Questions about Cornell's Location

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<p>I know that Cornell is an amazing school, and if I get in, it's definitely near the top of my list. </p>

<p>I was just wondering how students deal with the fact that it's so far from any major city or airport. How do you get there, first of all? When I visited, we drove from MIT (another school I visited), so I don't know how the airplane situation works. What's the closest airport, and what transportation do you use between the airport and Cornell?</p>

<p>Any other information about how students manage with Cornell's remote location would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>The Tompkins airport is something like 15 or 20 minutes away…</p>

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<p>Is it a major airport? I mean, I live in Oregon, so finding commercial flights to smaller airports might be difficult.</p>

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<p>It’s not a major airport but it does have flights from Northwest, Delta, United that go to major airports i.e. Detroit, Philly, Newark, etc.</p>

<p>The next closest major airport is Syracuse, which is an hour and a half away by bus. For breaks, Cornell will advertise the buses that travel to Syracuse airport.</p>

<p>You can take a cab to the Ithaca airport.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks.</p>

<p>Jeez, I can’t believe I used to live only about an hour away from Cornell (Rochester), and I didn’t even know Cornell existed XD</p>

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<p>Students most commonly fly in and out of Syracuse. There’s a shuttle van to Ithaca from the airport that you can book ahead of time.</p>

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<p>Roundtrip flights from Portland to Ithaca for graduation weekend are currently $500. You can get $385 to Syracuse, and $345 to Boston.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’s all that remote. Ithaca is a bustling little city with a functional airport – it’s not like it is Middlebury, VT or Hamilton, NY.</p>

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<p>hey soadquake! :stuck_out_tongue:
When I went for Summer College, I flew in on a red eye from Portland to Newark, then Newark to Ithaca. It worked out very well. I took a taxi from the airport to Cornell (dropped off by the dorms in North Campus) On the way home, I went from Syracuse to Chicago, then Chicago to Portland. It was much easier than I expected.
I know some people took a bus from NYC to Ithaca, but I think it ended up being cheaper for me to fly than take the bus.</p>