tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523754873880542370.post3842079129014248808..comments2009-07-12T21:29:03.640-07:00Comments on Summer of 2009 at Cornell University: Only in IthacaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523754873880542370.post-21567637135242265852009-07-03T10:41:03.871-07:002009-07-03T10:41:03.871-07:00Julia,
Your analysis is well reasoned and provide...Julia,<br /><br />Your analysis is well reasoned and provides the reader your rationale for wanting a highly selective private schools. Highly selective schools demand a lot and now you have a first hand experience at Cornell.<br /><br />I also appreciate your interview with your roommate. Her comments about living in Mary Donlon, her class and her desires for next year were nice to read. I also appreciate your comments and I am glad that you will be armed with more information when you attend college informational sessions.<br /><br />Continue to work hard during the final week. I am sure that you will do well and cross the finish line still full of energy and enthusiasm. I do hope that you will get the chance to participate in one of the Cornell Campus Tours and Informational Sessions. It will give you insight into how a current Cornell student feels about their time on campus.<br /><br />Hope all else is well. <br /><br />Charles T. RamseyCharles Tillman Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698891858507901393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523754873880542370.post-67855421048999272972009-07-03T00:02:17.398-07:002009-07-03T00:02:17.398-07:00Julia,
Let me make it crystal clear right up fron...Julia,<br /><br />Let me make it crystal clear right up front: I’m a Golden Bear and that will never change.<br /><br />That being said, so much of what you wrote about private versus public schools is right on the money. I don’t want to bash Cal here—in print—but I will say that my lecture for Math 1A had 1,000 students in it. Meet the professor—NEVER! End up with a TA that speaks English as his native language or understands what class it is that he’s assisting in—maybe. Develop bonds with fellow classmates that will carry through for the rest of your life—maybe, could happen, it’s not impossible, stranger things have happened. [A year after I left Cal my pal who lived across the hall from me just happened to drive through the Jack-in-the-Box I worked at 75 miles away from where he lived. Ten minutes later a lady walked in and stuck a .45 in my face holding the place up. Coincidental? Yeah, those collegiate contacts you make can be a blessing for you later in life.]<br /><br />Hey, but we had wild animals that entered our classrooms from time to time just like your birdie pal did today. They were often two-legged and could sometimes speak but they were wild nonetheless.<br /><br />As for your roomie: photos and video clips are optional. For all we know she’s in the Witness Protection Program and just wants to keep her privacy so who are we to spoil things for her?<br /><br />She didn’t say but where is she from?<br /><br />I only went to one major university (plus a bunch of smaller ones) so my comparisons are limited. In my brief stay in a dorm while at Cal I stayed in Davidson Hall which was one of four buildings in the unit. Each building housed 800 students (3200 per unit) and there were three units of this type. There were also smaller units scattered around but that’s another story.<br /><br />Even with so many people in each unit, you learned quickly who had what and who could be counted on. For instance, everyone knew that we had the best view for watching the sun set over the Golden Gate Bridge so everyone would gather in our room right before supper each night. The guys across the hall threw the best parties, the guy next door supplied all of the weed, the guy down the hall knew all of the good places where underaged minors could score cheap beer and the guys on the floor beneath us knew the trick to slipping coins into the soda machine so you could get a soda and more change back than you put in. Yeah, we had that place pretty well pegged.<br /><br />If you get a chance, maybe you can read what I wrote in Ramiah’s blog about firework displays.<br /><br />Enjoy your 4th—and your 3rd for that matter.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com