<p>Trissly - Does Cornell have a section on their web site for parents? If they do, there might be a section which talks about resources for parents and students, e.g. medical care, counseling, resident assistants…basically anything which talks about care and feeding of Cornell students?</p>
<p>After that, you can point out to your parents that you will be so busy at either place you’re only going to see them a couple of times a semester anyway, so it really doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Finally, I find it nice that you have a close family structure. I suppose that’s more valuable than being able to go to Cornell. Best of luck to you.</p>