<p>list all the main reasons you have for applying to cornell.</p>
<p>mine:</p>
<li>engineering </li>
<li>prestige</li>
<li>big campus w/ lotta people</li>
</ol>
<p>also, list what you most dislike about Cornell.</p>
<p>mine:</p>
<li>girls</li>
<li>middle of nowhere</li>
<li>drinking as one of the main recreations?</li>
</ol>
<p>applying for:</p>
<p>1) green, isolated campus
2) academics (strong bio, anthropology, research)
3) HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Dislikes:</p>
<p>1) grey, rainy, dark, depressing
2) almost too big
3) are the girls meh? ive heard mixed reviews, but if so, that goes under this column</p>
<p>Applying:</p>
<p>1) Beautiful campus
2) Great first impression
3) Strong academics (engineering, natural sciences)
4) Ivy
5) East coast
6) Hockey team</p>
<p>Dislike:</p>
<p>1) Fear of rejection!
2) Far away?
3) Really cold weather</p>
<p>i probably wouldn't like middle of nowhere-ness, if i didn't have family all over the place up there. But there is a lot of stuff to do nearby. And the campus really has so much stuff that leaving it all the time isn't really necessary.</p>
<p>the weather is AWESOME!!!! Snow, rain, i love it! it's very unpredictable, though. Long sleeve shirt and khaki's oughta hold you most of the year, though. You just need a coat if you're gonna be walking more than 5 minutes to class.</p>
<p>for:
1. Biological Science !
2. beautiful campus (far away from ny city !)
3. cals tuition discount for ny state residents</p>
<p>against:
1. guys (so arrogant !)
2. nothing else</p>
<p>Like:
1. Excellent Engineering and Sciences.
2. Beautiful Campus
3. Community
4. Nice People
5. Spacious Campus
6. Architecture
7. Small college town.
8. Excellent research, hobbyist, and co-op opportunities.</p>
<p>Dislike:
1. Politicized Classes (too many inequality, race, gender studies classes, too few classes focusing on panoramic survey courses)- I saw in the course guide there was a course on the art of "underrepresented minorities," but a course titled from Christian to Baroque was not offered 2005-6, which disappointed me.
2. Weak liberal arts, compared to the other Cornell programs and to other Ivies. Economics is not top tier. Cornell should try to improve the core college, Arts & Sciences.
3. The Weather.
4. Lowest status among the Ivies - as one commenter said on a different board, after ranking the ivies, "we all agree that Cornell is the ****ter." Shift priorities a little, to be more in line in student academic rigor with say, Penn?</p>
<p>cornell is one of the better ivies....well underrated. def top 6</p>
<p>according to US news, it's better than brown!</p>
<p>I said, and still say, that for some core, liberal arts subjects Cornell is not top notch. It just seems that in its zeal to embrace "any study," it loses the focus other schools have on the arts and sciences. This may make it unique, but does not excuse letting A&S get weak. The business program has some room for improvement although I admit that I don't know how indicative USNWR peer ratings are. Their other programs may be #1, although many of those programs are quite rare and therefore somewhat easier to top the rankings (like hotel).</p>
<p>26e, you cannot say that objectively. There is no objective definition of better. That is why it is best to specify your critique.</p>
<p>It could do to raise say, the verbal SAT portion of its students, to say, 650-750, from a 630-720. I understand that at Architecture, Art and Hotel are less SAT oriented, but the vast majority of students go to the other colleges.</p>
<p>What confers prestige (modern prestige like that of Harvey Mudd or Berkeley, not age)? I suspect research, student quality and (somewhat) money.</p>
<p>Like:</p>
<p>1) CALS/Human Ecology = specialized schools in the field I'm looking into!</p>
<p>Dislike:</p>
<p>1) Middle of nowhere
2) On a hill
3) Too far from home
4) Too far north
5) Reputation as the easy Ivy and suicidal school (at least where I'm from)</p>
<p>Like:</p>
<p>1) Lanuage House
2) Latin American Studies Center
3) Spanish theater productions
4) Synchronized skating team
5) East Coast location</p>
<p>Dislike:</p>
<p>1) Middle of nowhere
2) Weather
3) A little too far from my home</p>
<p>ashernm: cornell is far underrated.</p>
<p>most of it's difficulties stem from it's reputation. it has a lower yield rate, a higher admit rate, all because students view it as the 10th ivy, because it doesn't rank well, because it doesn't get good numbers, because it doesnt have that great rep, because it doesnt rank, because fewer students want to go there, because.......u see</p>
<p>so taking in these problems, and factoring the reverse for Harvard, Columbia, Penn (nowadays, it seems), and Brown</p>
<p>you can see how the most realistic list of undergrad school in the IL:</p>
<p>1) Princeton
2) Yale
3) Penn
4) Cornell
5) Columbia
5) Dartmouth (which i'm not too familiar with, but presumably shares some of the same effects as cornell <em>cough</em> rural <em>cough</em> animal house)
7) Brown
8) Harvard</p>
<p>the yield rate: rep causes it to be a safety ivy within the ivies
the admit rate: the low yield rate forces up the admit rate
the sat ranges: cornell could push it higher, but they want the best, most driven students possible, and place less weight on SAT's than other ivies
the area: is really nice. yeah, it's in the middle of nowhere, and the nearest airport is a good 70 minute drive, but it is a beautiful area, the campus is self sustaining, and it is much safer than some other ivies <em>cough</em> columbia, penn, harvard, YALE
i mean come on, new haven is in the middle of nowhere too, and it is a he11hole. but yale can stay afloat by it's name (which affects more than just prospective students. students arent trying to transfer into harvard in their sophomore year, faculty are more likely to come to a name like yale or princeton, private entities tend to donate more)</p>
<p>in sum: cornell is so much better than it gets credit for</p>
<p>likes:</p>
<p>1) Great eng. college - best for eng. physics (by US news lol)
2) Great Food
3) Ivy
4) In New York... got family living there.
5) Easiest ivy to get into
6) Beautiful campus, great scenery.</p>
<p>dislikes - can't really think of any</p>
<p>mine:</p>
<ol>
<li>engineering</li>
<li>prestige</li>
<li>big campus w/ lotta people</li>
<li>good food</li>
</ol>
<p>also, list what you most dislike about Cornell.</p>
<p>mine:</p>
<ol>
<li>bad weather</li>
<li>middle of nowhere</li>
</ol>