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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a Cornell alumni, class of 2017.

Pros: 
- Absolutely beautiful campus, the gorges make its campus and the surrounding area more beautiful and more unique than pretty much any other college campus. If your DC likes outdoors activities they’ll love it. 
- Cornell is quite strong in agriculture in particular which seems like it’s of interest 
- Larger than other SLACs so it’s easy to find “your group” of people, no matter how odd or weird they might be. If you wanna do Greek life it’s there. If you wanna be in a finance club it’s there. If you wanna care for birds and do falconry at the Ornithology lab it’s there. If you wanna be a theater kid there’s a dorm centered around that. Etc. 
- I personally didn’t find it very cutthroat, yes kids are ambitious and want to do their best but nobody is sabotaging each other and usually people are helping each other. The classes are tough though. 
- Professors well known in their fields which can open doors regarding research opportunities 
- Brand name. But everyone else in the Ivy League tends to look down on you lol

Cons: 
- Even if it’s not as selective as some other schools it’s still a lottery to get in at this point so it can be painful if your DC gets their heart set on it. 
- Really cold and dreary in the winter but you said DC can handle it. 
- Extremely expensive if you’re paying in full vs a state school for an equivalent education. 
- Very isolated. It’s an hour drive to the closest city (Syracuse) and 3 hours drive to the closest big city (I think Philly or NYC). My city friends were very bored 
- Unfortunately the PP who said the alumni network isn’t great is correct in my experience.  It did pretty much nothing for me when searching for a job, I ended up leaning on a state school network that was far superior.

Hopefully this is somewhat helpful, sorry you got basically no useful responses elsewhere.  
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