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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who go to Cornell go because it’s in the Ivy League. It has no value beyond that over state flagships.[/quote]

"SOME students go to Cornell only because it's in the Ivy League.  Because somebody in their life (hint: parents) made getting into the Ivy League the most important thing in their life.  They are able to get in because of their excellent credentials and because Cornell has a larger freshman class size than many other Ivies.  When they arrive, they discover that Cornell is really rigorous (always was, even during the long-gone era of the "Gentleman's C").  And they discover they and some others among their classmates have no intrinsic reasons for being there except it's the Ivy they got into. And it rains and snows there and you have to walk a lot.  Then they are sad."

There, I fixed it for you.

P.S. a lot of Cornell legacies who love the school and want to attend would really appreciate it if the lukewarm applicants and admits would look elsewhere.  "Ivy or bust" really hurts Cornell.  Cornell accepts a lot of transfers, partly to replace those who never should have started in the first place.
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