Cornell University Top Questions

we have a ton of parties - the second largest greek system in the country and pretty good bars there IS a large Asian population there are plenty of attractive girls at Cornell, but there are also plenty of unattractive girls...there is a larger pool of girls so it's pretty mixed we are often doing work and studying, but we also know how to party...we do get more work than other schools, and there is no grade inflation cornell has a larger amount of spots to accept students, so there are more spots open and we have the luxury of accepting more students. it is still NOT an easy school to get in. And unlike at certain schools (Harvard for example), there is no grade inflation. and only 8{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students here graduate with honors (as opposed to upwards of 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} at Harvard). people DO fail out. there ARE a lot of NY and long island kids. NY kids get a huge discount at the state subsidized colleges there IS a large Jewish population, and there are a lot of Jewish kids in the Greek system.

for the most part, but there are a lot of people

Not really, but I do think the fact that there isn't that much grade inflation and that most classes are graded based on a curve leads to a very competetive environment

no, lots of people drink, and some are snobby and rich, but huge numbers arnt at all either. everyone is really smart though (mostly)

Some of them are. For example the people here are uglier than on other campuses, all the engineers and architects do is work, and there are a lot of jewish students. However, there are very few suicides (if any) in a year, and I don't find the party scene to be more outrageous than in high school

Some of them, with some people.

pretty cut throat, some are rich, amazing

some are

While we are academically smart, the range and diversity of students makes it difficult to validate these stereotypes.

yes, all of them