Cornell University Top Questions

While some people may think that Cornell is a "suicide school," a "nerd school," or a "rich white New Yorker school," no stereotype can even come close to describing Cornell. There are too many diverse people to have one sweeping generalization about all the students.

When I leave campus, there seems to be some ideas that Cornell is all rich kids. Economically speaking, Cornell is one of the most diverse colleges there are. Of course there are students that are wealthy, but there are a lot that aren't. I have a job on campus with federal work study, and it's become a positive thing whereas I initially thought needing a job would sset me apart or interfere with my social life.

When leave campus, there seems to be some ideas that Cornell is all rich kids. Economically speaking, Cornell is one of the most diverse colleges there are. Of course there are students that are wealthy, but there are a lot that aren't. I have a job on campus with federal work study, and it's become a positive thing whereas I initially thought needing a job would sset me apart or interfere with my social life.

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Negatives: Tons of suicides, everyone's involved in greek life, it's the easiest Ivy, the academic rigor is unbearable, it's out in the middle of nowhere Positives: lovely campus, great food

They are the rejects from other ivies... they work hard and party even harder... they kill themselves going gorge jumping

We're all smart people, no doubt. It doesn't mean we don't know how to socialize or have a good time. People definitely think that since we're such a smart school that we don't know what to do on Friday or Saturday nights.

1) Always doing work, so they never have time to go out 2) Depressed

Don't know any outside stereotypes about Cornell students, though I did hear somewhere that it's the easiest Ivy to get into and the hardest to graduate from.

Most people think all people at Cornell are either rich and snobby or very nerdy.

Cornell students are stereotyped to be rich, nerdy, and mostly from Westchester or Long Island.

Personal stereotypes at Cornell are most prominent in the Greek system. Usually certain stereotypes are associated with certain Greek organizations, ranging from very geeky to very brutal behavior. Cornell girls are stereotypically unattractive, or if attractive unaproachable. There are also stereotypes about the kind of people at the various schools inside the university, again ranging widely, from partier to over achiever. As a school Cornell is notorious for not being helpful on a financial level, or in general to some.

-We are the Harvard rejects -There's nothing to do at Cornell -We are all nerds who don't have a social life

These aren't ordered in any particular way... 1. Cornell is the easiest Ivy League school to get into 2. Cornell is a state school 3. Cornell has the highest suicide rate of any university 4. Ithaca is GORGES and so is Cornell! 5. Winters in Ithaca are unbearable

People assume that everyone is super-competitive and cut-throat, or that people are too consumed with academics to do extra-curriculars or enjoy free-time.

Some stereotypes about Cornell include that it's winter all year round there, that it's easy to get in and hard to graduate, the Hotel school is a joke school, that thousands of students commit suicide every year because its so difficult, that the kids are all really weird and the girls aren't that attractive.

Cornell is apparently the easiest Ivy to get into but the hardest to graduate from. Basically, they let in the widest range of students academic wise, but once you're here, they make you work your ass off (which they do!). I guess Cornell students would be seen as very, very, very, diverse: you have the typical nerd who really doesn't know how to dress and is socially awkward; you have the rich kids who's parents can afford to send them here without either the parent or kid taking out a loan; you've got middle-class kids who have borrowed a shit load of money just to go here instead of going to a school where they could have gotten a huge scholarship; you have lots of Asians that mix into all categories; basically anyone you can think of, Cornell has. So there really isn't a stereotypical Cornell student.

lots of frat boys and sorority girls, lots of nerdy engineers, lots of reclusive architecture students, and then frequent suicides into the surrounding gorges

study all the time

students are unhealthily competitive. students wish to be at other "greater" top school. students are geniuses.