<p>Hey...is anyone else going to this Saturday's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences open house? I'm so excited...I've never been to Cornell before and it's always been a dream school of mine. It's going to take me 5 hours to get there...oh boy...but I'm sure it'll be worth it, ya?</p>
<p>Visiting will make you love Cornell even more :)...the campus is gorgeous, no, no pun intended, not referring to the rampant Ithaca is gorges shirts.</p>
<p><em>sparkly eyes</em> Is it possible to be in love with a school? Or am I just weird? I can't wait to love it even more! XD</p>
<p>i'm going also. hopefully the weather will cooperate since it might just stay cloudy for the rest of this week and weekend.</p>
<p>oo yay! How fun! </p>
<p>Well as long as it doesn't rain, I'm ok with the weather.</p>
<p>Nope (as in you're not weird), I've been in love with it since like 10th grade and still am, lol...but back to my work, which I'm not-so in love with.</p>
<p>Are you at Cornell now? What's it like? Is it truly as cutthroat as people say it is?</p>
<p>I'm actually at home on my last night of fall break, catching up on all my work since my friends all have school tomorrow and can't hang out late. The work is hard, the people are generally nice and the weekends make up for the hard week (whether you party or not). The parties are generally better on Fridays and Saturdays, but I have no complaints about free beer, even if it is beast, which I can't drink unless I'm already buzzed (the wonders of pregaming). I'm premed, so I have it pretty rough, but I know people who have significantly less work than I do. I find that the academic environment is more helpful than cut throat; we're all in it together. People here generally explain things instead of simply letting classmates copy their work, which is better in the long run (and for that academic integrity stuff). Five minutes before the killer Chem 207 prelim, I found myself clarifying generally unknown facts I looked up for the people sitting next to me, while they filled me in on the way too many things I didn't know (don't start studying the night before a prelim ;)). When you're not doing work, the social life is great and there are ample opportunities to get involved with activities/organizations you're interested in. The size of the student body basically guarantees that you will find friends who share your interests. The campus is beautiful, except for the current grass removal and replanting. I couldn't imagine spending my 4 (I think 3, actually...AP tests save tens of thousands of dollars) years of college in an ugly location. One of the best things about Cornell is that most people love the school and sincerely want to be there, in spite of the work. Though the work is a pain, we're all getting an amazing education that we will eventually appriciate. And the food...it's going to be the death of my figure; it's pretty good, lol.</p>
<p>haven't noticed any cutthroatness at all in the first 16th of my college years. (fall break now) This whole week weekend the drought seems to be breaking finally so if it's raining there, just remember it's raining at home too probably. It's ironic that I go to "rainy cornell" and have about 3 rainy or cloudy days since august 19th up to fall break (the other days being gorgeous blue skies), and then I come back to princeton for an extended weekend of rain.</p>
<p>cornell is beautiful, awesome, and awesome.</p>
<p>Wow...your descriptions sound so cool! (haha...sorry about my wierdness) I'm so excited to be a part of all this college life, if not at Cornell, hopefully elsewhere just as exciting! </p>
<p>Ooo...I forgot about the weather...but it's a good thing that all of the days so far for you guys have been nice. I hate the cold, but I've been living in this kind of weather for all of my life (born in Minnesota, living in Connecticut). But then it'll be kind of impossible to live up to my standard of weather so I really couldn't care less. Wow...I'm really rambling. </p>
<p>I was just curious about this whole cutthroatness because my high school is like that - everyone's all up in your face asking about what grades you got, no one wants to explain stuff to people (something about them getting a better grade) unless they want to show off, who did better than who, oh wow I got the best grade and I'm pretending to be modest yet bragging to everyone. (I've been guilty of the last one.) I guess I'm more laid-back and lazy and I procrastinate a lot more than most high-achieving Asians and regular students. So...good thing to hear that everyone is more willing to help and explain material to each other! I love studying together with people yet that just doesn't happen at my high school - I feel so alone sometimes. </p>
<p>Anyways I talk (or type) a lot more than I'm supposed to. Bottom line: YAY FOR CORNELL!!! <em>waves little banner</em></p>
<p>I'm visiting this saturday too, though it's not for the open house (I'm applying to CAS). I just wanted to visit once more, and it's only an hour away, so I figured what the hell...</p>
<p>Lucky...I have to drive 5 hours to get there. CAS is the school I'm somewhat interested in applying to, although I'm still not exactly sure...</p>