Awareness of Cornell being "Ivey"

gomestar
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:10:25 +0000

i agree about the regional thing. Then again, Cornell’s sheer size may give it a bit of an edge when it comes to that whole national recognition thing. Still, it doesn’t matter. Those who need to know that Cornell is an Ivy will know; even so, they just need to know it’s a top-15 school, the whole Ivy thing really shouldn’t make a difference.

Besides, when people ask me where I go to college, I’d much rather have a subtle reaction where they clearly don’t know my school. I’d prefer to be judged on my character or personality than just where I enrolled for college - I especially hate the “oh Cornell, so you must be brilliant” type of reactions, they’re just awkward.