<p>Hey guys i wanted to know, from all of those who go there, what cornell is like, Dorm room,s campus, atmopshere, etc. I am really low income so I havent really been able to visit any campuses.</p>
<p>Pros:
-the best education possible
-amazing campus
-great faculty
-great food
-great libraries
-great students
-a friendly and very 'academic' atmosphere ... also very challening
-many dorms are very nice, others not so (but the crappy ones are being renovated in the near future)
-500-600 student clubs
-diverse student body
-big campus, doesn't feel like 13,000 undergrads</p>
<p>Cons:
-If you dont want to work, dont come here
-some intro classes are large
-big campus, can be alot of walking at times</p>
<p>For me, the pros are sooo much bigger than the cons are.</p>
<p>I've heard that there's nothing to do at Cornell though, being far away from any big cities. I'm a city girl...and so I'm not applying to Cornell. Do you think Cornell would be boring and such? It's so rural.</p>
<p>I had those worries coming here, but after a few weeks, I've found that I have no time to get bored. Most of the time I'm either in class/studying, sleeping, or participating in clubs/organizations that the lack of a large city doesn't seem to phase me. The only problem, however--I went to the mall today and was not very satisfied, especially since I come from a place where there are like 6 large malls within 30 min of where I live.</p>
<p>EDIT: Whoa...I've reached 1000+ posts...thats scary...but I'm a senior member now yay!!!</p>
<p>akhila: actually, that was my first perception of cornell when i thought of ithaca being in the middle of nowhere. but when i visted the campus, it was great. the city of ithaca had lots of people out and about late at night. is there as much things to do as say ... nyc? of course ... no. but is it totally isolated? ... no.</p>
<p>there's alot of nyc people there and they don't complain, so I guess its not too bad</p>
<p>hmmm thx guys I was wondering yes about the isolation also. Luckily I do want to work. Otherwise I wouldn't be going to college :).</p>
<p>Dorm Rooms: get a single, it's a sweet deal, and you won't have trouble making friends if you're the type who actually ever makes friends...you can set your own hours and stuff. mine has more room than i need. The dorms are pretty nice. They beat Westminster Conservatory, Dickinson College, and Peabody Conservatory. They're pretty similar to most other college dorms. Some of them have WiFi and AC. most have pianos. mine has a billiards table and ping pong and big screen TVs in the lounges.</p>
<p>Campus is arguably the most beautiful in the world...even on cloudy days the view is incredible...hills and the lake and the gorges and yeah, just breathtaking. while the campus is big it's about 20 minutes walk from 1 END the the other. That means worst case scenario is your dorm is 20 minutes from 1 of your classes. There were free buss passes for us freshmen this year; theres a shuttle that goes through central campus every 10 minutes. The atmosphere is best described as "serious students, many of whom like to have fun." I watch Albert (guy in my hall, has an accent as you will see in the quote) slaving away over Chem 207 problems all afternoon and evening only to hear him screaming "FAAUHK! FAAUHK I JUST LOST ANOTHER THIRTY FAUHKING DOLLARS!" with regard to his poker games at 1:30 AM several nights a week. I know really smart kids who admit they "love calculus" who are incredibly studious who like to get trashed on the weekends. I also know the kids who don't come out of their dorm rooms, but they don't seem like as much fun. Most of the people on campus are not only smart and hard working, but pretty chill. There are a number of jappy girls here, but there are way more down to earth ones...there are plenty of every "type" here: preps, jocks, nerds, punks, normal guys, you name it...</p>
<p>Cornell has a lot to do. There are even dance clubs and bars a few minutes walk from campus...no there is not broadway, but to get an idea of the names that come to campus/ithaca, snoop and the game performed here this spring, branford marsalis is coming this weekend, third eye blind in a couple weeks, etc., etc.. You will be very busy between sleep, hygine, eating, class, walking, studying, clubs & sports, a job perhaps, and socializing in your dorm with your friends. Somewhere you will find time to go out and party, go to guest lecturers and interesting events, the movies (including a real on campus theater), the pool, the ice skating rink, the hockey games, rock climbing wall the on campus bowling alley, the mall a short busride off campus (yeah that's the first event you have to leave campus for so far. yeah, you get the point. If anything, it's a good thing theres not more to do in ithaca than there already is. </p>
<p>Princeton (my hometown) is 1 hour from phila, 1 hour from NYC...a trainstation on campus can take you to either. However, princeton dies down hours before cornell does on weekend nights. It's the culture of the environment, not the location, that dictates how much fun is to be had and how late people stay up.</p>
<p>I forget who said it above, but yeah, you will have so much to do you won't be able to complain aboutnot having broadway down the road. If you want to leave for a weekend with friends, theres a bus to NYC...guess how often people do this? not very; theres a lot to do here.</p>
<p>Pro
Good parties
Good academics
Lots of research opps
Beautiful campus
Big
Great food </p>
<p>Con
The weather
The grading
The constant state of stress/work
The women
Bio 281 lab</p>
<p>Disclaimer: This is the view from a premed at Cornell. Not applicable to everyone.</p>
<p>do people bring their own cars to campus? is parking a pain?.... how's the police over there in Ithaca by the way ;)</p>
<p>Like I say, who the **** cares how it is, it's an Ivy league school, it might as well be ****tier than it is to increase my chances of going there.</p>
<p>students who care about much more than just prestige care. I dont care that it is an ivy league school, they have the program i want and the resources to get me to wherever i want to go. That matters way more to me than rankings.</p>
<p>Reading this makes me feel like going to Cornell, but I don't have that option yet, as I am trying to transfer there.</p>
<p>yeah I didnt want to go to Cornell because Its an Ivy. I want to go because it's a good school for Engineering. Actually I didnt even know Cornell was an IVY until this summer lol</p>
<p>hmm..this may be a retarded question..but why is cornell considered an ivy? correct me if im wrong but aren't iviess called ivies because they're the oldest around? like i know harvard was built around late 1600s.. but cornell was built mid 1800s..</p>
<p>and an agreement not to give merit or athletic scholarships</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ivysport.com/history.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.ivysport.com/history.php</a></p>
<p>ohhh.. i see thanks wharf rat</p>
<p>well i keep hearing a lot from people who say that Cornell is a good school to get a good education. They say its an actual ivy that makes you do WORK. not that i'm saying harvard or yale doesn't, but i heard those schools do lots of grade inflation.</p>
<p>There's a discussion in the thread "Admissions Statistics" that questions the validity of those claims (that Cornell is actually harder than the other Ivies), if you want to see another side of the argument.</p>
<p>Cornell certainly isn't lacking in "WORK"...this week is really rough. </p>
<p>And to answer the ivy league question...the ivy league was established as some sort of athletic leauge...Cornell is the youngest school in the ivy league, but is a member nonetheless.</p>