TheU cornell Video tour

lianri
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:48:04 +0000

You should know that the video is inaccurate. The only thing they got right about Cornell is the reliance of the social scene on drinking and frats. However, I’m pretty convinced that the theu.com interviewers picked the dumbest people on campus to interview (like that girl in the white shirt who said something like, “there’s a big minority subculture here, lots of Jews, lots of Asians…ummm…yeah, definitely.” For the record, yes, the campus is very diverse and in fact contains more subcultures than just white, Jewish, and Asian). Please know that most people here aren’t nearly that dumb. You should know that though there’s a large party scene (and theu.com seemed to focus on this scene, probably in order to appear “cool”), most students only drink occasionally, a huge number don’t drink at all, and most don’t play nearly as hard as they work. A substantial (albeit relatively tiny) portion of the student body devotes most of their time to studying. I’ve found that most students are low-key, down to earth and aren’t like the obnoxious sorority girls in the video.