Cornell re-implements controversial "guaranteed transfer plan" ???

blevine
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 03:30:31 +0000

I have visited Bing many times. Wife and brother went there, both kids applied, and attended events on campus.
They indeed have invested in dorms and food, and in fact their food is excellent.

I dont agree with the tours comment. In many cases the dorms I saw were dumps, so if that was their best, sad situation at most schools. There were some schools that went out of their way to mention that “we are showing you the worst case”. The two I recall were Bing and Cornell. The others putting their best foot forward had little to show.
We also ate in each cafeteria. Most were horrible. In fact some really expensive schools had the worst food and mediocre dorms (like GW in DC). Cormfort wise, and food wise, Bing and Cornell are amongst the best out there, I dont care what those Niche surveys say.

And at Cornell, my son stayed in older and modern dorms, on North and West, and both were excellent, other than AC which most colleges dont do well. And he got large rooms on campus despite being a transfer student. But there is a terrible shortage of housing, and the cost/condition off campus reflects the supply/demand situation. Paying much more rent for comparable off camous housing in Ithaca than another upstate town for S2, almost double. They need to limit enrollment growth until this is fixed on and off campus.