<p>Just need to remember this is a very small subset of Cornellians, past, present and future, and some who are none of those but need to in some elevate their own status by putting others down. Cornell is the first “American university” which combined practical study with liberal arts, accepted men and women from the outset, and also African Americans, Jews and various ethnic groups which were often shunned at other elite colleges. Its students exhibit a wide array of intelligences, from those who aced high school, to those with emotional intelligence, entrepreneurial spirit, and those who can make anything out of fabric or balsa wood. A great preparation for real life, in which most of us will work with people of differing strengths and abilities.</p>