Into Cornell... What Next?

laurstar07
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:46:13 +0000

ok first off, im glad to read that you arent regretting cornell anymore. because if you still are…you are going to have a very LONNNNNGGGGG 4 years ahead of you

housing will begin in april and will go until may something. DO NOT wait until the last minute to fill out that form online! a few freshmen were screwed because of that and have to live in the transfer apartments or even some random program house that they didnt apply to. if you can, get a single. i had to make the long and hard decision to do that and im glad that i did. you dont have to worry about waking up a roommate to being sexiled when their bf or gf is over.

as far as the class schedule goes, i have always given this piece of advice to EVERYONE: even if you CAN go straight to the 200 level class…DONT. its a BIG MISTAKE (and everyone who has done that truly regrets it). take the intro class. it gives you a chance to get to know the department and relearn what the department wants you to know, even expanding more on what you know from an AP class already. dont think that getting a 5 on AP Calc BC means that you know all of the math. you dont. you learn a hell of a lot more in college…your AP Calc class was only maybe half of a semester…if that. if the 100 level class seems “easy”…ok whatever. you have an easy class. good for you

before you start off finding jobs and volunteer positions, allow yourself to ease into college and get used to the workload. it can be really overwhelming if you came from an easy high school, or even a hard one (like mine), to go straight from high school work to college work. everything here takes twice as long and ten times more effort to get a grade you want.

off campus dining…thats in collegetown and the commons, easily accessable by walking or bus, respectively. there are really good restaurants all over (the nines, taste of thai, etc.) and a new starbucks in collegetown :). but one thing i noticed is that a lot of people eat on campus because the food is amazing.

if you have any other questions, feel free to ask