Located in Ithaca,
New York; Cornell University is a private tier one research university founded,
as a result of a New York State Senate bill that named it as the state’s land
grant, in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, with the motto and
popular Ezra Cornell quote: “I would found an institution where any person can
find instruction in any study.” Since the beginning, Cornell has been co-ed and
non-sectarian. Its reputation as an elite
Ivy League school is reaffirmed with the number of Rhodes Scholars (28) and
Nobel Laureates (41) .
The school
is highly diverse, though Asians make up most of the minorities. On our campus tour we did notice some obvious
voluntary segregation – one group after another of racially similar
students. The two sides of the 745 acre campus
are bound by gorges, rumored to be the site used by academically over-stressed students
driven to the point of suicide to meet their doom, hence the saying, “Cornell
is gorges.” The current students we
encountered deny being stressed, but admit to a challenging curriculum. Classes are graded on a curve, encouraging
students to be super competitive in order to receive the few As distributed. The tuition seems to vary based on the school
you attend. Out of the seven
undergraduate colleges, some are endowed colleges charging private school
rates, while others are contract colleges charging public school tuition with
discounts for in-state students. Each of
the seven colleges admits their own students, provides their own faculty, and
in almost every sense, operates independently from the rest. We found some engineering students studying
at the library and some agricultural and life science students throwing frisbee
on the quad – naturally. The
admission rate of 18% for the over 30,000 applicants each year makes Cornell
highly selective.
Students who applied to Cornell University, also looked at Brown University, Harvard University, and Carnegie Mellon University. For more information on Cornell University, visit http://www.cornell.edu/.
Cornell University is located at 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-2000
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