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<li><p>Cornell does not have a high suicide rate. If NYC had 1000 suicides in 2010 and a small rural town in Idaho had 12, would you claim that NYC has a high suicide rate? Cornell is lower than average.</p></li>
<li><p>Like others said, some of them at Cornell are just more visible. At other schools, suicides are more likely to be in private places so others can’t find out about it, they won’t say whether it was a suicide or not, so it doesn’t get counted, or the cause of death is just not released by the family.</p></li>
<li><p>There is no evidence that any of the few suicides are Cornell was due to “stress” caused by academics. In fact, it is more likely that something like breaking up with a girlfriend would be the cause, but people like to jump to conclusions - “Obviously he had too much work, so we should make classes easier and put fences around everything!”</p></li>
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<p>Hope this settles the topic and people can stop posting about it (/■■■■■■■■?). If you are serious and are worried by these posts, stop worrying, there is nothing to worry about. Cornell’s beautiful gorges are so awesome to view that they probably prevent suicides by cheering people up (when they are without fences, at least).</p>