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1. an elite Ivy League college often scorned by the other Ivies for having an "easy" admission rate, a fallacy that many people tend to buy. At 11% (2019-20), Cornell's admission rate is, in reality, one of the most selective schools in the United States and in the English-speaking world. By comparison, the admission rates of the most prestigious UK schools such as Cambridge and Oxford are at 15-20%.

2. The only Ivy that doesn't issue a diploma inscribed in Latin. Until this day schools with a long historical standing like Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Penn, Princeton and Columbia still issue fancy Latin diplomas. Whereas younger colleges like UChicago, Stanford and MIT founded since the late 19th century only issue modern English diplomas.

3. One of the most comprehensive universities. Like Harvard and Penn, Cornell has all the major schools including Law School, Business School, Medical School, School of Engineering, School of Design, and the College of Arts and Sciences
"Getting into Cornell? It's harder than you think"
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the coolest school ever.
well not really
but we try to fool ourselves

at least its better than harvard.
"So we go to Cornell. It's in the middle of nowhere but we really don't care."
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The home of an elite group of scholars at whom Harvard students laugh from ages 18-22, and work for until retirement.
Assistant: "Hey boss, didn't you go to Cornell University?"

CEO: "Yes, get me a coffee."

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Where hopeful youth go to have their aspirations obliterated. See: antonyms for Disneyworld, Utopia
Neil: "Yo, dude! I'm goin to Cornell!"

Brian: "Can I have your stereo after you jump off the bridge?"
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Real solid person, loyal to everyone and everything he does. Loves to have money and is a huge money maker named after a college so usually he is smart. A person the ladies love and a sex god.
Name your son Cornell.
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The colors dude ever fucks all the bitches gets money smoke weed and beat niggas he gets so much pussy that when bitches see him thy automatically give it up he lives in Maryland where he be trappin in the cut
DudE I wish I was a cornell

Dad when I grow up I wanna be just like Cornell

Men my girl say she only like Cornell's
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