UPenn vs Cornell - Creative writing & personal fit

Poeme
Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:20:15 +0000

Cornell is a wonderful school and the campus is absolutely beautiful. I actually was accepted there for science graduate school last month (although I won’t be going since I got into more competitive places). However, I feel like Philadelphia opens up a lot of opportunities that you may not find in a place like Ithaca.

Another thing to think about is that Cornell is not only very rural, it is also incredibly isolated and hard to get to. The closest city is probably Syracuse and that is still 90 minutes by train. NYC is 4 hours away so you probably will not be going there much. It also gets very cold, snowy, and gray in the winter which may make you feel a bit sad.