If you are looking for other puffins to socialize with, then it is going to be pretty tough going. There was one sighted off the coast of New Hampshire recently, but it was during the summer…
http://www.wmur.com/escape-outside/atlantic-puffin-spotted-in-new-hampshire/41115946
You might want to look into Reykjavik University
I’ve never heard anyone refer to Cornell students as antisocial…especially students who are involved with the fraternities and sororities 
I’m sure there are students who are, but I’ve never met them. I hired a crew coach who had rowed for Cornell ( EE major) who wasn’t known to waste words, but he certainly wasn’t antisocial.
After their visits, neither of my daughters had the same impression of the students as you. Having said that, my brother-in-law, as well as my friends who also majored in engineering at Cornell, will be very forthcoming about the fact that they were stressed far more frequently and for longer periods of time than they imagined.
What was it about the students that you interacted with that led you to conclude that they were extremely stressed? You didn’t by any chance visit during midterms or finals?
Which college are you applying to? Major?
I failed to mention that a sister-in-law is also a Cornell alumna. She’s an MD and loved her years at Cornell. Another sister-in-law, who was a tenured professor at the Yale School of Medicine, gave lectures at Cornell’s CAS. She often mentioned that she found the students to be extremely bright, witty, and a pleasure to interact with.
and why did Cornell have to put up nets under its bridges ?
Because Cornell has lots of bridges.
When a lifelong friend of my brother was an undergrad at Cornell, he invited my brother to be a guest at his fraternity house and attend a themed fraternity party. My brother’s friend left the party unnoticed and committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. No one knows why. My brother were devastated. The next year, I lost a friend at MIT
I’ll assume that your question was not intended to sound flippant.
No university is exempt from the unexplainable and heartbreaking suicides of promising young adults.
Heard from a Yalie who said Princeton’s parties are pretty lame. His actual experience.
Absolutely most top schools have their fair share of suicides. It is a difficult adjustment process. Many people struggle to make peace with the fact that while they were top of their class in high school but are now just average at a place like Penn or MIT or Cornell. Also the workload and the pressure to have it together and achieve at such a high level can be a lot to handle on top of all the issues every young adult faces. At least for me what helped at Penn was the ability to have a great social circle through the many extracurricular activities, clubs, organizations offered on campus and the ability to escape from campus into Philly from time to time.
There are people who prefer a smaller, less high-octane environment where they can be a bit more coddled and eased into the whole college experience. There is no shame in being one of these people but places like Penn, Cornell, MIT, Columbia are probably not the right choices for these people. I just think you need to have a sense of who you are and what environment fits you best.