<p>I will only comment on the schools you choose that I know.</p>
<p>Cornell is located in a beautiful upstate NY town. Its campus has bridges crossing over gorges and has a incredible finger lake view. Its campus includes Plantations, a large outdoor museum of nature.</p>
<p>It has some great restaurants on campus (hotel school).</p>
<p>Ithaca is also a beautiful, vibrant small city with some great restaurants. It is in the northeast, so it has many cold, overcast days in the winter.</p>
<p>Bucknell has a beautiful campus. When you arrive, you think “I’m at college.” </p>
<p>It is located next to the Susquehanna River. </p>
<p>It is also located in a small quaint town with some great restaurants. Shopping (a mall, Target, Kohls is a short 12- 15 minute drive away. Walmart in town) is nearby.</p>
<p>Both of these schools have great reputations academically. Both have a strong greek system. Neither of my D’s (one attended Cornell and one is attending Bucknell) joined a sonority. They each had/have tons of activities and friends with out being a member of the greeks.</p>