CayugaRed2005

If last year's experience was any indication, in another week this board will be bombarded by students trying to come to some sort of decision as to where they will spend the next four years of their life.

In the interest of not only helping admitted students make the decision that is best for their own particular circumstances, but also to limit thread inflation, it might behoove some of us regulars to start digging up old threads featuring oft-repeated topics and posting links to them below.

Some questions that will undoubtedly come up include:

-- Will I freeze to death and become ostracized from society at large by spending four years in Upstate New York?

-- I really want to attend Cornell, but is it as stressful and cut-throat as all the rumors make it out to be?

-- I was accepted to school X but know want to transfer to school Y at Cornell. Is that possible as a freshman?

-- I really want to attend Cornell, but the need-based financial aid package at comparable school Z is a lot better! Is there anything I can do?

-- How good is Cornell for students interested in business/English/engineering/economics/pre-med/philosophy?

-- What is this Tradition/Meinig/Presidential Research Scholars/Dean Scholars
all about?

-- What is Cornell's social scene like? Is it too fratty? Do people just sit around and study all day long?

-- I'm torn and can't decide between Cornell and Berkeley/Duke/Notre Dame/Penn/Dartmouth/Chicago/Northwestern/etc. Help me compare and contrast the schools!

And so on...

dewdrop87

Great idea Cayuga! I'll throw in some internal transfer related threads

Switching schools within Cornell?

Internal Transfer inquiriy

No sense in adding too many since the info is all the same

CayugaRed2005

This is the definitive thread about the winter:

weather in ithaca (a.k.a OMG)

And here's one good thread that talks a lot about various issues pertaining to Cornell/Ithaca:

Pros and Cons of Cornell

Tboonepickens

This is my favorite thread about Cornell:
Your guide to Sin and Pleasure in Ithaca


Here are a few good ones about greek life:

What if you don't go Greek?

CayugaRed2005

For all you kids trying to figure out what the hell a guaranteed transfer option is:

Welcome to the GT, Class of '13

"Guaranteed Transfer Option"