Four years at Cornell has a monumental impact on a young person s life. We'd like to hear the story of how you chose Cornell. Share it on the online forum . Choosing a college is like driving a new road and not knowing where it will lead.
Few decisions have such far-reaching consequences.
The college experience reshapes your values system, your way of thinking, your understanding of others. It results in friends for life and sometimes a spouse. It may lead to a profession and a life's work. Indirectly, it influences the people you meet along the way. Where you go to college has an importance so great you can be frozen by the very necessity of making the choice.