<p>yeah i had a few safties, rutgers, lafayette, lehigh for the most part, and harvard...but I got in ED to cornizzle so all that planning was for naught</p>
<p>exactly...i WANT cornell, i dont give a ***** lol about all these other schools. I WANT CORNELL...NOTHING ELSE! but i have to do this frivolous process just in case....good god..this is such a headache.</p>
<p>These are NOT honors....do NOT put them on any college applications...everyone gets this, it is totally meaningless.</p>
<p>-National Honor Roll
-Whos Who Among HS Students
-Invited to National Student Leadership Conference</p>
<p>ye i was thinking that. I read National honor roll is a scam, lol. But ye, im not stupid, i wouldnt put this, i have so much more to put that there wouldnt be a point for this, even if this was legitimate. But thanks a lot for caring.</p>
<p>who's who lol.</p>
<p>NSLC hahaha the whole world is a leader and can go do a ropes course in DC for a week for $3K hahahahhahaa</p>
<p>i would not consider Pitt as having a "campus feel"....it's right in the city. The buildings are not too spread out though..but its not like Cornell. Cornell is one of my top choices for grad school actually.....anyway, Pitt is pretty good in medicine and that kind of stuff. You could probably get a scholarship with your stats as well. I would keep Pitt on as a safety...but it's a pretty good school for medical stuff.</p>
<p>By the way....I can understand going to the boston area....but I have heard some not too nice things about BU as a university....particularly the administration...I guess you will have that type of stuff anywhere though. Just a thought.</p>
<p>What do you mean, the administration? and as a university? Does it put more attention to the graduate students, or something like that you mean?</p>
<p>I have heard that they do not really pay much attention to the needs of the students.....i know this is a pretty vague comment, but that is what I have heard. I know a couple of students (one who was a grad student and the other was a senior undergrad) and they seemed pretty satisfied as far as the academic side of BU was concerned though. i heard from another former student who said that the school was basicay too big and they just treated students more or less like a number....of course, this man graduated several years ago...he is much older than us so I do not know if things have changed since then.</p>
<p>Is SAT II math really required for Cornell CALS? like, if im taking SAT II US history and Biology next week. Do i really need to take math? I cant take it in June cus of SAT, and i really dont want to take it next year. What if i give them these 2? Or is it really required to take math?</p>
<p>Well if you can't get into Cornell, would you take Penn, Columbia or Brown? They're also Ivy League.</p>
<p>Well, im not doing it for "Ivy League", im doing it for me. Columbia im eliminating because ive heard some bad things about it, including overrated, but i also dont like the area around it, ive been there before. I would actually go to Brown if i had to choose out of those 3.</p>
<p>Why do you ask? and is it a good choice? Brown out of those three. Brown is on my list actually. Top 5 on my list includes Brown.</p>
<p>Cornell- I assume you know a lot about it already so since it's your first choice, so I'm using it as a standard to grade everything by.</p>
<p>U of R- Similar environment, and the main difference is that it's smaller. I wouldn't say that the sciences are as good as cornell, but they are very well respected. Political science is one of their best programs, I don't know how well cornell ranks in this. They have more opportunities for music lessons from Eastman, but the Ithaca music scene is very good thanks to Ithaca College. Plenty of opportunities for music at Cornell too. Their medical school is also on campus, unlike CU. Quality of living is not up to what Cornell is. . . .CU has better food, dorms, and has a better surrounding. CU has collegetown, UR has rochester. . . .but you have to take a bus for about a 10 minute ride to get to rochester. Academics are probably a little less pressure than cornell. (Rochester was the other school I was seriously considering before I decided on cornell. . . .it was actually cheaper for me to go to Cornell CAS)</p>
<p>Boston U- Feels a lot bigger than cornell, probably just because of it's urban setting. Good reputation, but I think more highly of the prior two. If you like an Urban setting it's a good school, but campus is along a road. . . .</p>
<p>Brown - don't know anything about brown besides the fact that it's ivy, which doesn't matter anyway.</p>
<p>Lehigh - same as brown, I don't know enough.</p>
<p>Colgate - Great school. Well regarded and a small surrounding. If you think Cornell is in the middle of nowhere, Hamilton NY is even more so. I applied here and was waitlisted, although I was accepted to Cornell. So it definately is competitive.</p>
<p>Vassar - good school. That's all I know.</p>
<p>Tufts- One of my friends is going here because he was rejected from cornell. Smaller than cornell, but I'm not sure of the size. . . .good reputation. </p>
<p>GWU- Located in a very nice section of DC. I associate them with strong political science. . . </p>
<p>JHU- In Balitimore, so once again Urban. . . but I think JHU has a nice central campus. Fantastic reputation in bio and biomedical engineering. . .however these programs are EXTREMELY competitive. . .and I have heard these courses refered to as "the throats" because they are so cut-throat.</p>
<p>Syracuse- great school. A lot of kids from my area go here. About the same size as cornell. However, syracuse is a bigger city. Extremely strong programs in journalism and communications.</p>
<p>SUNY Bing- no idea
SUNY Stony- great sciences, and state funded.</p>
<p>Union College- small setting, professors will go out of their way to help you (I visited, and the former dean of arts and sciences who teaches biology gave us a private tour of the labs because the students were on break and weren't giving tours).</p>
<p>Well, just giving you some basic info from my experiences.</p>
<p>Just a quick note:</p>
<p>Rochester is not 10 minutes away from the U of R unless you think Rochester is just downtown. The U of R is actually on the west side of the city. Rochester is bigger than Albany, Buffalo, AND Syracuse btw. It's not a metropolis like NYC, but it IS really big.</p>
<p>sorry, i meant to say downtown. . . . Rochester is a cool city, but U of R could be better located in the city. I like Rochester a lot, and almost went to school there. . . and just meant to say that the area around Cornell has some cool restaurants and shops as soon as you step off campus (collegetown), which are all oriented towards students. . .</p>
<p>Most students I talked to at Rochester, really don't go off campus, maybe go to Wagmans. . . .but most people agreed that immediately off campus there wasn't much, but rochester as a city offers a lot.</p>
<p>It's ok... I'm not completely familiar with U of Rs campus, but Rochester is DEFINITELY a city where having a car will greatly enhance your life. I don't have a car here, but I still have a life though... probably because most of my friends have cars ^_^</p>
<p>wow, u guys revived this thread after almost a month on hiatus, lol...thanks for the help though....since that time, my list has been reduced though</p>
<p>i live in Syracuse and have two very good friends that go to Rochester. Their main complaint is the location of the campus. According to them, there's never much to do on campus, and doing anything off campus is a hassle (they do have a public transportation system, but i guess it's a pain). Owning a car on campus for them was expensive and not worth it. After having visited UofR several times, the campus can best be described as a bubble. It's a wonderful campus in the middle of a ghetto. I love the city of Rochester (House of Guitars and Guitar Center are a short drive away, amen) but the city isn't exactly a place to hang out at night. Rochester is about the size of Syracuse, but with a more condensed population, as Syracuse is more spread out. Both are mid sized cities. Also, strtrak, Buffalo is much bigger than Rochester, it's the 2nd largest city in New York State. </p>
<p>Another thing that made me decide not to apply to Rochester was the food reviews. According to my friends, it's ok to put up with a meal or two every once in a while, but everyday i guess it's terrible. Cornell, amazing food. The academics at Rochester did get very good reviews, however. </p>
<p>Syracuse is another fantastic institution I live near. All of my friends that attend Syracuse (and there's alot!) have liked it so far. Syracuse Orange basketball is def. one of the highlights of the school. Even I still root for the Orange (but damn it, first game of the season is against Cornell). The Newhouse school of communications is one of the strongest programs in the US, with an outstanding lists of alums. It's also one of the hardest schools to get into at SU (one of my friends was rejected from SU but accepted at NYU ... it was weird at first). Having lived here all of my life, i can say the winters suck, but you get used to it. Not sure what the food is like on campus, but off campus there's some fantastic local restaurants. </p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton was one of my backups to Cornell. The 'city' is allright but there's not much to do in the actual city. When i went on tour, i was fairly impressed, but i knew right away that Cornell was the place for me. The tour guide presented this "almost like an ivy league school" type lecture ... didn't buy it. I have a bunch of friends that attend Bing. and they have liked it so far. Since i knew Cornell was a reach, i prepared myself to get ready to be part of Binghamton class of '07 ... i would want to be in and out asap with the education part. Now that i'll be at cornell, i want to maximize my time there to take advantage of all of the resources available to me. </p>
<p>that's all i feel like writing, i'm lazy and it's 2 am. If you have any questions about the schools in central new york, let me know and i'll ask some of my friends that attend those schools. Enjoy!</p>
<p>thanks gomestar. Just as a side note, i eliminated colgate and vassar from my list of schools. They are just not for me in terms of social structure, especially colgate. I can never see myself at Colgate or Vassar. I did keep Union. Syracuse is my safety so im keeping that, and Bing im obviously applying to since its a SUNY/safety. U of R i am also keeping. Its academics are great. I dunno if i should eliminate a school based on food though...lol....have to think about that, but my list of private schools has gone down from 13 to 11 (excluding SUNY's). I am also conflicting over whether to eliminate Brown. Brown is just too selective: extremely selective that they dont take many people from my school. I have to talk to my college counselor soon (set up appt. on June 3) and ill get back with any interesting updates. But thats a potential elimination though.</p>