What is the allure of Cornell?

[Anonymous]

Cornell doesn’t have higher-than-average suicide rates. That’s a misconception.

MIT is higher than average.
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2006/04/hopkins-suicide-rate-in-line-with-national-college-trend-54676/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's prestigious, it has a ton of history, it's been a boarding and prep school feeder for 100 years. The striver schools in the top 15 e.g. Vandy, Northwestern, Chicago, have nothing on Cornell. A question like this would only be asked by a public school parent who can't afford private high school or college. And someone who has never visited campus. Armchair college "experts" in flyover country.

Nonsense. I agree that Cornell is a top school, but so are Chicago and Northwestern. You can make your point about how good Cornell is without looking silly. However, I do agree with your comment about Vanderbilt. lol

Chicago, Northwestern and Vandy have no history or traditions at the undergraduate level; they don't even have a real sense of community because they kick everyone off campus after the first year or two. They are graduate school powers. Cornell has a real je ne sais quoi those striver colleges never will. You don't get that because you've probably never even been to Ithaca.

You’re wrong. I was in Ithaca once. I got lost in absolutely the middle of nowhere and found the school. I even saw Ithaca College.

[Anonymous]

My DC loves a particular approach to program that is well respected there. Not replicable at the other ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:when it comes to Ivy League schools I'm curious as to why Cornell is a choice for some students when all of the other Ivies are close to vibrant thriving cities where is Cornell is in the middle of someplace that is very bleak. What does it have going for it? People clearly go there and enjoy it but I am wondering what attracts them.

Your Q is off on the wrong foot. No allure. Cornell is the adopted child no one wants to go. It's a marriage of convenience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:when it comes to Ivy League schools I'm curious as to why Cornell is a choice for some students when all of the other Ivies are close to vibrant thriving cities where is Cornell is in the middle of someplace that is very bleak. What does it have going for it? People clearly go there and enjoy it but I am wondering what attracts them.

Your Q is off on the wrong foot. No allure. Cornell is the adopted child no one wants to go. It's a marriage of convenience.

Really? No one? Not even architects and engineers? Fricking moron.

[Anonymous]

The anti-Cornell sentiment on DCUM is so pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Cornell has the best engineering program of all of the ivys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The anti-Cornell sentiment on DCUM is so pathetic.

And I gotta assume the posters either didn’t get in 20+ years ago or their kids were rejected. Otherwise who would bother to have this kind of axe to grind? There are no colleges that I care enough about to bash. So strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell has the best engineering program of all of the ivys

+1

[Anonymous]

Lots of Cornellians don't care about its Ivy status. I'm one of them. Loved it there for many reasons.

[Anonymous]

I am a proud Cornellian....was there for 8 years. BS in Biology from the Ag school and DVM four years later....

why this constant need to bash? Get over your self and your elitism. School makes little difference....it is much more about the fit for the student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Cornellians don't care about its Ivy status. I'm one of them. Loved it there for many reasons.

Yup. That isn't the appeal for many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Cornellians don't care about its Ivy status. I'm one of them. Loved it there for many reasons.

Most Cornell students are run-of-the-mill above average kids. Because Cornell is an Ivy League, these run-of-the-mill above average kids convince themselves they are God’s gifts. Some of the shit-hoe grown ups I’ve met are Cornell alums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown and Dartmouth are not in vibrant cities either.

It was vibrant enough when I was there. We had a Whole Foods, farmers market on campus, mall with a Nordstrom in walking distance, great Italian food, and lots and lots of mobsters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Cornellians don't care about its Ivy status. I'm one of them. Loved it there for many reasons.

Most Cornell students are run-of-the-mill above average kids. Because Cornell is an Ivy League, these run-of-the-mill above average kids convince themselves they are God’s gifts. Some of the shit-hoe grown ups I’ve met are Cornell alums.

Can you tell us where you went to school?