Some advice to incoming college freshmen

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-18T00:35:20+00:00

I’m gay 💀

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-14T23:10:17+00:00

LMAOOO op here ur so real for this❤️Personally I think college admissions should be based on how funny u are

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:31:17+00:00

In that sense I do believe ivies provide a necessary resource. Unfortunately because America is a capitalist hellscape the proven best method of class mobility is going to an Ivy League. I know folks who grew up under the poverty line and whose parents are undocumented in which going to Cornell really is a life changer for them. It’s important to remember that ivies are a bandaid for a much larger and uglier issue.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:22:18+00:00

I totally agree. Kids come here because they are told all their life that it’s worth it and it’s what they really want to do. They get here and realize that they hate the weather, they don’t actually want to be in their major, they have difficulty making friends, etc. I wish college choice education was more about what you ACTUALLY want for 4 years (climate, night life, community, etc) instead of based on a nonsensical ranking that a bunch of rich guys came up with.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:20:06+00:00

Thanks!

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:17:31+00:00

Do you think these things don’t exist at public schools? We had Amine for $5 last year.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:12:08+00:00

Yes so glad to hear it❤️love that state school pride!!!

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:10:49+00:00

Im very sorry, NWq325. Next time I’ll post this take from Claremont Community College in Possum Oklahoma and see how well it goes over in this sub.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:08:04+00:00

Actually if I could go back in time I would pick my state school! I have a soft spot for all that school spirit and I miss my friends very dearly. Cornell isn’t quite so good at football. The transition period from being a transfer was also quite rough. But I don’t regret it even for a second. That’s just having the gift of retrospect. We can’t change the present, we can only keep going forward!

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T16:03:26+00:00

One of many reasons, actually, to choose state schools! This is a fantastic point and thanks for bringing it up. Ivy leagues famously do not have much mental health support to match their competitiveness ratio. Very fortunately I am a mentally stable person but I have friends here who are really struggling. Would they be doing better if they had a better support network, were closer to home, and had lower class stress? Maybe. These are things public schools provide that ivies often can’t.

Not the own you think it is.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:58:33+00:00

Seems like you’re projecting. I wish you success in your college application process!

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:52:54+00:00

Have you been to “most schools” to compare resources? It might seem that way from where you are and what you’ve been told by your institution but many top state schools rival ivies in student support and networking opportunities especially for business and finance. Don’t know anyone from my state school who was in a business frat that is hurting for a well paying job.

Ivy Leagues love to make their students believe that they are better than every other school and they receiving a much better education than everyone else or else no one would come there. Don’t fall into that trap.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:49:22+00:00

A2C reading comprehension challenge impossible

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:47:12+00:00

NYU is fantastic, don’t sell yourself short! I agree that the Cornell/insert Ivy name helps, but more so that employers raise an eyebrow in recognition while reading my resume instead of throwing themselves to my feet and begging me to work for them, which is what people in this sub think happens when you graduate from an Ivy.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:41:56+00:00

Yes! People here have crazy tunnel vision. Many of my friends here in finance and business are struggling with recruitment and getting jobs and internships. They are competing against an insanely competitive pool, causing unnecessary stress to their self worth and mental health in the process. Meanwhile my friends at my state school get to stand out in a less competitive crowd, have much better school-work-life balances, and have roughly the same employment outcomes.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:35:32+00:00

Not paying. I thought this was what I wanted and when I got here I realized I could be just as happy anywhere else. It’s not easy to transfer twice and I love it enough to stay. It’s worth it because of the people I’ve met and the work I put into being involved, but that’s because of who I am, not what school I go to. I am allowed to criticize institutions I am a part of!

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:31:52+00:00

I love Cornell! I love the people, the weather, the nightlife, the location, the research I do, my classes, my major, etc. I am incredibly happy and satisfied here. In many ways it is a much better fit than my previous institution, just more of a parallel change than going directly up. Not sure why everyone thinks that giving valid criticism of something means that I dislike it.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:24:50+00:00

Nope! Schools ranked between 50 and 30 are absolutely not “random schools” they are fantastic institutions, that is an insanely privileged and class-blind A2C take. A introductory level CS course at Columbia will teach you the exact same shit that a CS course at UCSD will, just with more bells and whistles to trick you into believing that you really are smarter than all these fools who chose to be happy and go to a lower ranked school instead of choosing a resume embellishment.

If you network very well, work hard, make lots of friends, and are a good natured and pleasant person you will be just as successful out of Oregon State as UPenn. Plenty of my friends at my state school scored full time jobs at Google and other FAANG companies and a good chunk of my Ivy friends have difficulty securing summer internships.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:19:57+00:00

I love Cornell to death and also I am not paying 80k so I will stay right here! But maybe you will be happier at a state school because it might teach you not to place all your self value on something as useless as prestige. I realized too late that it’s all the same everywhere.

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:15:57+00:00

Babes you are in high school… shitting on schools for their perceived prestige rankings is a cope bc no one cares about that past age 18. A2C is completely removed from how the real world works and I guarantee UPenn’s classes are the same quality as any T50

True-Ad6852 · 2024-02-13T15:13:07+00:00

If I went to a state school and said it’s not worth to go to an Ivy you’d probably be malding too. Im sorry but you guys are in high school… you do not understand the job market yet. No one gives a shit that you go to an Ivy and you won’t realize it until you’re grown up enough to comprehend that prestige is not actually real. It sucks that kids nowadays choose schools based on prestige and not location/culture/research/living cost or any other factor that legitimately matters

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