Cornell - what makes it great?

[Anonymous]

If she is drawn to SLAC’s, she will not like it there. The classes can be huge. It is like a city, impersonal and cold (not in a meteorological sense). Have her visit there early on, and contrast it with some of the more close knit /cushy SLAC’s. I think the appeal will be short-lived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell has one of the top Architecture schools in the country. The graduates are leaders in the field. Really, there is no comparison for the undergraduate program. The Cornell name in that field means a lot.

My son is there and has been able to get to know students from other majors, including many in CALS. Great experience for him.

He found such a sense of community and several different groups of friends around different interests. Very social, but not Greek. He prefers the larger school to a smaller, sleepy SLAC. But that is a personal preference.

Can you please share more details about the architecture program? When we visited it seemed really intense and cliquey. We didn’t get a great sense of the academics (no one was around to talk about the courses) but did get some admission tips.