How much school pride do Cornell students have?

Saugus
Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:13:23 +0000

1) New York City-- Yes, I know there’s a campus-to-campus bus, but that is inconvenient and expensive. Columbia is IN New York City, and Princeton is a train ride away. Granted, New York City is too expensive for students.

2) Architecture-- Princeton’s architecture looks so much nicer. It’s not even close. Even the grass looks greener in pictures, even though that sounds ridiculous. Cornell’s natural setting doesn’t compensate, in my opinion. I probably have not bothered to look for waterfalls, but the waterfalls on North Campus are overrated. They are tiny.

3) Too many dumb people here. Not dumb relative to the average population, but you have to wonder how they got in.

4) The city of Ithaca is depressing. Too much trailer trash. The Commons are too small. The mall sucks.

5) Too much drinking-- I would prefer a more artsy and intellectual environment.

6) No cable television on campus (there used to be in previous years, but it has been discontinued), so I have to watch through a slingbox.

7) Dorm rooms are too small. Bathrooms aren’t clean.

8) There’s not a premium feel to the school. I feel like we are a Cadillac and not a Bentley. Yes, employers of Goldman Sachs, etc. come to the school, but they aren’t begging Cornell students to work for them like I bet they are at Wharton and Harvard.

9) We aren’t in the national news enough. People always talk about Harvard and Yale and not us.

10) Somewhat of a pressure cooker. I’d much rather have the rampant grade inflation of Brown and Harvard.

11) It’s too cold now.

That said, it is an amazing place and I am quite happy here. I’ve done some pretty amazing activities here and am getting an undeniably elite education. One of my professors is the #1 international relations scholar in the world. I just can’t get past the “grass-is-greener” on the other side mentality, though.