<p>WOOOT guys CORNELL!!
Just wanted to know what you guys are doing after getting accepted into Cornell University.
Also is there anything involving Cornell that we need to do after getting accepted?</p>
<p>Have fun and wait for mail. Everything you need will come in the mail.</p>
<p>Take it easy…unlike the rest of us who still have RD. :/</p>
<p>With my acceptance letter clenched in one hand, I proceeded to march around my high school hallways and use the other hand to slap everyone who said I couldn’t do it.</p>
<p>There’s no better feeling than watching the tears of dismay from your peers when they heard you got in. Had I been accepted when Youtube was as big a force as it is today, I would have posted a video.</p>
<p>Congrats and enjoy.</p>
<p>Following my acceptance message, I called my parents, messaged my best friends on Facebook, and then proceeded to pull yet another allnighter to study for my lab final xD</p>
<p>It hasn’t really hit that I had gotten accepted into Cornell until this morning.</p>
<p>failboat, I know what you mean… All of my teachers/administrators keep congratulating me… and my friends are making a big deal out of it… </p>
<p>However, I’ve just been so chill and mellow… it hasn’t sunk in at all yet.</p>
<p>Yeah man…when the hell is it going to sink in??
I don’t think fully until we actually get there for fall 2010.</p>
<p>I can’t wait to step on campus for day one and meet all you guys, it’s gonna be a good time, congratulations to everyone who got accepted</p>
<p>congrats guys!!!, what was guys stats???</p>
<p>My teachers congratulated me, but reminded me not to forget about school and IB exams I have in may. I dont think its really sunk in yet. Many of my friends got deferred/rejected so I dont think it would be good to celebrate :/</p>
<p>lol @ vicfung</p>
<p>That’s exactly what my teachers said. My IB Euro teacher gave me a great big hug then sternly told me not to slack off and do poorly on my IB exams. </p>
<p>… and yea, I haven’t had the opportunity to celebrate yet because my friends have been getting rejections/defferals left and right… Cornell, Duke, Stanford… T_T </p>
<p>Hopefully next week will go better in the admissions game =]</p>
<p>haha i know what you all mean. i feel no different. interestingly enough, i’ve been working even harder getting stuff done. dont know why. do you guys know anyone who goes to cornell? i want to know what life will be like!</p>
<p>I go to Cornell!!! Ask questions lol.</p>
<p>most of the time it feels like nothing’s changed, then i’ll remember that I actually got in and I get excited again…</p>
<p>hey i have a few questions…
- how many courses do students usually take first semester? what semesters do people usually take pe/other requirements to graduate? (i was accepted to CAS btw)
- how much time do you devote to working?
- anything useful to bring to ithaca that one might not think to take</p>
<p>Does anyone feel like Cornell seems so much easier to get in and you don’t feel that special about getting in anymore? lol Before they announced decisions, it felt like it was so hard to get in, and now, it’s like “I should have tried MIT” lol</p>
<p>Hey, all. I, too, go to Cornell, so I can help with any questions you may have. :)</p>
<p>HL91, to answer your questions,</p>
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<li><p>Each college has different requirements. I’m in CALS, so CAS is somewhat unfamiliar to me, although I do know there is a foreign language requirement…and a bunch of weird requirements that take WAY too long to explain. [Degree</a> Requirements](<a href=“http://as.cornell.edu/academics/degree-req.cfm]Degree”>http://as.cornell.edu/academics/degree-req.cfm) should be able to help somewhat. Most students take between 15 and 18 credits, as there is an 18 credit cap for the first semester (excluding engineers), which boils down to about five classes, including the required freshman writing seminar (FWS) and a PE (you must take and pass 2 to graduate).</p></li>
<li><p>It all depends on the class and how comfortable you are with the material. Unfortunately, math isn’t my forte, so I spent a fairly large chunk of my weeks studying Calculus (let’s just say it was in excess of 20 hours/week), but I spent an average of 3-4 hours on my writing seminar outside of class because I found it easy.</p></li>
<li><p>I’d suggest bringing a bike (or a segway if you want to be cool!). Although definitely not necessary and generally not very useful during winter, they come in handy if you wake up late for a class that’s held a mile away from north campus and you don’t know when the next bus arrives (believe me, I’ve been there!). I normally walk to class, but my bike has proved extremely valuable from time to time.</p></li>
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<p>LOLhere, I totally know what you mean! lol not to be snobbish or anything lol</p>
<p>haha well i did try mit and i got defferred never will know if i would have made it…</p>
<p>oh and i have a question. would you recommend bringing a car?</p>