Intellectual Atmosphere at Cornell?

Tripletime
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:22:07 +0000

Why is everyone attacking the OP over the safety school comment? Is it so hard to believe that there is a very very very small minority of students who DO consider Cornell a safety? It’s all relative. Just as you might consider your state school your safety, someone else might consider that same school as his/her dream school.



I have to somewhat agree with loldanielol here. You have to remember that the OP is still a kid for the most part. I do not mean for this to sound condescending in any way but I would guess that some of the people disturbed by her are close to my age of 45. I have found this site to be an invaluable source of information and appreciate all of the help I have received but just want to remind others that we all made assumptions in our teens that we can look back on and laugh… we just need to let others discover the same for themselves sometimes. My S2 also felt that Cornell was a match (maybe not a safety) and felt pretty sure he would get in… I warned him of the dangers of his confidence but he felt that if his brother got in, then so would he since he had similar stats down the line. Sometimes it’s just hard to get an 18 year old to understand… and I would hardly say that my youngest has an attitude of superiority. Anyone who knows him would call him humble to a fault… he just felt confident of his essays, grades, and such. I did enough worrying for the both of us.