<p>He doesn't think it's laid back, he's just being a raging douchebag.</p>
<p>You can do better than that.</p>
<p>Easy on the language Spanks. We may all disagree with Antaeus, but the point of any forum is to discuss issues reasonably, not matter how passionate one is about the subject at hand.</p>
<p>You know Ant, if I were to make a distribution of Cornell's students based on satisfaction and happyness I'd probably find you and the extreme left side (most dissatisfied and unhappy). </p>
<p>I find it interesting how many people here quite enjoy Cornell. You just don't seem to like it much. You have several good points but as others have said, you are quite the minority. Maybe you should have gone to Berkeley where they have a reputation for having the extremeties of all sorts!</p>
<p>My bad, I just find the assertion that Cornell is academically laid back quite hard to regard as reasonable.</p>
<p>what an assertive girl you are Spanks. Wouldn't be surprised if you were an extreme feminist ... :p</p>
<p>Joking ...</p>
<p>Is it actually possible to get a 4.0 GPA at cornell?</p>
<p>It's possible to get above a 4.0, but very, very few people manage to do it, from what I hear.</p>
<p>mmm. That would be a challenge worth going for ...</p>
<p>Oh yeah. At the sacrifice of my social life? I'll be getting second thoughts in that case.</p>
<p>it is possible to get a 4.0. One of my friends a few years ago did it in the ILR school. </p>
<p>but....</p>
<p>it didn't come without cost. He said the way to do it is to spend all of your time in the library. I think he joined maybe one club while at Cornell. I think it's worh the sacrifice of a 4.0 to have a fantastic social life (by social life, i dont mean party life, but being involved in many campus activities, clubs, etc.). It's true that very few people get a 4.0 - $100 says you'll never know one of them because they're typically the ones that only study all the time, adn that's the only thing they ever do while at Cornell.</p>
<p>I've seen one. during biology last year, they were giving a plaque or award to this 4.0+ athlete for having the highest grade in bio in 2003-2004. </p>
<p>I'm a Tradition Fellow, so, impossible for me to get a 4.0 unless I take ridiculously easy classes</p>
<p>lol, kjoodles. Not into feminism or uber-feminism (or extremists of any sort), I just don't have tolerance for baseless statements like that.</p>
<p>I think one might be able to pull a 3.7 with a quality social life...is that common?</p>
<p>It all depends on your major, and how inherently smart you are.</p>
<p>my friend is really smart, can study for classes like orgo/genetics about 2 days before the prelim, and still get a 3.8 each semester. but, she doesn't have to work (no finaid, parents pay for college), and she's only involved actively in one organization due to my push. (but, she's lazy, like I said, only studies when she has to, so it's not like you'll find her at the library or anything, she's just one of those people who stay home and sleep unless she has class)</p>
<p>One of my housemates is just a tick away from a cum. 4.0 through two years of Berkeley/Cornell. In fact, if he gets straight A's w/ one A+ this semester, his GPA will be 4.0. Other than that, I don't know anyone who has a 4.0 cumulative GPA. 4.0 semester GPA's can be done.</p>
<p>A lot of international students get 4.0+ in Engineering. Some are naturally very smart, but others usually sit in on the class a semester ahead and learn the material. Then they take it for credit and get the A+. If they think they'll get anything even below an A, they drop the class.</p>
<p>Interesting how things have (perhaps) changed over the years.</p>
<p>In the 60s social activism at Cornell had a high profile (I mean higher than a lot of places.) </p>
<p>One of the CORE workers murdered in MIssissippi in 1964 was a Cornell grad.
<a href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June05/CivilRights.kr.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June05/CivilRights.kr.html</a></p>
<p>And there was the famous takeover of Willard Straight Hall by armed black activists in 1969. Some well-known conservative professors quit over the administration's handling of that incident.</p>
<p>During the 70s I would say student attitudes were much more mixed. The majority of students were not terribly politically active. But there was a significant group of activists. There was also a large diversity of political leanings represented, I might add. And in a campus of this size, even a small percentage translates into a fair number of people. Or at least it did.</p>
<p>isn't that the general trend with the US?</p>
<p>anyways, i think that regardless of what is done on this campus, the OP will put it down as rich kids making noise. Whatever, if the OP thinks everyone on campus is rich and white, then he's entitled to live in his reality I guess...although me personally, being an HD major only, I would recommend for an analyzes by a therapist for certain personality disorders...hehehe, j/k...just trying to not make this thread soooo depressing!</p>
<p>not everyone drives around in daddy's saab...in fact, I drive around in my own two feet...and I know of plenty of people who do as well ^_^</p>
<p>did anybody else catch the Waiters reference?</p>
<p>I drive around in my volkswagon beetle... got it after spending the holidays picking grapes. Has a maximum driving time of around 20 minutes before the cooler starts to overheat!</p>
<p>Waiters reference? is that some quirky Cornell reference or what?</p>