<p>"elsijfdl, exactly what does it mean to have a “non competitive student body?” That students help each other out vs. being cut throat? </p>
<p>Thanks."</p>
<p>i have heard stories from cornell specifically, a student said he went to the library to look for parts in a book to help him study for a test and those specific pages had been ripped out by someone (presumably) to prevent any other students in the class from having access to them</p>
<p>but i mean, it is probably a college phenomenon so it is hard to understand, but imagine when talking about grades or classes that you always feel like people are trying to one-up you, or are secretly thinking that they now need to do better than you, even at your expense</p>
<p>at northwestern, or any college, you will always find people like that, but you will also find a lot more people (compared to cornell) who are willing to study with you/share notes/point you in the right direction.</p>
<p>or maybe it’s just that i don’t like to feel like people are competing with me at all times in academics, it’s more just a general attitude, i’m not here to BEAT EVERYBODY ELSE and that seems to be the mentality that pervades cornell, as well as many other elite east-coast schools</p>