A lost puppy goes to school

A ~ Cornell ~ 2018

[cornelluniversity]

Meet President-elect Martha E. Pollack

[a-does-cornell-blog]

I haven’t been on tumblr very much recently (in the past several months), but today is such a scary day. Trump has won the election. (not a die-hard liberal or conservative - I typically vote both parties down the ballot based on the individual, not the party)

I’m sure campus will be full of disappointed students and faculty today. Democrats didn’t want him to win. The Cornell Republicans didn’t want him to win. International students didn’t want him to win - some would like to stay in America. I know there’s a small slice of the student population who supported Trump, but I never imagined it actually happening. 

This whole election cycle is a big reminder of how the electoral college system is not representative of America. Yes, looking at the electoral map, there seems to be a majority Red, but looking at the popular vote (as of writing this at 97% reporting) Hillary is winning by over 100,000 votes. 

As a woman of color, I am not happy with the results. I was not happy with the primaries on either side. I am not excited about the federal government in the next four years. I am not looking forward to seeing the guy in my major who owns a menninist t-shirt, because that’s not funny. I am not excited about how this will affect my daily life. 

I definitely don’t know what my or America’s future holds. It’s hard to say anything at this point. I just know my life has been changed. Women are the majority. Non-hispanic whites are losing their majority. But yet, we continue to vote old white men into positions of political power. 

It’s really hard to come to terms with both the president-elect and vice president-elect. They are soon to be the faces of America. Their stances on LGBTQ+ rights, their stances on global warming, their stances on immigration, their stances on foreign affairs, their stances on healthcare, their stances on tax reform, their stances on Citizens United, their stances on almost everything hurt my gut. 

I’m scared of all those overwhelmingly Trump-supporting areas. Looking at the electoral map and seeing how big of a margin over Hillary some states were, I know exactly where I don’t want to end up later in my life. Even looking at my home state. There are so many counties (with a large majority white population) in which Trump won with over 70% of the vote, but the more densely and diversely populated areas were the opposite, with McMullin pulling over 5% of the vote in some. 

I really don’t know how to feel right now. It’s raining outside, and I just want to stay in bed for the next four and a half years, hoping the next election cycle better reflects the political, rather than emotional, views of Americans. 

[cornelluniversity]

Meteor captured over the Stone Arch Bridge and Beebe Lake early Friday morning during the Perseid Meteor Shower.

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Just a normal Ithaca spring.

[cockbiteproductions]

“all that matters is that u tried ur best”

me: *instantly flashes back to every moment i procrastinated and wasted*

me: ha hah haahah…… ….. yeah…….. my best……. that is the thing i totally did

[cornelluniversity]

Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president emeritus and professor emeritus of classics, has been appointed interim president effective April 25, Cornell University Board of Trustees Chairman Robert S. Harrison ’76 announced March 24.

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Or 3/14/16 for short.

[a-does-cornell-blog]

what i had to do today: lots of stuff

what i did today: nothing

how i feel: guilty

does this feeling make me wanna do something: no

[cornelluniversity]

Today we mourn the loss of our president, colleague and friend, Elizabeth Garrett 

[a-does-cornell-blog]

Cornell’s President Elizabeth Garrett Dies at Age 52, Less Than One Year After Assuming Office

The Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert Harrison ’76 called Garrett a “remarkable human being” and a “vibrant and passionate leader” who he said impacted the lives …

Cornell’s first female president died last night during her fight against cancer. I will now never have the chance to meet this remarkable woman - I thought I would have the chance to sometime before my graduation. My spirits were already low today before I found out. I wish her friends and family all the best.

[a-does-cornell-blog]

hello! I'm a junior in high school in Louisiana and I was wondering if you have any tips for admissions. I'm really worried a because I feel like I've run out of time to improve my (subpar) grades and test scores and I'm scrabbling for any way to help me stand out during the admissions process? what was your experience like with your grades and admissions?

I saw your ask on cornelldiary, so I’ll try to say some different things as well. If you find it difficult to pull up your grades this far into the school year, work on developing good relationships with your teachers. If you’re having difficulty with a certain class, working with your teacher and making a good impression with regards to hard work; actively seeking help and displaying visible improvement could result in a stellar teacher rec. My test scores weren’t the best (I had two friends who scored got 2400 on the SAT the first time they took it, but I was far from that fortunate); I didn’t even make the commended cutoff for the PSAT (which I think was around 203). The last time I took the SAT was fall of my senior year (either september or october) and that score was definitely an improvement for me. I would honestly just get a practice book for both the SAT and ACT, take a couple practice tests, see which one you feel better about, and focus on practicing how to take that specific test. 

Besides grades and test scores, which are not the only factors for admission, maybe focus on unique extracurricular experiences. Make sure you’re doing something your passionate about and be able to write about how it impacts your life and how it applies to what you want to study in college. Make sure you show interest in Cornell (or any other school you’re interested in). This could mean visiting campus (which I didn’t do because of distance from home) or going to local information sessions (make sure you register so they know you went). 

In the end, don’t stress you too much .Try your best to bring your grades and test scores up. Even if they aren’t 3.9 or 34/2200+, you have a chance to show any admissions committee that you can work to improve them and through other parts of your application, that you can’t be simply defined by your numbers. 

[a-does-cornell-blog]

I was looking through certain tags to see how other people of tumblr were handling classes like Fluid Mechanics and Biochemistry, but apparently, the “fluids” tag is not something populated by engblrs.

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Professor Hirschl’s book wins coveted social work award

Thomas Hirschl, an expert in social stratification and economic mobility, won the 2016 book award from the Society for Social Work and Research for his book “Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes.”

The award recognizes a scholarly contribution that advances social work knowledge with direct applications to practice, policy, and the resolution of social problems. The winners were announced Jan. 16 at the association’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

Hirschl, professor of development sociology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, along with co-authors Mark Robert Rank and Kirk A. Foster, interviewed more than 150 citizens chasing the sometimes-elusive American Dream. The book explores topics pivotal to the modern debate about social mobility and access to opportunity. In it, Hirschl explores income and wealth dynamics over the course of modern American lifespan, illustrating the role class and race have on success and suggests policies aimed at increasing access to the skills and institutions that favor attainment of success.

The book has influenced debate about income equality and society even before its publication in 2014. President Barack Obama used the author’s findings to inform a 2013 policy speech on building a more equitable economy.

Hirschl’s research focuses on social class differentiation in contemporary society. His work takes a lifetime view of an individual to chart how opportunity and economic fortune changes over time. He found that around 11 percent of Americans will join the top 1 percent of wage earners for at least one year between the ages 25 to 60. For most people, however, the success is fleeting: less than 0.6 percent remain in that top tier for two years or more.

Hirschl serves as director of the Population and Development Program and Teen Assessment Program, and coordinator of the Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship.

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Took his Intro to Sociology class last semester

[cornelluniversity]

Some light snow on campus this morning.

[compoundchem]

After the news of an accident in a French drug trial on Friday, you might be wondering what drug trials entail. Here’s a summary sheet on the drug discovery process to clear things up! http://wp.me/p4aPLT-1EZ

[chandra-nalaar]

me at 9 pm: im gonna fix my sleep schedule

me at 4 am:

[cornelluniversity]

Congratulations to Tsai Ing-wen LLM ‘80, the 1st woman and the 2nd Cornellian to be elected president of Taiwan.

[a-does-cornell-blog]

I might have gone a little over board in the tags