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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Places like Ithaca and Hanover (Dartmouth) are much better for community-building than cities like Philly, Boston/Cambridge, and New York. [b]Undergrads don't care about living in a big city because their social circles are other undergrads.[/b][/quote]
Really?  Living in Philadelphia, New York, or Boston allows students to get connected to internships and co-ops.  Also, Ithaca can get redundantly boring and the winters are depressing which influences the high suicide rates at Cornell.   Big cities offer tons of arts and cultures activities, employment opportunities, international cuisines, diversity, and a social life beyond the walls of a college located in a small town.

You will be surprised about the number of undergrads who prefer to attend colleges in big cities and desire social connections outside of the limited undergraduate box.  Do you realize how much community building, outreach, and volunteering opportunities that a college student has access to in a big city?   I love nature and the cuteness of small towns as much as anyone, however cities have unlimited possibilities.

With that said, Cornell is a great school my father and oldest sister attended there.  My brother and I got accepted, but I chose Columbia and my brother chose Harvard because residing in Boston and New York City offered us both opportunities and access to certain resources that we would have never received in Ithaca.     
 
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