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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The opinions about the Cornell "experience" primarily depend on the major/school and, secondarily, how outdoorsy the kid is.  My outdoorsy kid majoring in Psychoiogy absolutely loved Cornell.  Played on club sports team, greek life, campus job, took 5 Physical Education classes (sailing, skiing, golf, mountain biking, ice climbing) when only 2 were required, etc.   Graduated with very good grades.

My STEM kid there found it to be a grind -- requiring tremendous about of lab and study time in order to earn decent grades for medical school applications.

As others have said, I highly recommend spending at least one undergraduate summer on campus taking advantage of the lake, hiking, wineries, golf, easy parking, etc.  [/quote]

If you aren’t going to major in stem or gun for Wall Street/mbb consulting then why wouldn’t a “outdoorsy” kid go to cu-boulder instead?

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Hmmm... lets see....just for starters....
1.  Because Cornell is ranked #12 by USNEWS while CU Boulder is ranked #105.
2.  Because CU-Boulder lacks many of the non-STEM programs offered by Cornell (e.g. Human Ecology, ILR, Hotel Administration, Architecture)
3.  Because CU-Boulder requires expensive flights to/from Colorado while Cornell is only a 4-6 hour bus ride to/from DC, Boston, NY, Philly, Baltimore, etc. 
4.  Because Cornell has a much better reputation for grad school/law school/industry applications.  
5.  Because Cornell offers great financial aid -- making it less expensive for most non Colorado families with financial need.

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CU Boulder gives merit aid, BTW!  My DD got $15k/year.  She loves it there.[/quote]

And CU Boulder is about $20-25k less/year than Cornell.

As far as flights go, my DS is in MA and his train ride is about 8 hours.  Yes, it’s cheaper than a flight, but it’s long and requires some advanced planning (must catch a bus to the train station at the right time, but bus tickets will sell out if not done in advance; has to wait at the open-air train station for hours, as there is no place to hang out until the train comes; Uber can be unreliable when everyone is leaving campus at the same time).  He now flies from CT.

I guess if you want a specific program (hospitality, architecture, etc.)m then Cornell is your school; however, CU Boulder has plenty of non-STEM programs.  While they don’t have a dedicated “Human Ecology” program, they do have environmental biology, sociology, and a top-notch environmental design program.

I’m not knocking Cornell, but CU Boulder is not a bad school!  If my DD had applied to and gotten into Cornell, she probably would not have received the same merit she got at CU Boulder.  [/quote]

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