Cornell offers the quintessential college experience: a world-class education in a semi-remote, academic community away from the distractions of daily life. Campus is secluded enough to foster a tight-knit community atop the hills of Ithaca, while still being situated near hubs of progress. Just a few hours away from NYC and a skip away from urban centers like Syracuse and Rochester, Ithaca gives you the space to enjoy remoteness while still allowing you to engage with the world around you.

While that itself makes Cornell unique, what I value most is that Cornell's location makes campus a pressure cooker for progress, innovation, and dialogue. Everyone around you lives on or very near campus; the rate of interaction with your classmates outside of the school day is high because everybody is centralized in the small town of Ithaca. The beauty here is that campus life is made richer by the high rates of interaction proximity creates. Social dialogues and learning extends beyond the classroom while the human connections made outside class time follow us back into our lecture halls and study spaces. The academic and social reinforce each other at Cornell because the physical space of campus facilitates cohesion and togetherness.

What makes the Cornell experience unique?