Would visiting improve my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I haven't seen Cornell yet, but I intend to, I've fallen in love with it for reasons other than the atmosphere and prettiness, but those are definitely plusses. I like the atmosphere of the students, and I actually like the fact that it's big, I know what it's like to go to a small school. As for the girls, I know what it's like to be in a "bad" ratio environment, but ratios aren't everything, and I know that much. </p>

<p>As far as the comparison to Northwestern is concerned, as I said I have not visited Cornell, but Northwestern isn't that great, yes it's nice, but it's nothing special. From what I have heard Cornell is really gorgeous, but I'll make that decision when I go to visit.</p>

<p>All in all, I definitely think that visiting makes a impact on your ultimate decision to attend the school.</p>

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<p>bullseye: i can back up the part where the students at Cornell are nice. that is definitely true.</p>

<p>as for the gorgeous part ... i think i mentioned this before somewhere, but there was dead grass everywhere and limping trees in august. the only gorgeous part of campus i saw was just a patch of "sprinkled grass" somewhere near north campus and the lakes and gorges are really nice. </p>

<p>i'm going up there and hopefully (if someone can back me up) the grass is green again from rain and maybe there is foilage right now?</p>

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<p>Actually, it may look worse...a lot of areas are being dug up and reseeded I think...</p>

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<p>hahaha, then i will take that into account when i go there.</p>

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<p>Yeah I hear a lot of construction is going on here and there, something about building new dorms...</p>

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<p>mmmm. thank god I went warm clothing shopping over the weekend!</p>

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<p>Hey, how do I get into the MVP (multicultural visitation program)? Is it a one-time thing and it's over? I think I should stay there overnight with their red carpet night thing but those things aren't really structured so that you can get the full feel of the campus.</p>

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<p>we had a bad summer here, seemed like it never rained, killed alot of the grass. </p>

<p>also, i have some webshots of the campus i took back in the spring. The leaves were just starting to appear at the time. It's really not what i'd call a thorough campus picture tour, just a few shots of some nice stuff. No gorges, either. I'll have to wait til my girlfriend gets her broken camera back then i can take pictures of whatever people want. enjoy!</p>

<p><a href="http://community.webshots.com/album/349394560qtuGuU%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://community.webshots.com/album/349394560qtuGuU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>