<p>Different colleges have different honors.</p>
<p>hey, just got back from a fun filled night of watching old simpson's reruns with friends! (going to call the long distance boyfriend now :-p) </p>
<p>anyways, i don't think it's hard to earn distinction though (it's different from honors, but still something). i forget what the requirements are. hm...one of my classes next semester has an optional poster (research something to do with human brain and mind) and if i can, i'll probably expand my research for that class into a full-blown thesis senior year. sweet. i think this year, for HD, there were only about 25 HD seniors who were doing senior thesis, so yeah, 8% getting honors sounds just about right...</p>
<p>Honors, distinctions are all good. Are there dean's lists , academic letters etc. stuff at cornell ?</p>
<p>If cornell doesn't formally ranked its undergrad students, then what other awards are available? Students compare gpas?</p>
<p>cornell tradition which requires you to work 250 hours (soph, jun, sen) and at least 75 hours of comm serv/athletics (actual club/varsity)/leadership. I had 422 hours of work and 190 hours of comm serv/leadership, so it's not that hard to fulfill their requirements on top of 21 credits! (oh you need like a minimum of 2.3 or something which is like cakewalk if youre not in engineering)</p>
<p>I have to say that I think that you should choose Cornell because of the diversity. Although it is very selective the selected group is very diverse, giving you an atmosphere of incredible culture. And If you are a city person wondering about NYC, then you should be really enthusiastic about going to a school that has that kind of feel.</p>
<pre><code> I, however am only a freshman, in high school. But i know that no matter what if i can I want to go to Cornell!The academic rates are incredible, the diversity, and almost everything else! I mean really, you meet an amazing variety of people from different backgrounds, you learn, probably party! Yet so much more is there, and you would have access to all of it.
One thing that I have to say though is that I love cities aswell. However, would you rather recieve a college education from one of the best places to do so, or live in a city??? Granted that there are many cities that have outstanding schools aswell.
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<p>dreaming, ok im goin to try to simplify this,</p>
<p>Go to cornell If...
-you don't mind the snow and cold/crappy weather...upstate new york gets a hell of a lot of snow and if your even moderately concerned just dont go...</p>
<p>-if your not into the whole city/club partying style..yes ithaca is full of bars but the clubs are just obviously not as bountiful as in any big city
- if you do like the small town country setting...because thats what it is..outside the college population the area is filled with hicks and country bumpkins..lol its true tho
-if you prefer partying versus going to muesums, art shows, plays, dinner- btw im not saying that cornell is a party school but it shares a town with other colleges and it gets pretty boring up there if ur not going to party
-ok so remember do not got to cornell becuase of its prestige as an ivy. Go to a school where ur going to be happy spending 4 years of your life..after all its whats most important...good luck!</p>
<p>btw, ithaca is 5-6 hours from nyc</p>
<p>5-6 hours? I did it from Newark in 4. Anyway, where did you choose, dreaming?</p>
<p>It's definitely not 5-6 hours, unless I'm driving with my grandmother... You can make it in 4 usually, unless you hit inbound traffic.</p>