<p>Besides partying and drinking are there any other mainstream (popular) options for social life at Cornell. Do people ever just hang out and talk? relax at a coffee shop?...etc</p>
<p>Yes, there are lots of options.</p>
<p>i know the christian groups here at cornell are very tight. very supportive</p>
<p>okay, but outside of the extremes (Christian groups and partying)…I mean, sometimes I like to party, and other times I just like to hang out with my friends playing video games, getting coffee…just being relaxed. I guess I want to know whether or not one can have a social night without being involved in some massive party or a christian group.</p>
<p>What makes you feel like you can’t? Buy a video game system. Go to Starbucks. The great thing about going to a school with 12,000 undergrads is that you can find people with similar interests as you, no matter what those interests are.</p>
<p>You’ll actually find that Starbucks is extremely popular among rich party-going girls. (Ahem- not to stereotype or anything. 
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<p>I’ve never been to Cornell, and I really look forward to my first visit. I have to say that the gorges look absolutely gorngeos. It’s absolutely fantastioc.</p>
<p>Of course, there are tons of options for social life. I’m not sure what made you worried about this, but you can definitely just hang out in your dorm with your hallmates on weekends. During orientation and the beginning of the semester, the majority of social people will be going out to parties; during this time, I guess it might be a little harder to find someone to hang out with you for a quieter weekend. Still, you’ll probably want to go out anyway, since it’ll be a way for you to get to know people. But once people get tired of partying and you’ve settled down a bit, there are plenty of things you can do. Go to restaurants, CTB or Starbucks, sports games, a capella concerts, performances, movies, famous speakers, whatever. Student organizations always have something happening on weekends. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with staying in on a weekend. At least one other person is likely to stay in as well, no matter what day of the week it is. I mean, most people at Cornell are like you–they like to party, but they also like to take some downtime too. You have nothing to worry about.</p>