Cornell

[Anonymous]

Tell me everything. Good, bad, ugly.

[Anonymous]

A more prestigious Michigan with harsher academics, worse location, no sports culture, but more prestige.

[Anonymous]

Grade deflation is real. Very real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grade deflation is real. Very real.

But does this matter other than for law or medical school? I don’t imagine a Cornell 3.5 will a difference for engineering grad school or other grad schools. Or even jobs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A more prestigious Michigan with harsher academics, worse location, no sports culture, but more prestige.

SUNY Ithaca.

[Anonymous]

Search here.
So many old threads - when this place used to be a vibrant source of discussion. Now it’s just three or four of the same people.

[Anonymous]

Back then more unhooked kids actually got into these top schools, nowadays it's increasinly difficult.

[Anonymous]

Unquestionably beautiful campus. This is not emphasized enough.

[Anonymous]

A lot of good looking kids when we visited on the admitted student day. Beautiful campus, and the food!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of good looking kids when we visited on the admitted student day. Beautiful campus, and the food!

Tell me more about the food.

[Anonymous]

Great food, good dorms, beautiful campus, very high % asian students, greek life, good hard sciences, and somewhat preprofessional/ middle class/ aspirational/ hardworking vibe, mix of state and private so wide range of students, somewhat low end of per capita endowment for an elite school, no longer test optional, grade deflation/ weed outs in popular majors, can be very large class sizes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A more prestigious Michigan with harsher academics, worse location, no sports culture, but more prestige.

lol. 10% of our local hs (ny burbs) graduating class is going to Cornell or Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of good looking kids when we visited on the admitted student day. Beautiful campus, and the food!

Tell me more about the food.

We had lunch at Morrison Dining Hall. Delicious food, a wide variety available, fresh and healthy ingredients. Cornell has its own organic farm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grade deflation is real. Very real.

But does this matter other than for law or medical school? I don’t imagine a Cornell 3.5 will a difference for engineering grad school or other grad schools. Or even jobs

It matters for law, medicine, IB, MBB, top PhD programs. A majority of the students there are interested in these career paths. It matters less for engineering jobs.

[Anonymous]

To Cornell's credit, it is an accessible school for smart unhooked students - unlike most of the Ivy schools. Engineering and Dyson are going to be tough admits for everyone though.