Cornell University Top Questions

Somewhat; we are not all nerdy, although there definitely are some. We also know how to have a good time though.

pretty much

They are relatively accurate. There are a lot of students who spend a lot of time in the library and never go out. At the same time, there is definitely a "work hard party hard" attitude, and a lot of people will party pretty hard.

Cornell does not have grade inflation so you will work your hardest and still get a C, but people are not suicidal and not as competitive as people say. People are always either completely trashed, or studying. That is true.

Students at Cornell are definitely more well-off than the people I knew in high school, but I don't feel like that is constantly being rubbed in my face. In fact, based on the interaction I've had with students at the other Ivy League schools through band, Cornell is one of the most down-to-earth Ivies. Really, it all depends who you hang out with and what niche you find yourself most comfortable in. You can definitely find people who go shopping every weekend with their daddy's money, but most of my friends are very thrifty, generous people who are here to get a really good education.

While a lot of students hail from the tri-state area, we are just as diverse as the other top schools in the country, and definitely as capable.

For the most part, no.

Some of these stereotypes are accurate like engineers being nerds, but that goes for a lot of Cornell students and is not a bad thing. Cornell seems to have lots of Asian students mostly Korean who only talk in Korean. There are some Cornell students who applied here only and others who had it as a back up to Harvard: hence the song, "We didn't go to Harvard."

fairly accurate

I think so...though they may not be "real" stereotypes :P