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<p>D2 went to school first in NYC, the social life seemed to consist mostly of going to bars.
At cornell they go to bars, but they also have more house parties. There were more bars in NYc but how many do you need, at the end of the day. </p>
<p>She’s having a better time in Ithaca.</p>
<p>What it comes down to is, if you have a good group of people to hang out with you will have a good time, and if you don’t, you won’t. Whether you are in a college town or a city.</p>
<p>maybe they were factoring in the bath houses in providence? (serious)</p>
<p>btw…not everyone is privy to parties at the telluride house or risley…</p>
<p>though isnt brown renowned for naked parties? or was that dartmouth?</p>
<p>negative? hmmmm…high suicide rate!</p>
<p>quiet secondonein! or cayuga will come after you! </p>
<p>right now cornell does have a high suicide rate…this does not mean it’s the school itself…</p>
<p>but maybe the fact that these kids couldnt handle the heat (any heat)…</p>
<p>i can say that if these kids did it…whose to say how many others are suffering?!
part of succeeding in college is learning how to cope with stress and sometimes just having to suck it up…</p>
<p>i’m not suicidal…but as a student on a 2nd academic leave from cornell i can understand the pressures involved…</p>
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<p>Well at least now the negative nature of many of your posts makes sense…</p>
<p>So how can we help campussci? He (she?) seemed to have problems with 1) ILR academics, and 2) finding his niche on campus.</p>
<p>On the academic front, I think the most important thing is to not just study a lot, but to study effectively. Reading all of the papers assigned to you in class might help, but reading the abstract and intro and conclusion for all of said papers, looking for the defining themes (as brought out in lecture) and then scanning the paper for references to the defining theme is a more effective and time-saving way to study.</p>
<p>On the residential front, the most important thing at Cornell is to find a group of people who shares your values, pastimes, and outlook on life. But most importantly, these people should have a fun and inquisitive nature. The upper-level residential houses can help out with this a lot, especially given the in-house faculty, weekly dinners, and organized events on the weekends. But the program houses are quite good as well. My former girlfriend loved the Holland International Living Center.</p>
<p>As for Risley, you don’t need to be ‘privy’ to go to Risley. Anybody can eat there any weekday and strike up conversations with others. And their coffee house is open and free to all every Saturday night.</p>
<p>You do need to be privy for the Telluride parties, but well, that’s life.</p>
<p>i’m sorry if my posts seem negative at times lol.
i think my difficult experiences at cornell were not due to academic difficulty…but more personal reasons that affected my academic performance. </p>
<p>i’m very aware of the amazing opportunities available to cornell students academically…and as for partying while i do believe a better time can be had in urban areas (as far as being able to mix things up a bit) i’ve never been much of a partier…</p>
<p>i didnt decide on cornell for being able to party…</p>
<p>right now cornell does have a high suicide rate…this does not mean it’s the school itself…</p>
<p>Cornell has been trying to “shake” the Suicide label for YEARS–it is a REAL problem on this campus.</p>
<p>I hope everyone who is considering Cornell gets a chance to visit on Cornell days. It’s a good idea to read the Daily Sun-but also be sure to read the Ithaca Journal–both are available online. The local papers will give you a good idea about life at Cornell and in Ithaca. Make sure to read today’s opinion post from “anonymous grad student.” For a more light hearted look at life on the hill check out Ithaca College’s parody of Cornell on their Tv station.</p>
<p>Cornell is a great place and it will open many doors for you–career, romantic (I know of many Cornell marriages), friendship, community service, more education–around the world and throughout your lifetime. </p>
<p>Nowhere is perfect, and Cornell is not the right place for everyone. Some Caveats: you need a strong work ethic, good study habits, and the ability to take care of yourself. It helps if you love to be outdoors. You also need the ability to deal with a ridiculous level of administrative red tape–and in this case Cornell has room for much improvement. Cornell desperately needs to update its information systems. </p>
<p>There is also an undercurrent of --those in positions of power taking unfair advantage of those with lesser power–call it what you will. Some employees think nothing of taking their frustrations out on students and other employees–in ways that would be completely unacceptable in most settings. This may have gotten worse recently because of the economy. This may also be the result of Cornell’s isolated location and its position as the main employer in the area. It may also just be a result of upstate New York meets the world (hey, I’m from upstate originally so I get this). I would think with the ILR School, the Hotel School and the Johnson School, Cornell would have some resident expertise in the area of HR and could work a little harder on solving this problem.</p>
<p>The beautiful–almost everyone at Cornell-students, faculty, staff- looks to be physically fit due to the required long walks, steep hills, fantastic physical fitness offerings, and really great food.</p>
<p>From what I understand, Cornell is the easiest Ivy to get into but the hardest to maintain a good gpa because professors deflate grades. Any input on this?</p>
<p>I don’t know about grade deflation, if you want actually statistics I’m sure there are places online or even in other threads about this. You should compare GPAs in engineering to other engineering schools and CAS GPAs to other liberal arts schools. You can’t really take an average of the whole place and expect it to have any meaning. </p>
<p>What I will say is there is a heavy work load, probably made heavier because most other students are well prepared, work hard and want to do well. Most majors also have a lot of program/major requirements and here students who come in with ap credits have it a little easier. Software, email, etc make it easier for profs to assign lots of work, sometimes I think without intention-they are just really excited about their subject and want to share their knowledge–but this is most likely true at comparable schools.</p>
<p>For any high school students out there, please please realize that your entire frame of reference will change once you get to college and things you think are of upmost importance now you will barely remember by this time next year…I know this sounds sentimental but really in the end what matters is love, kindness, family, and friends–this is what sustains us through good times and bad…that and good cooking.</p>