Ithaca College is a private residential college in Ithaca, New York, situated dramatically on South Hill above Cayuga Lake. Founded in 1892, Ithaca enrolls approximately 5,500 undergraduates across five schools: Humanities & Sciences, Business, Communications, Health Sciences & Human Performance, and the Roy H. Park School of Communications. The campus is famously hilly — elevation changes of over 200 feet make walking between residence areas and academic buildings a significant daily reality. Housing areas include the Upper and Lower Quads (primarily first-year, no AC), the East and West Towe…