<p>He’s not a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>He has OCD.</p>
<p>He can’t help it.</p>
<p>He just needs to get to a place where he feels safe and that nothing bad is going to happen to him if he doesn’t go to Princeton, and he will be the biggest Cornell supporter on the planet.</p>
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<p>You ignorantly state this like it is a universal, but it relates to a very small percentage of people who don’t really matter. A few braggarts at your school, maybe, who are misinformed elitists like you. A few CC “gunners” at the likes of the Princeton CC sub-forum trying to inflate the value of their acceptance. In the real world recruiters seeking qualified STEM students, IB, business, engineering, architecture students, et cetera have no problem with qualified Cornell grads. They know it for what it is: a world class university.</p>
<p>There’s a saying from the old days at Cornell that cornellians are “Elite, but not elitist.” Since you seem to be a misguided elitist maybe just do the Cornell community a favor and don’t matriculate.</p>
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<p>OP’s stats are impressive, and even more so if the 2340 were taken in 9th grade and the 10 APs were in one year and all were 5s. Students with more impressive stats go to Cornell as well. We’ll see what OP says in one year if he goes to Cornell. But Berkeley is a great school as well.</p>
<p>OP (Saugus), check out these two links if “achievements” is what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>[List</a> of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia”>List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[List</a> of Cornell University alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cornell_University_alumni]List”>List of Cornell University alumni - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Also, like I already mentioned, only USNews has Cornell ranked at the bottom (tied with Brown mind you); their world rankings is different too. Every other ranking barring Forbes has Cornell toward the middle.</p>
<p>If you were rejected with your credentials I would say you were the victim of racism and that Cornell and the uc’s are not racist???</p>
<p>^ No. I think many universities saw through his essays that he has delusions of grandeur of a sort (and not the good sort), and they passed despite his academic stats. I’m starting to believe CAS’s admissions committee erred with his acceptance.</p>
<p>^PG, no one should feed his OCD. That’s not helpful. Many have tried, in their own ways, to console or suggest; it gets ignored. We cannot make this decision for him. We cannot (it seems) get him to get off the boards and do some research. It almost seems his sole purpose is to vent.<br>
A place where he feels safe? I believe he feels safer protesting on a board than facing his choices. I believe it is unfair to him to encourage this- and in the manner he has worded things. Sure, I understand OCD makes clear thinking difficult and can include occasional aggression and certainly depression, even narcissism. (Too bad they took the latter out of the dsm- or were planning to.) I don’t believe anyone here is going to step him through this. The more people argue- or even sympathize- the more it keeps the fussing going.</p>
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There’s no way that could have been it, except for Columbia, which I used satire essays on because I knew it was a longshot. My essays were proof-read by teachers. The topics were inherently non-pompous.</p>
<p>I’m an ORM, and there are plenty with stronger stats and activities than mine. I think that has to be it, combined with ample bad luck.</p>
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<p>Columbia was a “longshot” but HYP and Wharton weren’t?? Give me a break. Furthermore, Cornell too was somewhat of a long-shot with its 16% acceptance rate (CAS’s rate was surely lower than the university aggregate, as well).</p>
<p>This thread makes more sense with Saugus on the “ignore” list.</p>
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Yeah, I realized that. Part of it was I was never a huge fan of Columbia and figured it was worth trying just in case. Also, I really didn’t have any original or compelling reasons to attend Columbia other than it being in NYC. I wasn’t upset with the rejection at all.</p>
<p>Cornell is obviously a tough school to get into, and the percentages are slightly misleading since it is a larger school which does not have as many applicants apply just because of the name.</p>
<p>Dude, if I were mentally handicapped, then how did I get into Cornell? I’ve already apologized and conceded multiple times, and now YOU’RE coming across as the one with an inferiority complex.</p>
<p>@Colene - You made some good points in your posts on the earlier pages, but at this point you’re just insulting & name-calling the OP…that’s a bit overboard, don’cha think? </p>
<p>Anyway, I checked my decisions yesterday - I too was rejected from several other Ivies and accepted at Cornell, but frankly I’m quite psyched on having the chance to attend such an awesome place. :)</p>
<p>At this point there’s no motivation for me to reason with him. I’m just going to call him names for my own amusement. Oh wait, I’m not allowed to do that. Well then, time to leave this clown.</p>
<p>Try reading his last post and see if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>Saugus, I sincerely hope you fall in love with Cornell when you attend. :)</p>
<p>I’m a mom and I’ve waited many hours to reply to you but I just can’t hold back any longer. I have two children in college…one is at Cornell and one is at Duke. Both are very happy where they are and I am offended by your posts. Who do you think you are to put down Cornell like you have in your posts?!? Do your parents know that your are doing this? If you were my child, I would be ashamed and embarrassed to have raised such an arrogant and self-centered child. Cornell is a terrific place and you should feel lucky that they even accepted you. It’s not all about gpas, test scores and how many APs you took. I-banking, really? Wall Street, really? Unless you grow up and get a handle on life, you will be eaten alive. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Sums up my feelings towards you, this thread, and your actions. You’re so concerned with social status and the stigma of going to what you believe to be the worst Ivy League, yet are still considering Cornell? Says a lot about your character. Yes, you only got into Cornell, but what does that even mean? Do you seriously judge people based on the school that they go to? Cause if that’s the case, you would seem like a good, smart and decent kid based on the school you go to. This thread has made me think otherwise.</p>
<p>I can’t even believe the ridiculous post made by this OP. You are rude and offensive and you need to learn manners and class. If you were my kid I would surely know I made a big mistake not teaching you the important things in life first.</p>
<p>I believe Cornell has missed something that other schools picked up on. Cornell doesn’t need a kid who is miserable and self loathing so instead of doing anything else this summer…find your way to a therapist and discuss your value system. That will be worth more to you than anything else you could do right now. Don’t take that attitude to any school or you will spread that poison.</p>
<p>“Okay. I’m going to go around on the other boards and figure out reasons why Cornell is the best Ivy. When I’m done, I’ll post the list here.”</p>
<p>No. Why does it have to be “the best”? Why can’t all these schools be great in their own way? Why can’t you see that? Why is it necessary for it to be a competition?</p>
<p>My nephew attends Princeton. My son attends Northwestern. My daughter attends Wellesley. I assure you neither of my children have given a moment’s thought to “oh, our cousin attends a better school, bummer, we envy him.” Why would they? All these places are great choices with tons of opportunities. Saugus, people who rank at this level are LOSERS. It’s as simple as that. You got into a great school; enjoy.</p>
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I realize there are several business avenues in to IB but, as the OP’s since pointed out, he didn’t even research Cornell enough to know about Dyson. I’m going to try this again in light of the OP’s evolving attitude and evident naivete about the university.</p>
<p>Here’s what you don’t get, Saugus: Cornell was created to be looked down upon by the HYPs of the world. The people you see bashing Cornell on other threads are, simply, ignorant of why it exists and evidence that the school’s doing what it was set up to do. </p>
<p>Specifically to create a better type of school than what those finishing schools for the ruling class of the day offered, Cornell’s founder created the first truly egalitarian university open to anybody able to handle its rigor - women, Jews, blacks were all welcome long before it was the norm. He put it in the middle of nowhere so people who came to it would really want to be there, and he integrated technical education with the liberal arts the other colleges offered so graduates would have specific skills.</p>
<p>I think you’re mostly angry at yourself, Saugus, for building your whole life so far to look good on paper for strangers without really being passionate about any of it. The strategy supposedly backfired as most top universities saw through the emptiness of it. Perhaps Cornell saw through it too, but maybe they also saw some undeveloped potential in you that they thought their unique environment could foster. </p>
<p>If you can stop assuming you’re too good for Cornell (because you’re not - many students will be smarter than you; many will not) you will see that Cornell is incredible at what it was set up to do and has the potential to break you out of this sheltered bubble into which you’ve been conditioned. </p>
<p>The opportunities to study at the top level of an amazing array of fields is unmatched anywhere else. If you use the campus effectively, you will be exposed to types of people, perspectives, and ideas you would never encounter at Princeton and that will be very good for you. Your definition of who’s smart or not will change. Architects, for example, have amongst the lowest overall test averages in the university but are in the top program in the country with a long list of world renown leaders in the field. I think the New York City tech campus will be a major game-changer in terms of reputation for the school and provide a whole new culture of entrepreneurs whose intelligence exists outside the norm as well. </p>
<p>Cornell’s done you a huge favor by opening up the largest, most diverse Ivy League+ institution for you to play in for four years and finally find what YOU are passionate about, not what you think grad school / employers want you to be passionate about. </p>
<p>My only advice is that you should take classes and engage in activities beyond Economics and what you could do at any liberal arts school. One former poster on here, for example, studied bee colonies to understand business structure. I even question why you’re so set on being a banker. Are you actually passionate about that or is that just what you think other people will respect (or at least the money)? </p>
<p>Cornell is the only school at this level that lets you operate far outside the box. Use it to figure out who you are or don’t waste your time going there. If you use it right, I’d be surprised if you, specifically, still want to be a banker when you graduate.</p>
<p>I honestly think this is the greatest opportunity of your life. I honestly think going to Princeton would have been extremely detrimental to your specific development because it never would have broken the mold that has crippled your personal development so far.</p>
<p>It’s your choice whether you’ll see it that way, though.</p>