only New York City and it's environs are urban. </p>
<p>Essentially, Ithaca is a small city. It's a long drive from the big city.</p>
<p>As already said, Ithaca is pretty rural. Many of us did come from big cities though, and the change is actually pretty nice. I've actually stayed up here for all the breaks (still here for spring break actually) and I've managed to find fun things to do with friends that are also up here and I think I'm going to be able to keep myself busy for the entire break, so it's not too bad :)</p>
<p>Based on hearing that Cornell is in a rural area I thought that the cows, farms, etc. would be right next to the border of Cornell (thought you could look out of a dorm and see cows/horses). It isn't really that way. Besides the fact that Cornell itself is huge, the campus is next to Collegetown (people have already mentioned) and near downtown Ithaca (which includes lots of restaurants, pedestrial mall, etc.) On the other side of downtown (sort of) is Ithaca College. So essentially, Cornell is in what would be considered a college town -- a small city that caters to the students. When you go beyond the city of Ithaca and Cornell and its surrounding suburban areas, you will start to see the rural areas.</p>
<p>my friend's brother goes to Cornell and she says that they don't get like any radio stations and stuff
:/</p>
<p>I have this huge dilemma with Cornell:
I want to have a great academic education, but I love fashion design, and Cornell is basically the ONLY top academic school that offers a textile design major/department. </p>
<p>But I'm definitely a city person--I thrive in NYC (skipping school next monday with some friends to go to the city, hang out, do some research for a competition....definitely one of the best days I'll be having in a while). I've never lived more than 30 min away from a city, and IDK if I'd be able to survive a rural area (we went to cooperstown for NHD and I'd never be able to live there). And I want my college experience to be enjoyable.</p>
<p>So. IDK what I would do. I have the option of looking for a urban/suburban college with great academics but no fashion/design-related concentrations, or the option of looking at a rural college with great academics and a fashion related concentration.
:(</p>
<p>alamode: if you're going into fashion design, try FIT, Pratt Institute, RISD, or MICA or even NYU. Those are all very good schools and top notch art schools. And FIT and NYU are definitely in the heart of manhattan. </p>
<p>Forget about cornell. when i visited, they made the textile design sound boring as heck. like designing clothing that's most practical for mine workers and such. it's probably not the prada or gucci runway you're picturing.</p>
<p>The author of The Devil Wears Prada is a Cornellian....</p>
<p>oh snap. i love that movie!!!</p>
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<p>This statement is kinda funny to me because I live near the middle of Dallas and there are cows close to my house. (not that they should be in an Urban area)</p>
<p>Once you're in Ithaca, it doesn't feel like it's in the middle of nowhere. Traveling in and out of ithaca is a different story. There's really nothing outside of Ithaca. You really don't have to worry about Cornell being too rural because it isn't.</p>
<p>Cornell is 4-5 hours from anything. Except Syracuse. But most people only go there for the airport.</p>
<p>But the thing is, everything you need or want is either on campus or nearby. I hardly even go off campus (not including college town) because I either don't have time or don't have the will or don't have the need.</p>
<p>You should appreciate the rural out there. If this country were wall-to-wall cities, it'd be ugly.</p>