I remember my sister crying the night before her flight, nervous of her transition to Cornell. However, during her first winter break back, my sister came back with a happy face. She spent the following weeks talking about her hallmates, lunch with her professors, and her highly intellectual peers. My brother soon followed suit. They both talked about the intimate relationships they were able to foster through opportunities to interact with the faculty, such as college-wide barbeques and eating dinner at professors’ homes. I am also looking forward to developing mentor, friend relationships with amazing peers and faculty. In addition to the many opportunities to develop relationships, the college’s focus on humans is what attracted me. I have
