Cornell University Top Questions

Stereotypes: Cornell students are nerdy, not very attractive, spend a lot of time working and in the library. There are a lot of Asians. They have a bad sense of style.

really competitive, suicidal, work hard play hard, Long Island

Typical Ivy League stereotypes - rich, self-interested, stuck-up

I think one of the biggest stereotypes is that everyone at Cornell comes from New York (especially Long Island). Also, people tend to peg us as the "dumb Ivy".

We are a party school because of the predominant Greek life present on campus, we have a high suicide rate, we are the "easiest Ivy to get into, the hardest one to get out of"/

Some stereotypes are engineers are super intelligent and dedicated to their work and also are very nerdy. Cornell has a large Asian population. Most students went to Cornell because they did not get accepted to the other Ivies. It rains every day in Ithaca. Cornell has no pretty girls. The life of a Cornellian is having their heads stuck in books studying all day.

smart, nerdy, don't really go out or have fun, awkward kids

There's the common quote "Easy to get in, hard to get out." That is it's the "safety" for a lot of students who apply to all of the other Ivy Leagues, but after being accepted it's the hardest to graduate from. Students aren't necessarily smart but hard working.

Study so much that they do not have any fun. Ithaca is a dark and gloomy city the entire year.

that we are all "dorky" and depressed and have no fun and just work all the time.