Cornell University
Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at Cornell
By Gender
| Males | B- |
| Females | B |
By Major
| Accounting | F |
| Aerospace Engineering | D+ |
| Animal Studies | A |
| Anthropology | B- |
| Architecture | C- |
| Architecture & Urban Planning Department | A |
| Biology | B |
| Business - Management and Administration | B- |
| Chemical Engineering | B |
| Chemistry | D |
| Civil Engineering | B |
| Communications | B |
| Computer Engineering | C+ |
| Computer Science | B- |
| Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | B- |
| Economics | C+ |
| Electrical Engineering | B+ |
| Engineering Department | B |
| English | B |
| Finance | C |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B |
| Industrial Operations Engineering | B- |
| Mechanical Engineering | B+ |
| Meteorology | A- |
| Natural Resources | A |
| Other | B- |
| Philosophy | A- |
| Physics | C+ |
| Political Science | C+ |
| PreLaw and Legal | B+ |
| PreMed and Medical | A- |
| Psychology | B |
| Public Policy | B+ |
| Sociology | B |
| Undecided | B |
| Urban Planning | B |
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Surrounding City
“... I would've preferred the city over rural Ithaca ...Read full comment
“... Ithaca is rated as the #1 emerging city in the US ...Read full comment
“... In the last 2 years, we've hosted the Strokes, Motion City Soundtrack, Lupe Fiasco, Twista, T ...Read full comment
“This is for all the "normal" kids who are thinking about coming here. By normal I mean someone who trys to get wasted as much as possible, wants to b...Read full comment
“... The latter has never helped me find any job listing in any city big or small that I've lived in--and I've lived in Oahu, Hawaii, Pittsburgh, PA, ...Read full comment
“... If you are from the city as I am, make sure that you are prepared for this transition ...Read full comment
“... Sure, it's not in a city, and there's not a whole lot to do in the way of big-name events, but the air is clear, and waterfalls abound, and ther...Read full comment
“... I love the city ...Read full comment
“... However, Ithaca really isn't that great of a city, though not nearly as bad as some places in upstate NY (Binghamton and Albany for example) ...Read full comment
“... The city of Ithaca is pretty horrible, so when you come to Cornell, expect to stay on campus a lot ...Read full comment
“... Ithaca is also an amazing, small city though quite isolated ...Read full comment
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Considering that Cornell is far from a major city and lacks the pretige/networks of other schools at the same level I would at least expect th...Read full comment
“... I came to Cornell very apprehensive of the social scene because it was the only school I applied to that was not in a city and I thought the soci...Read full comment
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Ithaca is a lovely city with lots of personality ...Read full comment
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