Cornell (SUNY Ithaca) (2022-2023)

[plain coral]

I dont feel like literature passion as a stem major is diverse (even tho like diversity of thought) but its much better writing than my engineering problem

[hollow willow]

hmm i see

i mean it would show another side of you

so it might be nice

[wind nimbus]

ive talked bout my poetry in a lot of my apps

but its mostly the ones that ask bout wut else i like to do or wut has held my interest or wtv

[plain coral]

I honestly might just redo my eng problem tho

To display more of my thinking side

I have a good problem and solution its just trash writing

[hollow willow]

my engineering problem just ended up being one that we actually made a concept solution for in my civil engineering class and its actually gonna be executed at some point
so it technically isnt a completely hypothetical one since we alr devised a solution
but i thought it would be fine to use it for this prompt since we were more on the conceptual side

[plain coral]

Yeah i usually do it for joy prompts

[hollow willow]

yeah i feel that
ive had that issue with a bunch of essays
esp my ps

[wind nimbus]

ive only applied to 2 schools of engineering bc cs is (for most schools) in coe and cas and i prefer cas bc i want to major/minor in cs + 1/2 of math, creative writing or aa studies or something

[plain coral]

Yeah mine is so hypothetical + bme so i am def going in blind with any technical info i grant eith the solution

[wind nimbus]

its y Brown my first choice theres sm i want to do fr

[hollow willow]

i could technically do the diversity one since i have a diversity essay that i used for other colleges
but again, im asian male cs so maybe not the best idea

[wind nimbus]

im african male cs ive had a lot to say bout africa + cs

[plain coral]

Yeah im asian female engineering 💀

Thats why my diversity essays are abt literature

LMAOO

[hollow willow]

😭

[wind nimbus]

y did cs have to be this competitive hell hole wen its finally my turn smh

[plain coral]

Me, avoiding cs like the plague cuz of ai

[hollow willow]

yeah my diversity essays were literally about

1. a little bit of culture and family stuff
2. clubs i did in hs
3. the fact that the "families" are all diverse from each other and i like engaging myself in a variety of things

[wind nimbus]

just make the ai

[hollow willow]

me who is considering doing a concentration in ai 😭

[wind nimbus]

boom

[wind nimbus]

same xD

[plain coral]

Ai scares me

[hollow willow]

i see

[plain coral]

I aint gonna be that person who gets murdered by a robot

That i built

😭

[hollow willow]

its funny bc im CS but i wrote my essay about civil engineering

[wind nimbus]

then dont let it do that

[plain coral]

Genius

[wind nimbus]

why? xD

[hollow willow]

since i had a good civil engineering project that i could talk about for that prompt lmao

[wind nimbus]

ykw fair point

apply to CE then move to cs

🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[hollow willow]

im still applying to cs, but im hoping that project still works for the app and still shows the "engineering" side of me but from a slightly different angle

[austere pendant]

would be p difficult to transfer over to cs no?

[plain coral]

My thing is i have no clue if my solution alrdy exists

😭😭

And its so abstract

[austere pendant]

i'm torn between both the opts for coe

[wind nimbus]

i have a friend at cornell coe its only rly hard to move between colleges, between majors within the college not so much

[austere pendant]

right right

i was j thinking because cs is probably v highly subscribed

[wind nimbus]

i feel like most schools r transparent with that type of thing

[hollow willow]

yeah, i think what matters is that you came up with it tho right?

and had the idea in mind

[wind nimbus]

like gtech, uiua and michigan for example r schools that hv said if ur plan is to transfer just dont fo it

[hollow willow]

as long as you explain it well

[plain coral]

Yeah but imagine it exists alrdy

And i just accidentallynplagiarize

[hollow willow]

yeah 😭

[plain coral]

Idk how to explain an airborne carcinogen detector

Fucking sci fi

[hollow willow]

that sounds cool af

[plain coral]

IKR

but theres no way it doesnt exist

Theres a cancer pen that scans tissue

[wind nimbus]

wuts a carcinogen (i swr im good at bio)

[plain coral]

Shouldnt there also be an air detectoe

[austere pendant]

cancer causing

[hollow willow]

mine was literally about redesigning a wing at my school lmao

[plain coral]

Just things that cause cancer quite literally

[wind nimbus]

ah i see

[plain coral]

Im trying my best to apply it to bme and my problem related to my community

[wind nimbus]

how would it work in a practical sense

[plain coral]

Hm

[wind nimbus]

would it jus identify things known to cause cancer

like idk smoke

[hollow willow]

i also ended up using this same essay in some other places (like uc #7, cmu #3, etc.)

[plain coral]

Itd just flash a separate color if it detects certain cells being present

[hollow willow]

yeah thats a good idea

[wind nimbus]

mm

bme hard

[plain coral]

Cuz the prblem i chose is 9/11 and lots of ppl have resultant issues involving cancer due to remaining on the scene without protective masks

[hollow willow]

ohh i see

thats an interesting issue to choose

[plain coral]

Yea i live near metro new york and my uncle was there when the first tower was bit

Hit

[wind nimbus]

u can cite similar issues in places hit by war/nuclear war

and gas leaks perhaps

[plain coral]

Tru

Like the german chemical warfare

[wind nimbus]

and ive never been nyc but ive heard yalls air is not the greatest

[hollow willow]

oh damn

[wind nimbus]

maybe apply it in an environmental sense

[plain coral]

Oh yeah the air is trash

[wind nimbus]

like w the government

[plain coral]

Worse in la and cali but

[wind nimbus]

sorry if im talkin too much i like theor crafting

[hollow willow]

i was in nyc a few days ago and the air didnt seem too bad except for the fact that a lot of places smelled like weed

i still love nyc though

that part was just a little weird

[plain coral]

My least favorite part ofnyc r those smelly ass air vents

Like the heat

[wind nimbus]

i be smellin weed randomly and i cant tell if its a flashback or if someones rollin up right next to me

[plain coral]

Out if the holes in the ground

[wind nimbus]

ye no

[hollow willow]

i like walking on those air vents in the winter lmao

[plain coral]

Its like sitting in a class and rhe chairs alrdy warm

[hollow willow]

bc when its freezing cold its kinda nice

but yeah i would avoid them in the summer

i still want to live in nyc at some point but the cost of living is so high

[wind nimbus]

columbia killed my ny dream

/s

[foggy chasm]

i live in nyc trust me the air is fine

[hollow willow]

yeah i love nyc overall

im applying rd to columbia but i prob wont get in lol

[foggy chasm]

or maybe i’ve just had 17 years of getting used to it 😭

i’m not applying to a single NYC school i want out of here

[wind nimbus]

very plausible

[hollow willow]

damn

are you applying anywhere upstate?

[wind nimbus]

i want out va but i still did 3 xD

in state gang

[foggy chasm]

yeah i’m applying to mostly non city schools i rly want a more suburb vibe

[hollow willow]

ah icic thats valid

[wind nimbus]

ah fair enough

[foggy chasm]

it’s like the grass is always greener yk

[hollow willow]

im applying to all kinds of schools tbh
big cities, suburbs, more rural areas, etc.

[wind nimbus]

i mean hes in here so id assume one

[foggy chasm]

i want the suburbs and the suburbs people want the city

[hollow willow]

oh right i didnt even realize 😭

[wind nimbus]

i think i care more bout wut oppurtunities i got im sure ill survive in most places

[foggy chasm]

ya i also applied to bing but that’s it for NYS

[wind nimbus]

mm living in both id say thats accurate

[hollow willow]

ah nice i applied to bing too

[wind nimbus]

honestly suburbs r more safe and all but like not much diversity out here

[foggy chasm]

tbf i applied to georgetown tho but i feel like DC is the least city of cities

[wind nimbus]

2k ppl at my school im one of 100 black kids

[hollow willow]

yeah thats true

my school is over 70% white

[foggy chasm]

that’s why college is cool u get the suburbs but without all the white-ness

[wind nimbus]

also not much to do

and i hate having to drive everywhere

[foggy chasm]

well hopefully**

[wind nimbus]

dropped 40 on gas today want to kms

[foggy chasm]

jfc

[wind nimbus]

tru

[foggy chasm]

i know how to drive??? but no use in NYC Lol

[wind nimbus]

suburbs its damn near a requirement to have a car

[hollow willow]

yeah i can drive but i dont have my own car and theres only so many places i can walk to
otherwise i have to ask my parents for a ride

[foggy chasm]

im just praying i make friends w ppl w cars

[wind nimbus]

cant walk nowhere

my school 5 mins away by car but an hour to walk

[hollow willow]

yeah same

[hollow willow]

damn

[foggy chasm]

i walk pretty much everywhere

[hollow willow]

mine is 20 mins walk so i walk there a lot

[foggy chasm]

or take the subway

[hollow willow]

yeah thats so nice

good public transit >>>

[wind nimbus]

thats the appeal of a big city

[foggy chasm]

yeah public transit is honestly such a blessing

[hollow willow]

public transit is basically nonexistent where i live

[wind nimbus]

we have a single bus that goes out to downtown twice a day

apart from that u out of luck

[foggy chasm]

what’s nice about cornell actually is they have shuttles from campus into the city that place u right next to good subway stations

[hollow willow]

yeah sounds about right
we have some buses in the area but i never see anyone using them

none in my neighborhood either

[wind nimbus]

*i dont rly like the suburbs aint gon lie *

[plain coral]

Me currently living in the suburbs of nyc

[foggy chasm]

Jae where r u?

[plain coral]

South westchester

[foggy chasm]

ahh

gotcha

hey the metro north aint that bad

[hollow willow]

westchester still gets commuter rail and all right

[foggy chasm]

yeah but its expensive

especially on peak hours

[hollow willow]

yeah
ithaca has good transit bc its a college town

[plain coral]

$22 to grand central n back

[hollow willow]

damn

thats a lot

less than gas prices ig, but still

[foggy chasm]

the move is to go off peak and go to the 125st station

[plain coral]

Lmao

[hollow willow]

@plain coral do you consider westchester upstate or downstate

[plain coral]

Downstate cuz i refuse to associate with cow country

But some regions are p high

[hollow willow]

makes sense

i consider westchester downstate since its basically nyc

[plain coral]

But i only live an hr out

Compared to the ppl like 3 hrs out

[foggy chasm]

controversial statement

[hollow willow]

yeah im in albany so 3 hours out
i would say upstate starts once you get to kingston or so

[plain coral]

Irs funny cuz wheneverr we visit upstate ny it gives southern hospitality vibes

[hollow willow]

lmao what

[foggy chasm]

i know a total of two places in weschester

scarsdale and white plains

[plain coral]

Scarsdale has godly schools

Hella expensive tho

[foggy chasm]

didnt noah Schnapp go there

or smth

[plain coral]

Idk

[hollow willow]

yeah im in albany so 3 hours out lol

[foggy chasm]

ok real talk how is the weather

is it THAT cold

[hollow willow]

it can get quite cold in the winter
but im used to it

[foggy chasm]

like would I die in Ithaca

[plain coral]

Its currently 55F rn cuz global warming

In westchester

[hollow willow]

yeah its warm here

its 50f where i am

[hollow willow]

you would be fine i think

[plain coral]

Ive heard its vwry foggy in ithaca/rochester

During school season

[hollow willow]

the thing with central ny is that it gets a lot of snow

but im in capital district so its not as bad

[plain coral]

The worst weather i recall down here was sandy

Like the hurricNe

[hollow willow]

yeah

that hit nyc pretty badly right

[plain coral]

Yea

[hollow willow]

up here it didnt hit as bad bc we're inland and all

[plain coral]

I didnt really process it much at the time cuz i was like 2nd grafe

Didnt care abt missing shcool

I think power was out for a week tho

[hollow willow]

oh damn

[hollow willow]

hmm interesting

[scarlet latch]

I did not expect to be pinged for this

[plain coral]

Lmfao

[coral vessel]

@hearty basalt

[topaz aurora]

do i upload my loci to the portal?

and who do i address it to

[viral crest]

yo anyone wanna go over my cornell essays

[pearl siren]

When is LOCI due for you'll

[broken sierra]

i’m guessing so? i’m addressing mine to “Admissions Officer” lmao, i don’t know whom to address it to either

and there’s no due date but i’m submitting today

[pearl siren]

Do you'll have any significant progress or updates in this time frame?

[broken sierra]

i wouldn't say "significant" but i do have some updates yeah

[pearl siren]

cool cool

[broken sierra]

do you know how long they expect it to be?

[humble meteor]

am i totally screwed if im starting my cornell cas supp tmrw and its due on the 2nd?

😭

tbh the prompt isnt anything special though, its just so so so long

[viral crest]

not really

i finished cornell in 2 days

i had 3 supps

[limber kestrel]

Should we only answer this question if it impacted our academics/ECs?

Or is it also counting if we do something as like, a normal family responsibility/chore?

[drowsy glen]

Its just responsibilities

Though im ngl idk where this is on the commonapp so ??

Put i put cooking/cleaning + taking care of sibling as an ec somewhere

This is what i did for that

[limber kestrel]

oh well this is the Cornell section

like its not for all schools

just Cornell

[wicked saddle]

This. But rly doesn’t mean much imo

[limber kestrel]

ok

i mean it won't hurt right

i was just gonna put taking care of a sibling

but i still have the normal CS kid ECs ig lol

so idk if it'll mean anything

[drowsy glen]

P sure it'd just be good as context but its not make or break or anything like that

[wicked saddle]

You’re fine. I put like driving around family or something

[limber kestrel]

ok thanks

also, does anyone see if i did anything wrong here

like i clicked continue and the "General" section green checkmark just doesn't appear

the rest of the sections are fine tho

[coral vessel]

can someome applying to CAS possibly share an essay? i really appreciate cause cornell is killing me rn

[dire lily]

clear cache and cookies and sign back in

or use a diff browser

[tawny prism]

same please 😭

[round venture]

Who should I senthte LOCI to?

[rare kettle]

Email it to admissions and address it to "whom it may concern"

[round venture]

💀

[rare kettle]

?

[round venture]

Nothing.

[plain coral]

i agree

[coral vessel]

oh be like

HELLO MY ESTEEMED DESTINY WRITERS OF [SCHOOL]

[rare kettle]

😆

[coral vessel]

I AM WRITING TO YOU TO ADDRESS THAT FACT THAT YOU HAVE DEFERRED ME, RATHER THAN BLATANTLY REJECTING ME AS ANY COMPETENT ADMISSIONS OFFICER WOULD HAVE

THANKS,

BEAR

[coral vessel]

bro im dying rnnn

[tawny prism]

i literally have not been able to write it lmao

[coral vessel]

^^ thisdhnvn this this

😭

[limber kestrel]

oh yea i just logged on now it works lol

[wicked saddle]

have u 2 tried outlines

[coral vessel]

😭 yehah

ill just work on something else for now and do it on the deadline date

[limber harbor]

hehehaha

im j abt to finish my columbia supps

[coral vessel]

W

[limber harbor]

and then will ✂️ and edit over to my other C letter Ivy

im getting rejected regardless its so sicko mode

[wicked saddle]

welp uh honestly I made my outline like a story line so it was 1/2 personal experience on the subject area 1/2 how Cornell helps me accomplish my goals using the knowledge I can gain in said area

[limber harbor]

lowk tho my stats are acc kinda good for cornell

at least in the context of my hs

[rare kettle]

I would really love to go to Cornell 👀

It's so pretty

[wicked saddle]

I agree

[limber harbor]

nm i have shit memory

im not getting in its fiya

[rare kettle]

You got a chance

[limber harbor]

naw

[wicked saddle]

stats are only 1/2 the story mayne

[limber harbor]

okay

i got fiya EC

[rare kettle]

My school doesn't have that because no one has gone to an Ivy in forever

[limber harbor]

atrocious essays

[rare kettle]

Last impressive school was Duke like four years ago

[limber harbor]

so the other half dont look so good

[wicked saddle]

Are you applying coe

[limber harbor]

yea

CS

[wicked saddle]

I see

[rare kettle]

ahh shiii

[limber harbor]

and also

[wicked saddle]

I applied cas biology purely because the prompt was better for me to answer

[limber harbor]

for Columbia and Cornell

im writing whats either the best college essays i've written so far or the worst

[humble meteor]

^^

the cas essay is killing me

[limber harbor]

bc either i learned from all the writing and wrote something ok

[thick abyss]

Bruh feeder?

[limber harbor]

or just spat out my mind and they're gonna be like wtf

[humble meteor]

the prompt isn't even anything special but writing such a long essay just stumps me so hard

[limber harbor]

how is this feeder

[limber kestrel]

it is

[thick abyss]

So many people apply

[thick abyss]

Oh

[limber kestrel]

wait the graph makes it look like a feeder ngl

lemme check mine

[limber harbor]

self report

[wicked saddle]

“Feeder”

[limber harbor]

im a public HS

no way we a feeder

[limber kestrel]

r u in NY?

[limber harbor]

no

Cali

[limber kestrel]

bay area

?

[limber harbor]

no

socal

[rare kettle]

Ahh that's why

[limber kestrel]

oh

[rare kettle]

Cali is cracked

[limber harbor]

its a public hs next to a CC that's literally guaranteed UC

everyone j goes to the CC

we not feeder

[humble meteor]

you'd be surprised, some bay area even publics are huge feeders 😭

[thick abyss]

Mine is actually more i apologize

[humble meteor]

wish my school had naviance

[limber harbor]

i mean

we are T850 national HS

[wicked saddle]

^

not the top 850

lol

[thick abyss]

We are t50 I believe

But not a feeder

[limber kestrel]

we're like T300

[rare kettle]

Same

[limber kestrel]

only feeder to some UCs and Purdue and UIUC

[thick abyss]

LMAO T300 I was off

[limber kestrel]

a bit to MIT

thats it

lol

[wicked saddle]

The way I’d be scoping out naviance is disgusting

[thick abyss]

We are Uiuc/northwestern/Uchicago at best

[rare kettle]

We're T5,000 💀

[wicked saddle]

T1 but not in the USA

Kek

[thick abyss]

YALL kept resumes to one page right

[limber kestrel]

T1 in my neighborhood 😎

[limber kestrel]

mine is 3 pages 💀

well 2.5

[thick abyss]

3????

[limber harbor]

it should only be 1 page

[thick abyss]

Bro

[rare kettle]

That's idea

[wicked saddle]

.5? 💀

[limber harbor]

they wont read the 2nd page

[rare kettle]

It shouldn't be anymore than 2

[wicked saddle]

How that maths

[limber harbor]

and will hate you for a long one

[rare kettle]

And 2 is pushing it

[thick abyss]

Ok cool

[rare kettle]

I mean, you're in high school. Do you really have 3 pages of stuff to put on there?

[thick abyss]

I cut from 1.5 to 1 finally and I’m glad I did

[wicked saddle]

What did you even put on a resume?

[limber kestrel]

i mean i put a bunch of awards for some STEM comps

[limber harbor]

no one cares abt those lwok

[limber kestrel]

that took up a lot of space

[rare kettle]

"Made PB&Js"

[thick abyss]

That took up 3 pages????

[limber harbor]

they should be on the awards section

[limber kestrel]

and then the usual elaboration for ECs

[limber harbor]

not a resume

[rare kettle]

You should put the top few and nothing else

Also that's a CV, no?

[limber harbor]

yea

[thick abyss]

I only did relevant ec’s

[limber harbor]

they dont want CV

[wicked saddle]

Yeah I was just thinking about this don’t you just regurgitate activities section

[thick abyss]

Like debate and hospitality job

[limber harbor]

plz dont give htem a CV

[limber harbor]

nah

you j elaborate on the specific ECs where you think there wasn't enough said

[limber kestrel]

i mean worst case they'll ignore (parts of) it

[limber harbor]

no

[limber kestrel]

so idrc lol

its not gonna hurt right

[limber harbor]

worst case they think ur unprofessional and it can hurt you

[wicked saddle]

Ok valid

[rare kettle]

A resume should have your employment, your skills, a few basic accomplishments, and that's about it

And maybe a really important EC or two

[thick abyss]

Slay that was exactly mine

[limber harbor]

^^

[rare kettle]

But I mean, being a member of a stupid club doesn't count

[limber harbor]

let me grab mine for ref rq

[wicked saddle]

I may need to use it then

[rare kettle]

You gotta be a leader or something

[wicked saddle]

If that’s the case

The character limit is awful

[rare kettle]

https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv

[limber kestrel]

yea i didn't put that stuff lol

[thick abyss]

I did education, 1 important ec, employment, community involvement and skills

[rare kettle]

Sounds good

[thick abyss]

3 pages tho??? That’s insane

Besides ec’s what took up sm space

[limber kestrel]

ok ill make it 2

[wicked saddle]

^^

how big are ur fonts too 😂

[limber kestrel]

TNR 12 pt

[thick abyss]

I’d get it down to 1.5 personally

[limber kestrel]

lol is bc of hte bullet points

[thick abyss]

You should only have 4 bullets max per thing

[rare kettle]

Let me give you some perspective

[thick abyss]

Oo what type of portfolio

[coral vessel]

bitch you didnt fix the spacing

[wicked saddle]

epic dox but yeah this is a tight resume

[coral vessel]

im angry asf now

[rare kettle]

Here's the CV of the smartest person I know of personally: https://people.math.harvard.edu/~barkley/BarkleyCV.pdf

[limber harbor]

i did

[rare kettle]

He's a graduate student in mathematics at Harvard

[limber harbor]

this is j the one i alr had downloaded

[rare kettle]

It's 3 pages

[coral vessel]

oh i gotchu

good good

[limber harbor]

https://ramdesigns.xyz/

[limber harbor]

where the dox

[thick abyss]

BRO 400k IN A MONTH

[limber harbor]

dwai

revenue only

80k profits

then only 40k was mine after splitting w vendors

[thick abyss]

Still mad impressive

[wicked saddle]

If I sat down with the info u have there I could piece together the rough area ur from

[limber harbor]

it literally says LA City Council, and California

I've mentioned im in WestLA 50 times here

thats not a doxx

[wicked saddle]

first time I’ve heard you mention it

Just looking out for you bud it’s calm

[thick abyss]

@limber kestrel sorry if we scared u man

[plain coral]

yall what r even unique things

about cornell engineering

gonna shoot myself withthis why us

[limber harbor]

dude

none of these uni's are unique

they need to shut hte fuck up

[plain coral]

😭

[rare kettle]

Lots of biomed I assume? I'm writing about that for math.

[plain coral]

im

[limber harbor]

you all have the same fucking shit

[plain coral]

im applying

yo biomed

[limber harbor]

no one cares about your profs

[plain coral]

LMFAOO

[limber harbor]

you have NOTHING special

[rare kettle]

"Why do you want to come to our school."
BECAUSE I SAW YOU ON A RANKING LIST AND YOU HAVE A PRETTY CAMPUS. THERE, I SAID IT.

[limber harbor]

except prestige and fucking money

thats it

stop asking me why i want to go

you know why i want to go

[wicked saddle]

Nothing, what’s unique is how you take advantage of COE atp

All these t1 schools have the same stuff

[rare kettle]

I'll tell you what I don't want to do, [insert school]. I don't want to kiss your ass just to get in.

If these schools had egos...

[limber harbor]

they do

just watch suits

that show is so hilarious

[chrome ember]

^^

[limber harbor]

its how prestige whores are born

[plain coral]

my why us

is

literally just

[wicked saddle]

lol that one scene with the guy that only hires Harvard law grads

[plain coral]

project teams

which isnt even unique

im gonna cry

LOL

[chrome ember]

thats the whole law firm lmao

[wicked saddle]

I’ve only seen clips of the show it’s jokes

[limber harbor]

then the IB guy

"we didnt go to harvard we went to wharton and we saw you coming a mile away"

who gives a shit

i dont

[wicked saddle]

suits fr outted the entire law profession

[limber harbor]

frr

[velvet gull]

anyone applying to ilr here

[limber harbor]

a

fuck

i gotta shorten this more

200 words and i can copy paste my diversity essay a fifth time

[plain coral]

this is my why us

rn

67

[limber harbor]

L

i'll send u mine

you'll love it

[plain coral]

😭

[limber harbor]

take inspiration

[limber kestrel]

alr i shortened some of the descriptions and reduced the font size from 12 to 11
its 2 pgs now

submitted the longer one to umass and umd but those are like safeties/targets so its fine i hope??

[velvet gull]

is this true

[limber harbor]

cans omeone read my diversity essay for columbia

[limber kestrel]

is that fine @thick abyss

[real skiff]

no clue but it makes complete sense

[velvet gull]

like im not even sure if mine fully connects

i talked about lik

[limber kestrel]

i hope i didnt screw up my chances with the longer one for umass and umd

[real skiff]

talk abotu specific ippurtunities there

[velvet gull]

education accesss inequality, healtcare institutions fucking over workers, and immigration sucking

[real skiff]

thats what I'm going for

[velvet gull]

yea i did i talked about classes and research

its just odd cuz on their course catalog and stuff they have things other than just labor

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[real skiff]

its a flexible curriculum

a lot of overlap

[velvet gull]

so am i like fucked????????????????????????????????

[velvet gull]

is this close enouugh to wrokers/employers lmfao

[limber harbor]

who finna read my supps b4 i submit (for columbia

[sour summit]

not all my fellow penn ed rejects in here😭

[limber harbor]

💀 💀 💀

[wicked saddle]

sure hit me

[limber harbor]

bet

[wicked saddle]

lmfaooo

[tawny mural]

Im applying to Cornell for cs which college should i be applying to

Engineering or arts and sciences

[coral vessel]

apply to info sci in cals

[wicked saddle]

Take a look at the degree requirements

But I feel like either of them will be just as hard in the RD round lmfao

[tawny mural]

Yeah I’m not gonna get in anyway lol

[wicked saddle]

Doesn’t hurt in trying bro

But deadlines are close so ig focus on whatever you can get done in this time 😭

[tawny mural]

I’m applying to 7 colleges in less than a week

[limber kestrel]

upto u

do u hate humanities or not?

[wicked saddle]

That’s tuff man but turn on some Lofi, go on dnd and knock out what you can. If some schools are obviously bloat maybe you can cut them out

[tawny mural]

Yes I do lmao

[limber kestrel]

then engineering

[tawny mural]

It’s gonna be a wild battle for sure 🥲

[limber kestrel]

also the COE supplementals are shorter

in total

[tawny mural]

Lol college of engineering has less supplements

Yea lmao

What’s your major @wicked saddle

[wicked saddle]

applied Econ @ Dyson

aka business 😭

[tawny mural]

What were your stats (if you don’t mind me asking)

[wicked saddle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/zqfa1r/cornell_dyson_ed_no_aps_or_sat_submitted/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

not too crazy for a 3% acceptance rate school lmfao

[tawny mural]

Bro that’s better than mine 😭

And I’m going test optional

[thick abyss]

Resume will never get u rejected

It’ll just help u get in, so that’s better!

[limber kestrel]

ok the way yall reacted made it seem like i'd be auto rejected 💀

[thick abyss]

No

It’s just

There’s like unofficial rules and expectations governing resumes

And it’s kinda just expected that it’s 1-2 pages

Anything over means that you’re mega cracked or wasting someone’s time

But u fixed it

[mossy obsidian]

can you submit research to cornell's portal?

cant find anything about it on their website

[wicked saddle]

Is that something you are suppose to be able to do? I’m not sure I’ve heard of that

[limber kestrel]

yes you can (https://cornelladmissions.happyfox.com/kb/article/186-how-can-i-add-supplemental-information-to-my-application-file/)

harvard allows it too

but like for example duke says you can't

[plain coral]

i think ive

fixed my why cornell essay

🙏

[mossy obsidian]

ah thanks

[mossy obsidian]

yea some schools allow it

[limber kestrel]

so yea just upload your entire paper

or just the abstract if its not published yet ig

[mossy obsidian]

yea im doing abstract

[plain coral]

hey

guys

question

for the questions that are like "choose 3 words to describe..."
can i put a 3 word phrase?
i.e. (not what i'd put) ice | cream | sandwich

[thick abyss]

I believe you could

[mossy obsidian]

yes

[plain coral]

omg

🤩

[limber kestrel]

omg

yea

u should actually do that

[plain coral]

😭

[limber kestrel]

ice cream sandwhich

/srs

it makes u seem quirky

bc everyone in the COE is a nerd

standout factor

🤩

[plain coral]

no mines worse

[spice belfry]

Hey guys, anyone encountering the problem that the general section is not marked complete, anyone has any suggestions on what to do?

[limber kestrel]

YES

OMG

i asked that last night

and i saw a reddit post on r/a2c today too lmao

but yea basically

unselect everything

and reselect everything

and then click continue

it should wokr

[spice belfry]

OMG, thank you so much, let me check

oh yeah, I think is working now, thank u

[crystal nebula]

^^ and if that doesn't work for anyone, try using a different browser

it didn't work for me until i switched to safari 😃

[plain coral]

uhh

how much "why major" did yall have

in ur first essay

for coe

[limber kestrel]

i blended why major and why cornell (engineering)

i talked about research mainly

[plain coral]

i think i had significantly more why cornell

[limber kestrel]

so what i've done + what i want to do

[plain coral]

i like min e

but it doesnt have why major

it just has like a very brief sentence

im picking option A for the other essay i can likely explore it more there maybe 😭

[dense abyss]

would it be a big problem if i didn't put one-word answers for "What three words best describe you?" and "What are three words you would use to describe Cornell Engineering?"

like two words instead?

[coral vessel]

well

the way i see it

the question asks for

three words

so your word count across all three boxes should be three

[brave root]

are we allowed to submit a full research paper to cornell?

or just abstract?

[thick abyss]

How long is “full”

Don’t do over 2-3 pages

[brave root]

oh crap mine is 10

i found "With the exception of musical recordings, the College of Arts & Sciences does not review art portfolios, films, creative writing samples, academic papers, or other supplemental materials provided outside the parameters of the Common Application.

"

on their website

[thick abyss]

Bro they spend less than 8 min on applications

They won’t have time

[brave root]

but i can't really find a place to submit on the common app

[brave root]

hmm ok

[thick abyss]

You submit to the portal

Which doesn’t come out until February

[brave root]

oh, ok

thanks

also another q, when it asks for second choice major, should i leave it blank or put cs?

i'm applying as a math major, and that's where all my awards/ecs r

but i still have a fair bit of cs courses and it's kind of close? to math

[limber kestrel]

full

you upload on the portal

well you can submit an abstract too

[limber kestrel]

^^

[limber kestrel]

well CS is more competitive than math, and given that your application is foucused on math, idt a CS second major would even be considered

so is there something thats more math related but not as competitive as CS?

[limber kestrel]

(i might be wrong tho)

[toxic stream]

they don't admit by major tho do they?

[leaden scaffold]

Wh… I did not see these prompts

Is this only for engineering?

[limber kestrel]

lol dw, just for engineering

i mean the second question mentions "cornell engineering" lol

[austere pendant]

what 3 words did yall put for describing cornell engineering

j out of curiosity

[plain coral]

synchronized swimming team

[limber kestrel]

omg i love that

[humble meteor]

my resume regurgitates my common app section and adds like 3 or 4 more activities i think? but a lot the rest is just elaboration, do u think its still worth turning in

cant hurt me right

question for any cas kids, how much of ur essay was "why cornell" because rn my draft has like 340 words of intro and 350 of cornell, but i was reading like some collegessayguy stuff online and their example as a pure why cornell essay with no story or anything and idk if im doing this wrong

[wicked saddle]

you good

[wicked saddle]

Im not cas but mine was structured exactly like how yours is

[plain coral]

any1 have examples

for the coe eng problem essay

i have 0 idea what im doing

[humble meteor]

alr some people write a whole 650 words on just why cornell and it got me worried a little

why this essay gotta be so long 😭

[wicked saddle]

lmfaooo tbh it was pretty useful cuz I could copy the same essay for lots of other schools prompts

[limpid ocean]

wait

dyson only has 1 essay right?

did anyone here already get in Cornell? (a student at Cornell already)

i kinda want to see what a cornell admission file looks like

[austere pendant]

i wrote a draft for it but ended up submitting the diversity prompt

happy to share mine though lmk

[plain coral]

yes pls 😭 idk how to format this at all

im not doing diversity i feel itd overlap too much with my why cornell

[viral crest]

any ib math hl students here?

[limpid ocean]

me 🙂

[limpid ocean]

yessir finally another sufferring kid

[viral crest]

what'd you put on common app for the highest math level

[viral crest]

i have my mocks in 20 days im so screwed

[limpid ocean]

wait wat???

[limpid ocean]

i have mine in 3 days sire 🙂

[limpid ocean]

where?

[limpid ocean]

ohhh

that one

im dumb

forgot i alr did it lol

im not sure too

honestly

it doesnt really matter

cuz if u did it wrong

u can just send an email to them and said u wanna fix it

but i put 2 or more

[leaden scaffold]

Can’t hurt you so sure

[wicked saddle]

I read that Cornell admission files have like nothing of use at all. Like no comments

Sigh

[tepid wagon]

For the arts and sciences essay is it fine if I refer to it as CAS

I said Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences in my first paragraph

[hollow willow]

is your essay going over the word limit

[radiant dragon]

Anyone applying to Cornell CALS? I'm interested in pathology and not agriculture so I'm not sure if I need to make something up for the last prompt on whether or not I plan on working on a farm 😵‍💫 will it hurt me if I don't answer it because I mentioned elsewhere on the app that I'm interested in botany and evolution rather than ag?

[tepid wagon]

No, I just thought it would be too repetitive and long

[thick abyss]

What’s the prompt for the last one

I can’t believe that it’s just straight up farm lmao

[tawny mural]

Is it bad that I haven’t started my supplement for arts and sciences 😀

I legit have no idea what to write

[tough pebble]

wait didn’t the due date pass ? or am i dumb

[tawny mural]

It’s tmr

[topaz aurora]

it’s extended too i think

[tawny mural]

How did y’all start the arts and sciences supplement

[wheat shadow]

wait what is it actually

[thick abyss]

It’s not extended to my knowledge

[topaz aurora]

someone in intl 2 us said it’s been extended until jan 14 or some date around

double check tho

[feral wren]

Common app yesterday still had it listed as being due tomorrow

[plain chasm]

nope still jan 2

finaid is feb 15

[hollow willow]

I see

[topaz aurora]

huh ok then nvm ignore what i said

[humble meteor]

is it bad if i do nothing related to agriculture but im applying cals? cuz i like cals more than cas for biology

and idk if im supposed to do the optional agriculture essay if im biology should i still do it?

[humble meteor]

^^

im raw bio sciences so idk if they expect me to write about agriculture still

[steep cliff]

Hey guys, is the RDs grace period up until the 16th?

[rare kettle]

I think so... but you should submit asap

[steep cliff]

ok Thank you i was confused

[plain coral]

tf they extended??

[steep cliff]

here's the post form the admissions head https://blogs.cornell.edu/admissions/2022/12/23/rd-2023/

[plain coral]

thank u bestie

ah so

essays sent later

but first part submit

[plain chasm]

HUH

that’s amazing

[steep cliff]

Yeah I hope it'll give me time, cause I've been procrastinating lol

[plain chasm]

that allows me to actually apply to cornell 🥵

i was stressed af about getting yale and cornell both done tmr

[dusk prairie]

So does this mean

extension for everyone??

[humble meteor]

does common app update though?

or like how does that work

[rare kettle]

No

[humble meteor]

does it let u submit late or smth?

[wicked saddle]

yo, does anyone wanna swap CAS essays so we can review

[dusk prairie]

yea sure got u

[tawny prism]

yes down

[humble meteor]

me too

[plain coral]

R yall submitting tn or tmrw night or

[coral vessel]

tmr night prolly

[limpid ocean]

wow :'_

[humble meteor]

tmrw night

[wicked saddle]

I just said fuck it and full send it tn

Not much I would change

[tawny prism]

idk i’m so confused by the deadline now

[steep cliff]

I think the deadline is tmrw but the grace period is until the 16th

[tawny prism]

sooo you have to submit the main part of the app tomorrow but can submit the supp up until the 16th?

[steep cliff]

I'm not really sure I wish they were more clear on it

[wicked saddle]

they did this during ED as well. they are allowing entire apps to be submitted til the 16th. its an extension

common app wont update w a new date, but i believe it'll still let you submit after the deadline

[plain chasm]

would it still be wise to submit tmr?

[wicked saddle]

Yes 100%

[thick abyss]

I like this school too much

I need cons

[steep cliff]

so if i submit later will i also be fine

[plain coral]

just submitted

😭

[dire lily]

hope u get it!

[radiant dragon]

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is dedicated to the exploration of the agricultural, life, environmental, and social sciences and welcomes students with interests that span a wide variety of disciplines. Given our agricultural history and commitment to educating the next generation of agriculturalists, please share if you have a background in agriculture or are interested in pursuing a career in agriculture, regardless of your intended major. (300-word limit)

Select all that apply:

My family owns or operates a farm
I have experience working in agriculture
I have interest in pursuing a career in agriculture

I've read on some forums that this is truly an optional essay and that I shouldn't answer it unless i genuinly want to go into agriculture??? still torn

[plain coral]

what major r u applying

the thing is, cornells agriculture stuff is p big on campus, like they grow some food for the students n everything

and i was under the impression that all majors under CALS have some form of that agricultural side

[humble meteor]

yeah im worried too

cuz if they really want us to do this, ill prob swap to cas

i got nothing for agriculture

but if its okay to leave blank then ill stick w cals

[plain coral]

i was gonna apply CALS cuz i wasnt sure id have a math rec for COE

i was going to bs a response to that prompt

pick the last one, discuss working in apple farms or my schools orchard

i hate plants so much

but i applied coe and everythings right with the world now

😭

[thick abyss]

Do u have any experience

[radiant dragon]

I'm applying as a plant science major and plan to concentrate in evolution. I made it clear in my personal essays and my extracurriculars that this was the path I wanted to take

now that i'm thinking about it I might just not submit the ag essay 🥲

[humble meteor]

might just swap to cas tbh

bullshitting an agriculture essay won't help my app

i just considered CALS because i read somewhere that it has a slightly higher acceptance rate than CAS 😭 and bio is the same in both

[steep cliff]

I'm applying to AAP, and the essay is supposedly easy, but I'm dyeing

[steep cliff]

Same... I have no chance tbh anyways

Architecture. u?

i mean the odds were 1/3 lol

how did porfolio go?

lol

damn

maybe you can email them

ok good

ohh nice

i always leave everyting to the last minute

ill prolly submit on the 16th lol

yeah

this whole week ive been sleeping at 3

yeah

nicee

i hope the interview wasnt that important

tho

i was stumbling my words lol

what ever she seemed nice

cool

mine was yesterday

yeah registration

did you have a centrall theme for the portfolio?

lol me too

wanna see mine

ok fair enough

tbh it was fun making one tho

I wish mine was more conseptuall tho

yeah

no ik but like have like a few more conceptual pieces

yeah

i feel like arts subjective so how would it be cringe, you know

yeah

what I was surprised with was that the interviewer liked my random scribbled sketches then other projects

yeah

I feel like its better to make art and then give it a message then to make art with a message

[limpid ocean]

i submitted mine alr 🙂

[steep cliff]

hope you get in

like all the Shakespeare scripts, he probably didn't give them a meaning, but they developed one through time

i have so few ill prolly no

ohh

then sure

oh

why would it be a bad thing to say tho?

i though of that during USC applications because i took a summer course at UCLA

how long should the essay be?

holly

dang you write alot

nice

do you write quick?

ok

i wish i had that talent

[thick abyss]

Cornell interview is merely informative fyi

Ohhhh shoot sorry

[velvet gull]

hayastan

[steep cliff]

yes

[velvet gull]

based

[steep cliff]

thank you, you too

[rare kettle]

How short can the Cornell supp be?

Because I'm going to have trouble getting it to 450

[toxic stream]

it's due today y'all!!!! gl

[rare kettle]

TODAY?!

[toxic stream]

Isn't it?

[rare kettle]

Is is the 1st for you

[toxic stream]

it's the 2nd

[rare kettle]

Okay you scared the crap out of me

It's 11:30 here

380 words and I have nothing else to add 💀

[steep cliff]

what prompt are you doing>

?

[rare kettle]

The CAS one

[plucky spire]

probably the cas 650 one

theres legit nothing to talk about

[rare kettle]

Does anyone wanna look at it?

NO FACTS

I even included a tidbit about the arts and I'm still short by a lot

[plucky spire]

I wanted to study russian but i realized they dont even have a department that offers the major😭

[rare kettle]

I can maybe add one paragraph... but still

[plucky spire]

i just dragged out my anecdote

and talked about a club

and a minor

[rare kettle]

Hmm 🤔

Would you take a look at mine?

[plucky spire]

sure but I am terrible at giving feedback😭

[rare kettle]

That's very surprising... I know Yale has the biggest Slavic studies class in the US

[rare kettle]

That's fine, maybe you'll see something I'm not seeing

[plucky spire]

yesss thats why yale is probs my #1 right now

[rare kettle]

Yeah, cool school

[limpid ocean]

thanks bro

[brave root]

why is this essay so hard 😭

[steep cliff]

what essay you doin

[brave root]

650 words

[steep cliff]

im at 322

[shell valve]

dont apply here worst mistake of my life

[steep cliff]

why not???

[shell valve]

because i got rejected

so i dont like them

[steep cliff]

dang sorry abt that

[shell valve]

nah its fine we move on

u get in fs

[steep cliff]

i have no chance anyways

[shell valve]

believe in urself and be authentic

[steep cliff]

Think about it if you are pessimistic, if you get in, its more of a surprise, and if not its less sad

i see it as a win win

[wheat shadow]

yoooo thank god 🙏

[errant pilot]

should I submit a 1450 SAT applying for CS at Arts and Science College

[vernal raven]

Depends

R u hooked

[errant pilot]

what

[vernal raven]

Like r u first gen, low income, minority

[errant pilot]

no

[vernal raven]

Also what are your grades like

[errant pilot]

i'm international

[vernal raven]

And ur classes

Oof

[errant pilot]

I take IB. My predicted is good 42/45 but transcript is ok

[vernal raven]

I think if ur international ur gonna wanna submit, not 100% sure though

[errant pilot]

school doesn't do gpa but i think its 3.9-4.1 on 4.0 scale

[vernal raven]

Ive just heard that being test optional as an international is like a death sentence

[errant pilot]

rly

why

[vernal raven]

International students are super competitive

I think

[errant pilot]

most people at my school haven't taken it

[limpid ocean]

does vietnamese count as underrepresented lol

[limpid ocean]

ye thats super high

at least for my school

[errant pilot]

r u international ?

[limpid ocean]

a 36 ish is a 4.0 lol

[limpid ocean]

ye

apparently a 42 is a 4.3 smh

[errant pilot]

well i hope so

[limpid ocean]

where u from?

[errant pilot]

Azerbaijan

wbu

[limpid ocean]

i think u have higher chance lol

[errant pilot]

how come

[limpid ocean]

just because i think many vietnmaese got into cornlel

cornell*

[limpid ocean]

vietnam

[errant pilot]

ahh ok

[limpid ocean]

i saw way too many

[tiny cobalt]

No lol

[limpid ocean]

🥲

sad

technically all viet are middle to low income

[errant pilot]

my schools has a few ppl getting into ivys every year but we're a small school

so maybe it helps

[tiny cobalt]

Man we in top 5 intl represented in us uni

[limpid ocean]

ye

but not in the high level

cuz most of the viets over in us go to community colleges

or lower ranked

[tiny cobalt]

Well true

[limpid ocean]

ye

[errant pilot]

Do yk if colleges look more at predicted or trasncript?

for IB

[limpid ocean]

cuz we asians and we wanna save money 🙂

[limpid ocean]

i think predicted

[tiny cobalt]

But like we have double digit representation at most ivy

[errant pilot]

ok good

[limpid ocean]

but a 40+ is good brother

[tiny cobalt]

So that is better than most countries

[errant pilot]

ty

just need to finish essays

my essays are a bit garbage

[limpid ocean]

depends

at duke there was only like 4-5 kids per class

idk abt the others

but ik cornell prob 10 ish / class

but then compared to others they have 10k undergrads so ig it should be proportional

[limpid ocean]

really?

i mean

i think u got like

7 ish hours?

i think

[errant pilot]

yeah