Blinded by the Dream

jessiehl
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:59:22 +0000

Keep in mind that even if you get into Cornell, if you go into it with this idealized image, you are setting yourself up to be very, very disappointed by it. Because the reality NEVER lives up to the idealized image. And when it doesn’t, people frequently swing to the other extreme and end up HATING the former ideal. So understand that if you scale back your image of Cornell, you are actually doing yourself a favor even if you get in.