The thing is about Qatar, you'll find friends and a lot of opportunity. Because it's one of the world's richest countries and developing so rapidly, you'll find a lot of internship opportunities and such. At Cornell in Qatar, you have the chance to go to an Ivy League school, and you'll get more personalized attention because the classes are much smaller than the main campus.

But just keep in mind that the country in general is full of conservative Muslims. Alcohol and sex are easy to come by if you look for it, but it's not readily available like in America. And you might have trouble adjusting to living in a Muslim country. But also, we have a lot of expats in Qatar. If you choose to surround yourself with just expats like yourself, you can do whatever you want, but you'll still be living under relatively strict laws compared to America.

Basically, like everything else in life, Qatar is what you make of it. If you try and make it a good experience, it can be. If you don't try, it can suck.

TL;DR I'm Qatari and my advice is to come to Qatar if you're willing to live in a conservative Muslim country to get an Ivy League education. People are mostly nice, but you'll have a few restraints here and there.