Anonymous wrote:I went to Cornell, and in some ways it wasn't the right fit. But 1. it's an excellent school. I had great advisors, and by senior year was able to take some small graduate seminars in my field.

Also, the location is beautiful. It was so nice that when I took a year off in the middle of my time there, I stayed there and worked at a restaurant. I also stayed once for a summer, which was wonderful. Went on long bike rides and swam in lakes, quarries and ponds. The weather never once bothered me. Winters are cold, but you're a college student. You walk to classes and back. Snow is beautiful. We'd go sledding on Libe slope on dining trays. One year I lived on the other side of what they call the plantations (they have an ag school. I think it's since been renamed botanic garden or something?) and walked 45 minutes to class each day. Never remember it being too cold for that. Another interesting thing about Cornell is that they allow dogs on campus, or did then. I don't know if it's true, but was told that it was a donor stipulation. In any case, dogs ran free on the quad, and sometimes came to class.

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Anonymous wrote:There's nothing to do in Ithaca but hiking and drugs. Cornell is for people who are insecure and desperate for ivy validation. Unless you go to the public school part of Cornell, you could get into better/warmer options in bigger cities.

lol. I wish the people who post this stuff would say where they went to school!! Insecure much?

Agree. In my opinion, PP could not be more wrong. I attended Cornell and was blissfully happy in Ithaca and at Cornell. Loved the vibe of the town, loved the intellectual challenge and range of classes, loved the socializing, loved living four years in an extremely beautiful setting. I felt so fortunate to spend time there. This was decades ago, but my recollection was that the winters were not so terrible and in fact I recall loving living somewhere that had four true seasons. And the gorgeous and waterfalls were so pretty in the snowy months. I had grown up in NYC and had no desire to be attending college in a bigger city - Ithaca felt like a great change from being in a major city and for my college years it felt just right. Great food, plenty to explore in the local area. And being in a town with a massive student presence is just fun -- I felt like I lived in a city made up of students. I went to Yale for graduate school. Also a great school experience but I vastly preferred my years in Ithaca to the time in New Haven.

Like you could have gotten in to Yale and would have passed it up...riiiiight.

Place is overrated. Period.

I don't know what "overrated" even means for you in this context? How do you think your comments are relevant or helpful in connection with this conversation? Do you really believe that absolutely no one should attend Cornell, or even consider applying there? Because that is the essence of what you are saying, in response to people who manifestly are interested in and thinking about Cornell.

I think that your approach to this discussion, and your bitter and hostile language, says much more about you than it does about Cornell and Cornellians.

Andy Bernard from The Office has entered the chat...

Someone says that "there's nothing to do in Ithaca but hiking and drugs," and calls people from Cornell "insecure and desperate for Ivy validation," and you focus on the response and talk about fictional tv characters. Thanks for adding to the substantive conversation. Now please go away.

Uh-oh, someone's mad, better call the guys from Here Comes Treble and we can have a sing off!

Lighten up, Francis.

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Anonymous wrote:There's nothing to do in Ithaca but hiking and drugs. Cornell is for people who are insecure and desperate for ivy validation. Unless you go to the public school part of Cornell, you could get into better/warmer options in bigger cities.

lol. I wish the people who post this stuff would say where they went to school!! Insecure much?

Agree. In my opinion, PP could not be more wrong. I attended Cornell and was blissfully happy in Ithaca and at Cornell. Loved the vibe of the town, loved the intellectual challenge and range of classes, loved the socializing, loved living four years in an extremely beautiful setting. I felt so fortunate to spend time there. This was decades ago, but my recollection was that the winters were not so terrible and in fact I recall loving living somewhere that had four true seasons. And the gorgeous and waterfalls were so pretty in the snowy months. I had grown up in NYC and had no desire to be attending college in a bigger city - Ithaca felt like a great change from being in a major city and for my college years it felt just right. Great food, plenty to explore in the local area. And being in a town with a massive student presence is just fun -- I felt like I lived in a city made up of students. I went to Yale for graduate school. Also a great school experience but I vastly preferred my years in Ithaca to the time in New Haven.

Like you could have gotten in to Yale and would have passed it up...riiiiight.

Place is overrated. Period.

I don't know what "overrated" even means for you in this context? How do you think your comments are relevant or helpful in connection with this conversation? Do you really believe that absolutely no one should attend Cornell, or even consider applying there? Because that is the essence of what you are saying, in response to people who manifestly are interested in and thinking about Cornell.

I think that your approach to this discussion, and your bitter and hostile language, says much more about you than it does about Cornell and Cornellians.

Andy Bernard from The Office has entered the chat...

Someone says that "there's nothing to do in Ithaca but hiking and drugs," and calls people from Cornell "insecure and desperate for Ivy validation," and you focus on the response and talk about fictional tv characters. Thanks for adding to the substantive conversation. Now please go away.