<p>Ye, i know...ill try to visit in October.</p>
<p>I think visiting while it's in session is important with Cornell especially. Seeing all the students is what makes Cornell. The reason so many people love it there is because the thousands of students in the seven schools make the campus very diverse with different interests and career goals, and you won't get as much of this type of diversity in other college campuses. Obviously if you don't want to miss school, which I completely understand, visiting over the summer is still fine.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>I visited in August and coincidentally we got there the day before classes started. My mom and I stayed at the Statler Hotel (run by the hotel school) and everyone there was so friendly. We went on the tour and the Engineering information session on the first day of classes. There was a lot of excitement: upperclassmen chalk on the sidewalks meeting times and invitations to join organizations, kids were excited to see their friends again and visiting north campus where the freshman dorms are, I saw large groups of kids walking around where it was obvious kids were making friends after a week of orientation.
At that time Cornell wasn't even on my radar screen, but I left there very impressed. For me it was a great time to visit.
What clinched Cornell for me however was an invitation from the Cornell Long Island Alumni Association to spend a weekend there. I went in early November, stayed in one of the dorms (the townhouse), attended a class, ate in the dining halls. There were about 50 of us that went and we had a blast. I recommend doing that also.
In any case a visit before applying is a must!!</p>
<p>How do i do that if i live in NYC? That weekend you did.</p>
<p>I just received a letter in the mail and there were 2 weekends to choose from. I have to assume that there are Cornell Alumni Associations from all areas (including NYC) sponsoring trips. It was in conjunction with the Red Carpet Society. Cornell will also send you information on how you could spend a weekend there. But what was nice with this was that there were about 50 of us from Long Island We left by bus on Sunday morning and returned Monday evening. We were assigned to Cornell students. I lucked out because I was assigned to a student who lived in a suite in the townhouse and he and his suitemates could not have been nicer. The next day I hung around with the kids I met on the bus. It really was a great time.
Here is a link I found regarding the Cornell Club of New York</p>
<p>Maybe try contacting them to see if they sponsor weekends trips</p>
<p>There's also the Cornell Alumni Affairs Office at 607-257-2410</p>
<p>Alot of schools have a supplement that essensially says "why us?" and you can spew facts relating yourself to everything they say in the viewbook and fisk guide. It helps to mention how you liked the school when you visited in some cases.</p>
<p>In all honesty, I wouldn't worry too much about missing a couple class days to visit. Since you'll know when you're going, you can plan in advance and get the work done, or have it set up to make up when you get back. You probably won't miss that much over two or three days, anyway. They have it set up on that time frame so that you can see what classes and stuff are like, as opposed to the weekends - Cornell wants to showcase their academics, not their party scene, after all. But so anyway, you can set it up to make up the work, I'm sure you're teachers will probably be helpful. In the end, I wouldn't stress about the missing school part - it's much better to make sure you end up at a school you like (since you will have to live there for a number of years...) then to have a pristine record senior year. Not that you can't do both.</p>
<p>LOL...thanks a lot...everyone. Thanks for these great suggestions. Its nice to know one has so much support...especially when it comes to Cornellians :) ...in the end, my visit will be more important than missing AP Physics, Euro and English. And Sparticus, thanks a lot, as always. You always help me out. :) StellarKnight, thanks for the link and the phone. Ill be sure to contact them and see where I can arrange something. I already emailed the regional admissions director, Marina Fried, but she is on maternity leave so she may not respond, but i also sent her assistant the letter. </p>
<p>As always, as the weeks and months go by, I will always be here, and happy to know that you guys are here to help me through this grueling process :) Thanks a lot everyone, again! I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>i'm on the eboard of Red Carpet (as i've said a few times before) and what stellarknight said is actually true. We have a lot of bus trip (once a week pretty much from end of sept until nov or something) and they come from DC, boston, LI (unfortunately, these are our worst troublemaker...), NJ, and westchester?. So yeah, the bus trips are great in that the kids can bond on the bus to Cornell, and that way, even when you split up where you spend the night, you can still hang out with other prefroshies on your bus trip if your host has too much work to do...</p>
<p>lastly, i'm not sure about your school, but my old high school allowed the seniors 5 days to miss classes for college visits (although i used them all to skip days rather than go visit the college). Good luck on when you can come visit</p>
<p>I just emailed the NYC Cornell Alumni Ambassador Chair, and she forwarded my message to the University Admissions office. I asked about the Red Carpet and when those buses will be available. She said she doesnt know exactly, but will get back to me as soon as possible. I want to do that busing in October.</p>
<p>And i might need to check up on a college visit exemption at skool...dunno....i live in Brooklyn....im at midwood hs</p>