Cornell University Top Questions

Yes, there is an awful lot of hard work, but that's to be expected. You learn to manage your time and delegate time to certain classes, study less for one and more for another. Everyone goes out on the weekends and laughs and smiles, but they know how to hit the books too. As for being depressed, that's not true either. It's a tough school with a lot of overcast days so everyone will have their ups and downs, and I don't want to be speaking for everyone, but we're not depressed. We're surrounded by incredible natural beauty and intelligent, stimulating peers. There's a lot to get excited about. Then there's that awkward stereotype about Cornell being the worst Ivy? I'm so proud of my school that it's hard for me to even understand this one. Yeah, we have a higher acceptance rate, but have you seen how much Cornell is developing? They're increasing faculty in the humanities during the recession. The architecture school just got a new building, and so did Human Ecology, and Arts and Sciences will get a new atrium soon, and the law school is expanding. There's all sorts of research going on. Cornell is cited everywhere in all of my textbooks. It's an incredible and unique university that's in a class of its own.

Like I said before, no one stereotype can even begin to describe all the students at Cornell.

Are stereotypes ever REALLY accurate?

Are stereotpes ever REALLY accurate?

Another thing that I heard about Cornell before coming here that sort of concerned me was that people here are unattractive. Actually, I think I read that on Unigo. I braced myself for an ocean of ugly, and to my surprise, attractiveness was everywhere! The boys and girls here are definitely easy on the eyes. And everyone is extremely in shape. . . it must be all the hills! As for being overworked, that's not true. Yes, there is an awful lot of hard work, but that's to be expected. You learn to manage your time and delegate time to certain classes, study less for one and more for another. Everyone goes out on the weekends and laughs and smiles, but they know how to hit the books too. As for being depressed, that's not true either. It's a tough school with a lot of overcast days so everyone will have their ups and downs, and I don't want to be speaking for everyone, but we're not depressed. We're surrounded by incredible natural beauty and intelligent, stimulating peers. There's a lot to get excited about. Then there's that awkward stereotype about Cornell being the worst Ivy? I'm so proud of my school that it's hard for me to even understand this one. Yeah, we have a higher acceptance rate, but have you seen how much Cornell is developing? They're increasing faculty in the humanities during the recession. The architecture school just got a new building, and so did Human Ecology, and Arts and Sciences will get a new atrium soon, and the law school is expanding. There's all sorts of research going on. Cornell is cited everywhere in all of my textbooks. It's an incredible and unique university that's in a class of its own.

Another thing that I heard about Cornell before coming here that sort of concerned me was that people here are unattractive. Actually, I think I read that on Unigo. I braced myself for an ocean of ugly, and to my surprise, attractiveness was everywhere! The boys and girls here are definitely easy on the eyes. And everyone is extremely in shape. . . it must be all the hills! As for being overworked, that's not true. Yes, there is an awful lot of hard work, but that's to be expected. You learn to manage your time and delegate time to certain classes, study less for one and more for another. Everyone goes out on the weekends and laughs and smiles, but they know how to hit the books too. As for being depressed, that's not true either. It's a tough school with a lot of overcast days so everyone will have their ups and downs, and I don't want to be speaking for everyone, but we're not depressed. We're surrounded by incredible natural beauty and intelligent, stimulating peers. There's a lot to get excited about. Then there's that awkward stereotype about Cornell being the worst Ivy? I'm so proud of my school that it's hard for me to even understand this one. Yeah, we have a higher acceptance rate, but have you seen how much Cornell is developing? They're increasing faculty in the humanities during the recession. The architecture school just got a new building, and so did Human Ecology, and Arts and Sciences will get a new atrium soon, and the law school is expanding. There's all sorts of research going on. Cornell is cited everywhere in all of my textbooks. It's an incredible and unique university that's in a class of its own.

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Not all of them. Overall, the academic rigor is very difficult, the campus is nice (but it is pretty secluded) and the food's not bad at all (depending on which dining hall you go to).

yeah.. we all applied to other ivies and most of us got rejected, but we are very hardworking and overall, we definitely work harder than the kids at harvard and yale. we do party like crazy, and unfortunately we do hurt ourselves going gorge jumping.

Partly true. Some students stay in their dorms and only go out to classes or to the dining hall. However, the majority of us go out to the gyms, join clubs and socialize at local parties or clubs or even at friends' apartments.