Type: Private
State: New York
Website: www.colgate.edu



The word from: the Students

Colgate provides a very rigorous academic environment, excellent student and faculty population and plenty of opportunities at a social level for their student body to take. As for academics, Colgate has very strong courses and programs when it comes to humanities, political science, English, psychology and economics, as well as good natural science programs.
students must fulfill some general education requirements that make them to widen they're views beyond their majors, sometimes even leading to new finding new interests in other areas.
Its size and location makes it so that a tight community can be created and developed, a very nice thing to look for since it helps creating bonds between students.
Administration and faculty staff care very much for their students education and create a very passionate, hands-on, inspiring place to learn. Colgate also offers great opportunities to research with its professors but the tough workload can be a bit intimidating.

At first glance, Colgate students don't seem too diverse, its majority is white and dressed very similar, but despite this great discussions can start in and out of class due to very different points of view and opinion among the students. It's a very preppy campus, with a very laid back but well groomed student body. All of them are very passionate about something and everyone has their own thing to enjoy. Colgate students are very active members in the community as a whole.

Type: Private
State: New York
Website: www.cornell.edu

the most educationally diverse member of the Ivy League

Quick Overview:
Good computer facilities, great library, campus food is nice, frats and sororities are popular.




The word from: the Students

Cornell University is a large diverse university with a wide array of majors from where to choose from. All its programs are well planned and resources will never be amiss. Standing out in numerous fields with their majors it is still possible to design our very own. Opportunities in Cornell are plenty. It's not easy studying at Cornell, it's an university meant for people with a strong sense of what they want, courses are quite intense from the very start. It's said to be the easiest from the Ivy Leaguers to get into but the hardest to get out of.
easiest to get into in the Ivy league but hardest to get out of.
Helping students on their work and academic path is something that is done a lot at Cornell, offering resources so that everyone gets a very deserving grade for their effort. Professors are very helpful and will gladly support whoever needs them and have great availability. Administration wise the university does a great job to keep it running without problems and make themselves easy to reach. Job finding is easy thanks to the effort put into building a good alumni network and the career services office.

The remote location of the campus provides opportunity to practice a lot of out door activities, the great majority involving nature so there's everything for everyone. Downside of it is that urban diversion is very limited. Students however get around that problem by staying on campus and work on their academics. During the weekend at least, people can forget school work and have fun going to bars in collegetown and house parties, attend concerts, activities and other initiatives all in campus led by students. Many of them participate in sports teams and activities inside the grounds. But some times not even all these activities can avoid the boredom of the lack of a big city around.

The diversity present at Cornell is not only ethnic or racial but rather because of the existence of so many courses there's bound to exist personality and interests that greatly vary, every day a huge variety of people sit down for lunch at the same place. Being half private and half public makes it so that the economic background differs from person to person.

Type: Private
Website: www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu



Quick Overview:
Great library, diverse student types on campus, location is great, good off-campus food, safe campus, students are satisfied.



The word from: the Students

Columbia University provides an excellent educational experience combining the rigor of the Ivy League and the chaotic ways of New York city. The course work can be very demanding at times and studying about the world is encouraged to be done in new and sometimes uncomfortable ways. With inspiring professors, many who are brilliant in their fields, Columbia can boast its excellent education. They're enthusiastic and sometimes obsessed with their subject, some even have the scholarly air of arrogance and be though graders too but those are the ones that teach best. The core curriculum at the university focus on western philosophy, literature and fine arts. The administration is accessible although a bit bureaucratic.

 Studying is hard during the week but so is partying on weekends. Since its located in NYC there is a ton of things that can be done for entertainment, things like shopping, going to the movies, concerts, museums, clubs among many other fun activities. A word of warning its not a cheap way of living, things like dining out can end up being expensive. There's also activity inside the campus like group activities and dorm parties, students often organize themselves for various kinds of meetings and other gatherings.

Columbia is just like the city its in, composed of a huge variety of people with all sorts of interests, backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and others. It's possible to find conversations about everything and anything. Generally smart and dedicated people many aren't very wordly but still friendly.