<p>It was the last Ivy League school to be created (the youngest) but I don’t think it was the last admitted into the athletic conference. The conference was officially created in 1954 and I think they all entered simultaneously.</p>
<p>Part of Cornell’s problem is its isolation. Large populations grow up around Columbia, Harvard, Upenn, and Yale and such, but you’ve really gotta trek to get to Cornell. The campus is gorgeous and, in my experience, really changes people’s snide perceptions of the school once they experience it. Far better feel than the campuses I listed above.</p>