College Overview: Cornell

Cornell: CORNELL!
A lot of people thing that Cornell is going to be easy just because it's the easiest ivy to get into, if a high school student is looking at Cornell for that reason, Big Mistake! The workload here is probably even more so than at other Ivies, my friend at Brown doesn't do work as much as i do. Although we may be the easiest to get into, we are also the hardest to stay in. Our grades are definitely earned and not inflated like at schools such as Harvard or Yale. But don't be mislead, although i...

Cornell: No Regrets
"Any person...any study." In the words of Ezra Cornell, you can pretty much study anything you want here. Academics are a priority for essentially everyone on campus, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten in. Be prepared to work your ass off, but also to have a great time, because as much as we study, we party that much harder. It's why I chose Cornell -- there's a great balance between work and play, and everyone around you is just as interested in maintaining a decent GPA as they are in shotgunn...

Cornell: SO-SO Time at Cornell...
I chose Cornell because it demonstrated a long-standing, strong commitment to diversity and it's a very large school offering an outstanding variety of majors, extra-curricular activities, clubs, academic, and socail opportunities. Also it's reputation for five-star dining facilities (which it definitely lives up to) drew me to Cornell. If you don't like working really, really, and I mean REALLY hard to get A's in most classes, seriously freezing, icy, and downright brutal winters, 20-30 min wal...