<p>Hi future cornellians,</p>
<p>which aspects do you often think cornell is special and one-of-a-kind?</p>
<p>(Another stray question here:)) for me, an international, the only medium is website, but when I enter the website, I felt lost and disoriented, how do people usually know a about a certain school when writing their "why essays" ?</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice:)</p>
<p>Diversity of people and programs. Uniqueness of place.</p>
<p>free parties.</p>
<p>the professors, how most of them are so engaged and really know the material they teach. Also, it literally is a place for any person of any study. No matter who you are, you can find a place to fit in!</p>
<p>the nectar of the gods…(keystone light)</p>
<p>the college system and limitless academic options. the ability to find your place in a diverse social scene. awesome, renowned, and accessible professors.</p>
<p>Maybe bragging about cheap beer isn’t the best way to represent your school to prospective students…</p>
<p>people at Cornell. I am making generalization but …every cornellian I’ve met was awesome and I want to be like them.
Sounds lame but truth…this motivated me to pull my sat score from 1510 to 2180…</p>
<p>^^^wow. Good job.</p>
<p>For me, it’s ILR and the huge and gorgeous campus.</p>
<p>everyone here is ridiculous. I just found out this typical ditsy sorority girl stereotype person I know has a 4.2 and is probs going to harvard medical school. I met this one very bro-ish kid during orientation week, he lives in our dorm. He is the stereotypical long islander bro (wears his hat backwards, starts each sentence with yo) and I heard him play the piano beautifully the other day. Pretty much everyone is in some way shape or form special.</p>
<p>^^^Yo, cool story, bro.</p>
<p>I loved the campus area and I like the setup of the AEM major.</p>
<p>the people and the stuff that happends around campus. i think classes are kind of the same whether you go to harvard or cornell or uchicago or wherever. by the stuff that happens i mean the opportunities and activities that go on all the time. cornell is a very vibrant place.</p>
<p>though most people complain about it, the location. ithaca is beautiful and there is always something happening! plus, no other campus has the magic that comes from collegetown bagels :)</p>
<p>The environment.</p>
<p>I’m a city kid; I love NYC and I’ll be there full-time upon graduation. I thought I was going to hate Ithaca. I love this place more than anything. The parties, the people who come from all walks of life, the student body. </p>
<p>I just came back from studying with a group for a class and I took the long route back–even though I have tons of work to do and probably won’t sleep much tonight–just to admire everything…I can’t wait to buy my class ring.</p>
<p>D is at Cornell.</p>
<p>She has had a life changing experience. The courses she has taken have been extremely challenging. She is involved in many EC’s in her interests. She has had two summer internships at companies because Cornell is a target recruit school. This past summer internship resulted in an offer for a job (with a 5 figure signing bonus in these economic times). She is currently abroad for the semester interning at an elite institution that rarely takes any undergrads, except from Cornell.</p>
<p>So to sum up. She has had an excellent education and will have a degree from an Ivy. She has a job offer at the beginning of her senior yr. that will most likely pay (or very near to)a 6 figure salary her first yr. out of school. She has had wonderful internship experiences not readily available to many other undergrads. And she has the grades and experience to make her a very competitive student for grad school should she decide.</p>
<p>She does not go on CC or she would be writing this herself (and admittedly might be annoyed that I am). She is proud to be a Cornell, soon to be alum, student.</p>
<p>Just wondering, what is your D’s major</p>
<p>ILR w/ IT (Information Tech , ie comp sci) minor.</p>
<p>morrismm: Your daughter interned for Goldman Sachs’ Tech division and just accepted an offer for Citigroup’s Sales and Trading Division, right? Your description is very close to someone I know haha.</p>
<p>Jay–No. That is not my daughter.</p>