Cornell (SUNY Ithaca) (2022-2023)

[austere pendant]

bec of the huge grade deflation that happened

covid inflated

and now that it's gone

huge fall

[wicked saddle]

wait what did caltech do

[daring dragon]

bro don't take a gap year to try to get into colleges again unless you literally get into 0 schools and youve already gotten into 1.5 so dont

[plain chasm]

why

[daring dragon]

if youre REALLY unhappy with your decisions then transfer after completing all of your gen eds

[thick abyss]

Gap year means bye bye acceptances that you already got into

[daring dragon]

it's a waste of a year if you dont get in now odds are that even if you take 5 gap years to improve your profile you wont get in then

[plain chasm]

damn

[daring dragon]

whered you get into?

[wind nimbus]

How do transfers work? Does the school ur at rly matter

[daring dragon]

to an extent, if you're a CS major and wanna transfer from the #2 CS school to the #1 they'll probably reject you cuz what's the point lol

but if you're at a state school or a community college it'll prob give you a boos

boost

especially community college

[open glen]

If they’re both in t20 it has to be for personal reasons

I think

[daring dragon]

that would make sense yeah

[wind nimbus]

Fair enough

[open glen]

Like the environment at your current school isn’t good for your mental or physical health

[wind nimbus]

ATP I’m considering jus going va tech and transferring if I don’t get any of my top 10 schools

[daring dragon]

virginia tech?

[wind nimbus]

He

[open glen]

is it ever called VT

[wind nimbus]

Ye*

[daring dragon]

that's a great school lol

[open glen]

Like Georgia tech is called GT

[wind nimbus]

I think so I don’t think it matter

[wind nimbus]

It is but I don’t like the location

[daring dragon]

out of curiosity what're your t10 schools

fair enough virginia is kinda boring

[wind nimbus]

Also I’m in state and it’s just hs part 2

[daring dragon]

lmao

[wind nimbus]

Been here 2 trs and I wanna gtfo

[wind nimbus]

One sec

[daring dragon]

whered you move from

[wind nimbus]

nigerian

[daring dragon]

well that

is probably way worse than virginia

tbf

but for the US virginia is pretty boring yeah

[wind nimbus]

Id say mt t10 (no particular order)
Brown
UVA
Cornell
U-M
U Wisconsin
UIUC
Rice
Duke
UT Austin
Cal

this is excluding ones ive alr been rejected frmo

[wind nimbus]

um ye it was standard of living wise but i had more fun there ig

plus yk home type shi

[open glen]

Ya get into UIUC?

[daring dragon]

yeye fair

nigerian food is solid af

[open glen]

Gj man

[wind nimbus]

i did rd cuz i didnt finalize my list till then

[open glen]

Ah

[wind nimbus]

😭

[open glen]

I thought you did bc it was on your list lmao

Sorry

Did you do UVA EA?

[wind nimbus]

my ea schools were just schools i was sure i was applying to uiuc amazing for cs but i didnt hear about it till i was looking for shit to fill out my common app

[open glen]

Gl this week then

[daring dragon]

Brown yeah
UVA eh
Cornell yeah
U-M eh
U Wisconsin wisconsin im dead
UIUC shit name i dont get the hype
Rice sure
Duke family works there so i gotta like it
UT Austin texas omegalul
Cal why not yeah

[wind nimbus]

ye

[wind nimbus]

1 deferal 2 rejections so far lol

[open glen]

Defer from Cornell?

[daring dragon]

hopefully your luck changes then

[wind nimbus]

ye it is Ghanaian food better tho

[daring dragon]

never had

[wind nimbus]

Rejjection from Colombia (did rd)

[plain chasm]

i made a joke about me being the president of the united states and threw in a few other legitimate things in my school server and got told my work is unremarkable and i’m lesser than first and third place in rank 💀

my friends are so insecure

[daring dragon]

I dont get the insult

[wind nimbus]

ye its a pretty decentt list did 25 schools so safeties r coming in soon at least

[coral vessel]

guys

i have figured out the best school

in the country

do u wanna know

[wind nimbus]

u gotta (its not for everyone tho especially if u hate spice)

[wind nimbus]

what

[coral vessel]

okay

its like lowkey makes sense when u hear it

[wind nimbus]

welp

[coral vessel]

university of maryland college park

best school in the country

[wind nimbus]

mid school

[coral vessel]

👎 L takes

[wind nimbus]

(got rejeccted)

[coral vessel]

(oh)

then its fine

fuck umd

[wind nimbus]

i mean no oos aid kinda an L

[plain chasm]

was getting jokingly shit on so i said

blah blah blah a few of my achievements + im the president of the united states + fancy monkey gif

vs

i love theater

and then got told i was lesser 💀💀💀

[daring dragon]

breh

my brother cant become the president of the US

at least for the time being

[coral vessel]

true

[daring dragon]

he's blacklisted atm

[coral vessel]

calypso

being prez is kinda op

[plain chasm]

i am the president of the united states

[coral vessel]

dont like ur friends tell u that

yeah

[plain chasm]

100% serious

not a joke

[coral vessel]

ur better

no ikik

[plain chasm]

i am joe biden

[spring crest]

most powerful position in the world arguably

[coral vessel]

except for UMD president

thats me

Darryll Pines

💪

[spring crest]

thanks for accepting my darryll

[coral vessel]

ofc

we had to yield protect s1ns tho

it was very sad but we felt they wouldnt come

cause theyre like harvard bound

[tulip barn]

Wait rly?

I applied to dyson

[thick abyss]

I know SHA doesn’t

I believe Dyson doesn’t either

[calm wyvern]

I'm applying to SHA and I had an interview/Q&A with a SHA grad, did you not?

[limpid ocean]

ah crap ye

i think they said so on the website abt no interviews for dyson kids

for sha

[thick abyss]

See image

I applied rd so whatever

I talked to a SHA student and alum on my own tho

[limpid ocean]

🥲

i met this alum once

talked to her a bit

but forgot her name 🥲

so now her name is sarah according to my essay

[thick abyss]

SO REAL

[limpid ocean]

lol

it is tho 😉

just cant rmb her name

[thick abyss]

True

But that’s smth I did for a few colleges too lmao

[limpid ocean]

ofc lol

technically we not lying

as long as no one knows its not the truth

[plain chasm]

is it bad that cornell has contacted me twice to turn in my writing sup

will that negatively affect me

[vernal raven]

Maybe

Ima just explain its their fault for giving us the wrong due date

[thick abyss]

Is there a reason why you’re submitting it late?

[plain chasm]

i’ve been rlly sick recently and have had ib mocks

• my ee was due and i have my hl essay due this week too

[kindred condor]

they gave the wrong due date??

L cornell

[plain chasm]

it isn’t late either

[kindred condor]

corneLL

[plain chasm]

they gave until feb 8

[kindred condor]

oh wow

[thick abyss]

They didn’t

They said by Jan 16 for supplemental materials

But it was def confusing

Explain sickness for sure

[plain chasm]

do i need to explain?

they’re giving until feb 8

[thick abyss]

Interesting that’s a HUGE extension

Nah you don’t need to explain then

[calm wyvern]

Is it not Feb 15 for supplemental materials for your app?

[plain chasm]

feb 8

[sweet gale]

theyre so annoying

[plain chasm]

i’d take the email over the website

[calm wyvern]

this is what it says on the portal?

[plain chasm]

it says feb 8

[sweet gale]

my email also says feb 8

[calm wyvern]

for writing supplement?

[plain chasm]

Yes

and midyear

[sweet gale]

yyup

[calm wyvern]

oh okay

[sweet gale]

idk how to submit midyear

[calm wyvern]

I was talking about like letters and stuff

i think the date may be different

[plain chasm]

you haven’t submitted lors

[calm wyvern]

no

[plain chasm]

🤨

[calm wyvern]

like an update letter

[plain chasm]

ohh

[calm wyvern]

for activities/award

[plain chasm]

no you’re good

[thick abyss]

Nah I was talking abt essays

We have feb 15 for lors? Shit I gotta keep networking

[calm wyvern]

lol

is anyone else in this thread applying to SHA? or just me

[thick abyss]

BRO ME TOO

idk anyone else who is

[calm wyvern]

okay gl hopefully we both get in

[thick abyss]

I actually talked to a kid today who is a junior year

She’s loving it

What made u wanna go into the field

[calm wyvern]

there class size is like ~160 or something so im praying i get in

[calm wyvern]

my mother does hospitality / real estate so

[thick abyss]

Sickkk

[plain chasm]

how would you get experience for hospitality? i’m kinda curious

[calm wyvern]

the one thing is like i don't have too much experience in hospitality other than just working at local businesses w customer service and helping my mom w renters and stuff

[calm wyvern]

work at hotel or shadow

[thick abyss]

I’ve been working in the industry for the past two years

[plain chasm]

our local votech has a hospitality track but you can’t dual enroll, take any aps, etc

[thick abyss]

So like that

[calm wyvern]

prob

[plain chasm]

oh that’s neat

[thick abyss]

I’m in the restaurant industry personally but hotel works as well

[thick abyss]

DI is rly important to compensate

[plain chasm]

so SHA isn’t just hotel?

[thick abyss]

Like doing ED 😭

[calm wyvern]

how would i show DI

[thick abyss]

SHA is hotel, restaurant, real estate, accounting, finance, marketing and law

[plain chasm]

😀

it’s for law too???

[thick abyss]

Business law

[calm wyvern]

a lot of grad go into IB too which is kinda cool

[plain chasm]

that’s so cool

[thick abyss]

My friend was abt to party so I gotta follow up with her tomorrow lmao, but she mentioned reaching out to profs

[plain chasm]

man I did CAS for astro but I want to do astro + law

[thick abyss]

sha hates when it’s obvious that you don’t care abt the industry

[calm wyvern]

like cornell profs ?

[thick abyss]

So the essay is rly important

And resume

[thick abyss]

Def double major if able

[plain chasm]

yeah that would be neat

i don’t have much business law experience so i didn’t apply SHA

[calm wyvern]

it's too late to reach out to a SHA Prof tho im assuming ? right ?

bc we already applied

[thick abyss]

Unsure

[sour blade]

katep asks: did y’all submit a resume

[thick abyss]

My friend is gonna set me up with a few but networking is a rly good skill to have

She was my Duke interviwer’s friend’s niece

[kindred condor]

whats sha :O

[wheat shadow]

ahhhh i’m in the exact same position

[tawny prism]

interesting is there still time to upload a resume

[plain chasm]

yes

it’s a them issue for giving such a long extension

[tawny prism]

idk im kinda doubting they even look closely at it 😭

[thick abyss]

Resume for business is RLY important

Meh for rest

[tawny prism]

resumes are so info dense too like i know they aren’t taking the time to really read all that

[tawny prism]

oh i’m psych so

[calm wyvern]

so like what are you going to do once you contact the prof?

[kindred condor]

i did put a lot of my activities in the "additional info" section so i thought a resume was just gonna repeat all ofthat

so no point

[thick abyss]

Probs talk to them abt their research and stuff; there is one guy I rly want to meet and talk to abt tip margins that I mentioned in my essay

Not expecting it to happen but just trying

Oh also

Get outside rec letters

Those can help from employers and stuff

[calm wyvern]

oh fuck

I haven't gotten any outside ones

is it too late

[thick abyss]

You don’t need them

You can if they’ll add smth new

[tawny prism]

i sent an employer rec yesss cornell love me choose me

[calm wyvern]

@tawny prism where r you applying ?

[tawny prism]

uh lots of places 😭 too many to list easily

why

[calm wyvern]

i ment major lol

[tawny prism]

ohh

CAS

psych

[thick abyss]

Psych girl

[calm wyvern]

but you can give me ur list anyway lol

[thick abyss]

@calm wyvern what other schools r u doing

[tawny prism]

shouldve done humec but it’s whatever at this point

[thick abyss]

I’d love to meet u someday man hospitality is so niche

[kindred condor]

i mean theres always changing majors
i think ...

[tawny prism]

don’t y’all make bank too

[calm wyvern]

Rice, Umich, BC, BU, UPenn, Umiami, smu

[calm wyvern]

hopefully we both get in lol

[thick abyss]

Yuppp

[hallow sierra]

i was goiing to but applied cals instead

[thick abyss]

I already pull 20k as a hostess

Future will be hot

[tawny prism]

oh yeah it’s just different schools so a bit more difficult. i mostly meant i should’ve done humec for admissions reasons since i think humec acceptance rate is higher but whatever

[kindred condor]

ohhhh understandable

[tawny prism]

also i ended up realizing a lot of the stuff i liked was actually in the humec sister major of my major

[calm wyvern]

@thick abyss wasn't SHA's acceptance rate like 17% last year

hopefully it doesn't drop

[thick abyss]

I thought it was 30

I hope it is 30

[tawny prism]

but whatever if i get in i can look into transferring schools and if not it’s nbd

[calm wyvern]

no I was told it got lower

[kindred condor]

i wish u luck !! :D

[thick abyss]

Bruh

[calm wyvern]

it was 22% like 2 years ago

[tawny prism]

thank you!!

[thick abyss]

Ik they reject a lot of kids purely bc no real interest in hospitality

That could be a lot of it

Bc tons of kids tried to get in just to switch to Dyson

[tawny prism]

wait i’m curious what is y’all’s hospitality majors end goal job wise

like is it hotel ownership

idk i don’t know anything about hospitality 😭

[calm wyvern]

how do they tell? like how will they know im a real one

not a fake

[thick abyss]

Ur okay bae

[tawny prism]

ec’s probably

[thick abyss]

I don’t know atm

[thick abyss]

Ec’s/why sha essay

Hotel marketing/coo/operations sounds lit

Or just getting an MBA after

[calm wyvern]

im not sure yet tbh

something w helping people in business field tho

[tawny prism]

well i hope y’all get into cornell and be very hospitable or whatever!!!

[thick abyss]

Gaurenteed internships and study abroad is sick

[calm wyvern]

bruh

[thick abyss]

And no depression

[thick abyss]

Welp

10x Dyson at least

Ok wait also

How many kids apply a year

[calm wyvern]

well if there is 220 in a class then ~1,060 ish

@thick abyss

[thick abyss]

Dang that’s really not that much

Light work for AO’s

[calm wyvern]

ong

[thick abyss]

They must spend way more time on app’s then

What’s up

[calm wyvern]

but ik if you apply for dyson and don't get in you CAN be considered for SHA

im pretty sure

[thick abyss]

Same for sha too

Though I doubt that happens to like any kids

Bc they’re so diff

[calm wyvern]

yea but realistically that wont happen lol

[thick abyss]

Tbh you just gotta make why cornell epic

There’s unfortunately rly not too much else to do besides pray

21% isn’t actually too bad

[calm wyvern]

what number of admitted SHA students do you think are just rejected dyson applicants

[thick abyss]

Not many

They’d have to have hospitality work experience

Like less than 50 kids tbh

Probably more like 10 if that

I rly doubt any

It’s just a token statement

[plain chasm]

do you think educational outreach would be under pub policy

[thick abyss]

Yes

Educational opportunity

[plain chasm]

nice

i believe that was my second interest

[calm wyvern]

@thick abyss its gonna be tough for me to get into SHA tbh my resume isn't too hospitality filled

i can only pray

[thick abyss]

Okay but can u present urself and ur skills

That itself is a rly good skill

They also can’t expect every kid to have experience

[calm wyvern]

only experience I have is working at autobody shop as mechanic and when I worked at a bottle company lol

[thick abyss]

That’s still experience

[calm wyvern]

my counsel talked me out of including me helping my mom w rental properties as work experience bc she said it "wasn't paid" lol i regret that

fuck

[thick abyss]

BRO that’s sick tho

[calm wyvern]

ik

[thick abyss]

Did u already post it? I’d def include that

That’s just interning lmao

[calm wyvern]

stupid public school counselor

[thick abyss]

Tbh public school counselors seem to know nothing abt niche programs

[calm wyvern]

ong

setting me up to fail

[plain chasm]

include it in an update letter

[calm wyvern]

how would I word it?

[thick abyss]

Can you do that if it’s something from the past tho?

Maybe frame it as smth you’ve increased doing lately

[plain chasm]

Yes if you’re concurrently doing it

[calm wyvern]

"yea also I've been interning under my mom the last few years btw" that would sound like a lie right ?

they would be sus

[indigo moat]

imagine having a counselor

[plain chasm]

i wouldn’t say interning

[thick abyss]

My school is 4k

So we def need them lmao

[thick abyss]

Have you maybe started taking a bigger role recently?

[calm wyvern]

how would you word it @plain chasm

[plain chasm]

i would say i’ve taken interest in hospitality through helping with my mother’s rental business and i continue to help manage xyz

[thick abyss]

Def say how many you’ve sold and flex stuff

[calm wyvern]

I just help w finances and go over to check on ppl when they have issues

[plain chasm]

that’s great

[indigo moat]

call it financing/ accounting + customer service (okay maybe not customer service)

[thick abyss]

That’s good! Just frame it somehow as you taking on a slightly larger role

Otherwise they’ll wonder why you didn’t include it before

[calm wyvern]

should I include how it wasn't in my resume

tho

[thick abyss]

“I didn’t include bc someone told me not to” sounds kinda weird

[plain chasm]

you don’t have to mention why you didn’t include it earlier

[calm wyvern]

the last thing I want to do is raise suspicion that im lying bc then they just reject me

[thick abyss]

If you’re specific, you won’t be seen as lying

[calm wyvern]

Okay, but wouldn't they notice the discrepancy as they comb my app

[thick abyss]

Saying that you trusted someone else’s (not totally qualified) advice on how to do your resume is worse imo

[tawny prism]

include like the company name and contact

[plain chasm]

they won’t

[thick abyss]

School counselors have little to no experiences with resumes

[tawny prism]

that way they can just call them up and confirm info if they really think you’re lying

[plain chasm]

especially if you tie it into something else

[indigo moat]

worst case they write an email to your counselor

[thick abyss]

Yeah that’s worse case

If you’re rly worried

Tell ur counselor

Just say “hey I’m writing a follow up letter and here’s what I’m including fyi”

But I doubt they’d call

They’re too busy

[calm wyvern]

okay thanks

[plain chasm]

i don’t think they’d think you’re lying

it’s not like you’re omitting that you’ve sold a billion dollars worth of rental property

i’d only be concerned if it didn’t connect back to anything and it was national level-ish

[thick abyss]

You could always include # of rental properties, profit margins, and your role

It’s hard to make all of that up

[plain chasm]

like i’m really iffy on this but i’m drafting update letters right now because i have to update all of my colleges on being the forefront of a research presentation to my state senators which is elevating my research to the US congress

have no clue how i’m going to do this without colleges getting sus af so i might have to send an updated LOR for this, you could get your mom or someone else you work with to reaffirm that you’re doing what you say you’re doing 🤷‍♀️

[thick abyss]

BRO

that’s so cool!!

lmk how it goes

Congress people are boring

[plain chasm]

yeah and i completely omitted it in all of my apps 💀

i talked about speaking in the state board of education meeting

but i was like i forgor talking about presenting to the senators

[thick abyss]

In that case, explain why you didn’t mention it previously and provide contact info

Again, they won’t call

But that’s a big deal

[plain chasm]

well it’s in feb and i don’t have an exact date 🐱

but i sat through a 4h meeting saturday telling me to get my shit together because i’m the narrative we’re presenting

it’s part of a dept of education internship and we got in trouble because most of the other interns got really unfocused on their research

[indigo moat]

ahhh classic group project moment

[plain chasm]

u think it’s fine if i have a lor from the director of my state’s department of higher ed even tho it’s kinda generic past “<my name> is conducting research into career and college preparation and drafting curriculum and program changes, she’s phenomenal and she’d work well in a team anywhere”

[plain chasm]

it’s not really a group project, we’ve all kinda split what we’re doing

it’s just a lot happened recently and none of us got any work done because we had 4 break weeks

💀

lel

[wind nimbus]

What would u specialize in (just trying to see the intersection or just personal interest)

Can u still send extra recs like employer rec?

It probs won’t do much cuz not major related but 🤷🏾‍♂️

[plain chasm]

a part of me wants to do astro + planetary sciences and work on orbital mechanics at JPL or NASA

the other part of me wants to go into space policy and become a space diplomat (this is very cool) + do educational outreach

[thick abyss]

Yeah those r usually generic

You’re good

[wind nimbus]

Yo that’s cool asf 😭

R there job opportunities for the second one or u anticipating

[plain chasm]

there actually are a lot of them

they’re concentrated in law/public policy

[wind nimbus]

Like I’d imagine with spacex and stuff there is laws concerning space but

[wind nimbus]

Fair enough

[plain chasm]

i could work for the IAU

i could be doing legal at NASA

[wind nimbus]

Mm

Well u got that

[plain chasm]

coordinating between the ESA and NASA

[wind nimbus]

U sound passionate and u smart asf 😭

[plain chasm]

that would be cool

[plain chasm]

💀 me when rejected by gt

[wind nimbus]

Us when all rejected by gt

I had no chance tbh dk y I bothered

[plain chasm]

stupid ahh school

i’m so mad i got flat rejected

here i was like 🥰 what should i do if i get stamps?

💀💀💀

[wind nimbus]

🤣

[plain chasm]

didn’t even get in

or offered transfer

[thick abyss]

If I got into unc do I stand a shot here

I’m delusional rn

[wind nimbus]

I did not know it was that competitive going in

Like

I knew it was hard

A2C showed me how hard

[plain chasm]

10%

15% offered transfer

embarassing

i wasn’t even in the top 25%

😔

[wind nimbus]

Same

[calm wyvern]

definitely

UNC out of state acceptance was like 8%

@thick abyss

[thick abyss]

Hell yeah

I’m so shocked I got in lmao

[calm wyvern]

are you oos?

[thick abyss]

Yeah!

Illinois

[calm wyvern]

okay yea

knock on wood but you have a great chance at SHA prob

especially because you've been in the industry for 2 years

[thick abyss]

Bro I hope

I honestly love the restaurant I work at

Such cool coworkers and bosses

My boss actually has this disagree lmao

From Michigan state

[calm wyvern]

did he write your LOR

[thick abyss]

Yup

[calm wyvern]

okay yea that perf

[thick abyss]

It was pretty solid

A tiny bit generic but very sweet

[calm wyvern]

your application seems basically catered toward SHA

which is good

I wrote about how helping my mother w rentals and tenets sparked my interest in hospitality but my regret in my supplemental is that maybe i didn't go enough into why SHA specifically

[wind nimbus]

Anyone who did cas wanba trade essays?

[wraith reef]

Personally A + B = B + A = A + B = B + A = A + B = B + A = A + B = B + A

[wind nimbus]

Uh huh

[wraith reef]

Yeah

[plain chasm]

what

[wind nimbus]

🤷🏾‍♂️

[wind nimbus]

U tryn trade essays?

[plain chasm]

my essay isn’t started

[wind nimbus]

O wait u ain’t submit yet 😭

[plain chasm]

not yet

[wraith reef]

6 + 4

11 - 1

[plain chasm]

10

[wraith reef]

You see

Good job

[plain chasm]

what’s the point

[wind nimbus]

Amazing

[wraith reef]

10

[plain chasm]

10

[wraith reef]

Yes!!!

You get it now

[plain chasm]

I get it now

[wraith reef]

Excellent

[wraith reef]

Ok but fr what makes me so deferrable. I literally don’t get rejected and I don’t get accepted, just consistently deferred

It’s annoying af

[plain chasm]

i get you

except rn i’m 1:1:1

i would love this same ratio in rd

[wraith reef]

That seems like you calibrated your school list well

[plain chasm]

no i didn’t

LMAO

[wraith reef]

Haha

[plain chasm]

i applied to

12 reaches

and 2 safeties

deferred one reach rejected the other

[wraith reef]

Me with 15 reaches 2 targets 2 safeties

[plain chasm]

accepted safety

idk what counts as a target for me

[wraith reef]

Same

[plain chasm]

it’s kinda always been split between reach and safety

[wraith reef]

It feels like nothing is a target for cs

[plain chasm]

i thought gatech was a soft reach or hard target

til i got rejected

[wraith reef]

Oh same

I’ve heard they are kinda notoriously random with acceptances though

[plain chasm]

i didn’t apply cs either

[wraith reef]

So I wouldn’t worry

[plain chasm]

they could’ve admitted me for applied physics for all i cared

😔

[wraith reef]

Haha don’t worry

[plain chasm]

w/e i’m going on my gatech reject -> harvard accept arc

[wraith reef]

That’s the best arc!

I need a similar arc

[plain chasm]

same

[wraith reef]

For everywhere that deferred me ;-;

[plain chasm]

i would love to be 7:7

keep the dub ratio

[wraith reef]

Personally I’d love to be 19:0

[plain chasm]

if i get into 6 reaches that would be too hard of a W

[wraith reef]

But that’s just me

[plain chasm]

i feel like i’d be lucky to get into one more

[wraith reef]

Same

But I’m hoping that just by chance one accidentally clicks accept on me

Then I’m set

All I need is one

[plain chasm]

praying that they accidentally admit me instead of another person with the same name

[wraith reef]

Hahaha

[plain chasm]

i had mad imposter syndrome last summer getting into a research program where there was me and someone else who had the exact same pronunciation of my name

it felt like they admitted me by accident

[wraith reef]

Oh that’s awesome, what research program?

[plain chasm]

ssp

[wraith reef]

ah yes I know all the acronyms of course

[plain chasm]

rsi but for astro

and biochem and genomics

[wraith reef]

Ah yes I know all the acronyms of course

[plain chasm]

https://summerscience.org

[wraith reef]

As a Minecrafter I gotta say the only rsi I know is repetitive strain injury lmao

[plain chasm]

true

[wraith reef]

That looks seriously cool

[plain chasm]

yeah

[torn citrus]

thanks cornell i really needed this

[deep schooner]

does anyone have stats for ed to nolan school

[calm wyvern]

no im pretty sure they don't release that info

[calm wyvern]

@deep schooner are you applying to Nolan?

[deep schooner]

i want to in the future

[calm wyvern]

are you a junior rn?

[deep schooner]

sophomore

[calm wyvern]

me and @thick abyss are the only Nolan applicants in this thread this year im pretty sure

your Nolan is your top choice you should definitely ED

[deep schooner]

do u mind if i dm for ecs and stuff?

[calm wyvern]

yea yea

[calm wyvern]

hospitality related work experience is prob the number one thing they look for in Nolan appplicants

second essay

then solid grades

[thick abyss]

Feel free to do the same here

[tulip barn]

wait should I sent an update letter

i submitted my app in December

[hallow sierra]

if you have smth to update

[chrome ember]

when do you think ppl can update till

[hallow sierra]

prob mid feb? i think that's when they want locis by, but if it's something significant you find out after, you can prob update. no guarantee it'll be factored into your admission though

[mystic shard]

Any one get an interview yet?

[calm wyvern]

cutoff is Feb15

[calm wyvern]

I got one for SHA, but idk what school you're applying to

[marsh musk]

dawg my graduating class is like 250 and we send people to ivys like once every 20 years

[marsh musk]

depends on the school you are applying to... for me i applied to dyson which doesnt hold interviews as apart of their admissions process

[mystic shard]

Do you guys know if the college of arts and sciences has interviews?

[limber granite]

i forgot to respond to my caann interviewer is that bad

[thick abyss]

You did?

Crap I didn’t

[thick abyss]

@calm wyvern did you just get it from CAAN?

[tiny cobalt]

dw if u dont get an interview, if u dont already know this the interviewer dont take any notes of the interview and if u alr demonstrated that u want to have an interview that is good enough. While I did have an interview, it was only 30-40 minutes and I was leading the conversation the entire time, my interview never ask anything, it is just me asking questions the entire interview

[tepid wagon]

Just curious, but what were some of the questions you asked? I have an interview next week but I haven’t prepared yet.

[tiny cobalt]

i dont remembered too well but i asked about generally the campus (how did ithaca location influence their experience), I asked about the social life there (was is easy to interact with people, how did cornell student population size affects life there, is greek life big), asked about research opportunities + academic culture and also asked about how did Cornell help them post graduation

also asked about what is most valuable thing they learned from their time at Cornell

they were still pretty young graduated around 2016-2017 ish so most of their answers were still relevant

[thick abyss]

Oh thank god

@tiny cobalt I’ve talked to a cornell alumni and current cornell student, could they do anything on my behalf to accommodate that still?

Ik the student is going to try and hook me up with some professors

[tiny cobalt]

the interviews are conducted by the alumni association if i remebered correctly so maybe just ask them to see if they are still assigning interviews

[thick abyss]

Who do I like contact for that

“Students’ applications are not negatively impacted if they are not contacted.
Students’ who have already indicated their interest through their online application do not and cannot indicate their interest again through their Cornell Application Status Page”

Looks like they can’t

Ugh

I rly want to go here damn

[calm wyvern]

it was just like a q/a session with hotel alum

not rlly interview

i don't think the AOs can even see if I did it

it was completely optional

@thick abyss

[thick abyss]

Oh cool!

Did u like them

[calm wyvern]

yea they were rlly nice

and im honestly mad it's not considered bc i feel like I did rlly well in the interview

[tall monolith]

for anyone who did the alumni meeting what kinda questions did you ask or what things did you talk about?

also should i be wearing formal attire like is a polo shirt good enough

[brave pier]

boys

what could i submit under optional supplemental materials

[calm wyvern]

what school are you applying for @brave pier

[brave pier]

engineering

[calm wyvern]

if you gained additional awards/experience/activities you could upload an update letter

@brave pier

[brave pier]

even if i applied regular?

[calm wyvern]

Also I'm uncertain about the engineering college. (I'm applying SHA) but you may be able to upload ur resume.

[brave pier]

i already uploaded my resume through common app

[calm wyvern]

yea, im applying RD and I uploaded an update letter

[brave pier]

but it doesnt show in the checklist

[calm wyvern]

the update letter? or resume?

[brave pier]

resume

[calm wyvern]

if it's uploaded w your common app then it will be visible to the AO

bc it's a part of ur common app file

[brave pier]

bet bet

thank you

[calm wyvern]

np

also this is what Cornell addresses about supplemental info

[brave pier]

can principal letter of rec

count

[calm wyvern]

you know

im not sure

that's maybe something you should call the admissions office about

[tepid wagon]

Did you email your update letter or submit it through the portal?

[calm wyvern]

through the portal

you can upload a word/pdf

[brave pier]

how did u even start the update letter

ive never written one

[calm wyvern]

i can send you mine as a templete if you'd like

template

@brave pier

[brave pier]

bet i would really appreciate that

[tepid wagon]

Can I see it as well please?

[calm wyvern]

yea i got you

[tepid wagon]

Ty 🙏

[thick abyss]

Bro could u look at my Michigan one

If you have time

[calm wyvern]

yea definitely lol

[wind nimbus]

mines for michigan but can i see it as well pls

[tulip barn]

is it worth updating? I applied to dyson and I just won first in FBLA regionals and then got hired as a paid social media and marketing lead by a local restaurant chain

[thick abyss]

Hell yeah man

Dyson or sha

[tulip barn]

Dyson

[thick abyss]

Thank god

[limpid ocean]

Lol typical IB kid (just got my grades as well, didnt fail but grades were no where good)

[limpid ocean]

Oh ye

Should i send them an email, talking abt my recent new internship?

[calm wyvern]

usually a update letter on their portal

[plain chasm]

smh

i’m doing update letters too yeah

[pearl siren]

Wait we can submit an update letter for RD?

If yes, what's the deadline?

[thick abyss]

Feb 8 or 15

They’re saying diff stuff on diff places

[wind nimbus]

wuts an update letter thought yall was talking bout loci

[plain chasm]

just a letter to the portal with updates

[tawny prism]

y’all are doing way too much wtf sending update letters when the supplemental materials deadline isn’t even over

[wind nimbus]

wut would u even update with if u did rd

ong its been like a month if u submitted on the reg deadline

[calm wyvern]

if you got an award after application

thats all

[wind nimbus]

fair enough

[calm wyvern]

most ppl don't need too

[wind nimbus]

makes sense thought it was sumn lowkey requirred like a loci

[calm wyvern]

no, it's rare for applicants to write one and it prob doesn't even help too much anyway

I'm just writing one because I got an achievement directly related to the nich college that i'm applying to

and i didn't initially include it

[plain chasm]

i just forgot to include that i’m presenting research to the US senate in february

i think that’s worthy of an update letter

[calm wyvern]

yea like this

[tawny prism]

hm ic

well i gave up on ec’s after jan 1st so

[plain chasm]

me but my boss basically said get your butts in gear and now i’m working double time + school

at this point i’m not even sure if I’m going to commit to any RD schools

especially if i get that extra $15k/yr scholarship

[tulip barn]

I’m writing it bc I’m applying to Dyson and got a business award + a business related job

So I think itwojld be benefits for me

[plain chasm]

tldr applied to university of arizona, got $140k in merit aid, scholarship brings that to $200k, uofa is a t10 space science school which just imaged the first black hole and they have more research programs than MIT

so just doing RD for fun hopefully

[tulip barn]

Benefitical

[tulip barn]

LMAO

[wind nimbus]

bruh 😭

[topaz aurora]

wait so is it worth to update all my rd if i qualified to compete at nationals this year for my sport? it’s just a qualification and a lot of people per province qualify

[plain chasm]

loci maybe idk

[wind nimbus]

sounds good actually

[wind nimbus]

i mean does it hv muvh to do with what ur applying for (big achievement but yk)

[plain chasm]

i updated harvard on the fact that i’m brinking collegiate national category for piano so they better hurry up and accept me

but that was a loci

i wouldn’t send it as a stand-alone

combine it with other awards

[wind nimbus]

me realizing my app aint shit

[topaz aurora]

i’m applying for bio everywhere but my sports listed as number 1 on my common app. i did list that i have provincial level medals and my points from provincial comps just added up and boom nats qualification

[plain chasm]

nah i’m rereading my essays and they’re legit trash🗿

[wind nimbus]

might as well idk

[plain chasm]

“i found x guest speaker very enlightening!” WHAT

[wind nimbus]

ecs and stats carry ez

[wind nimbus]

😭😭

[plain chasm]

my essays weren’t bad

but they certainly weren’t good

[wind nimbus]

essays only thing im good at fr i wouldve helped u

[topaz aurora]

number of times i said “enamoured” in an essay is crazy 💀

[plain chasm]

sheesh

me when i used

what did i use

blossoming i think

OH

me when i’m a budding astrophysicist

🪴

[topaz aurora]

budding 😭

[calm wyvern]

rereading my essays/common app now make me legit mad

i get frustrated

[plain chasm]

i’m a whole plant

[wind nimbus]

[plain chasm]

issok my essays were good

i just haven’t submitted cornell’s yet

for the best

✨

[wind nimbus]

i think my cornell essay was my second best

[calm wyvern]

I should've taken more time to submit cornell sup

[wind nimbus]

brown #1 tho hate how fucking short the word count ws tho

[wind nimbus]

eh im fine with submitting wen it was originally due

[plain chasm]

i got scared for a sec and had to check that i spelled my senators’ names right

i feel like updating on research is kinda pointless

[wind nimbus]

wuts the research about (ion do space shi just curious)

[calm wyvern]

dude this server is so helpful for college apps but it stresses me tf out

[plain chasm]

i would’ve been admitted without saying that i’m presenting to congress jk

[wind nimbus]

nah it shows wuu2 and wut u probably gon do

[plain chasm]

educational policy/outreach initiatives, extending funding in my state to implement curriculum and programs in disadvantaged areas

[wind nimbus]

also i think they like that type of shit my cornell interviewer wrote a democrat bill that made it through congress during the trump years (and he signed it)

[plain chasm]

basically my state just got a ton of funding for public schools

and my job is to now convince them

to use it on public schools that need it

and not trickle down

[wind nimbus]

my states fucking useless theyd never do that xD

instead they shutting down inner city schools

cuz virginia

[plain chasm]

you’d be surprised something like that probably exists but it’s like either very new or coveted

this was the 2nd year of the pilot program

it had a 30% acceptance rate this year but a 2 stage interview phase and they made me sign a bunch of legal while i was conducting research in NM 😭

we’re trying to actually recruit for next yr so it’ll probably continue the trend and go down to 10-15%

[tulip barn]

Slay I just submitted my update

Sent one to Columbia too

[plain chasm]

i live in a rlly small state so i don’t exactly have to fight people over these things

[plain chasm]

nice

i’ll submit right before mid years are published

[tulip barn]

Ours came out already

But they get sent out on the 10th I believe

[wind nimbus]

wut state r u

[plain chasm]

pspspspsp you don’t want to see my B+ you want to see my work

[plain chasm]

delaware

[wind nimbus]

ah i see

[plain chasm]

ours get finalized the 7th sent out a few days later

[wind nimbus]

wouldve tried to get my brother in on it

[plain chasm]

delaware is still mad competitive for scholarship competitions

like the “serious” ones

USSYP is hell

i tried this year and didn’t make it past the testing phase because they saw i put i was interested in astrophysics 🗿

i should’ve lied and said just public policy

[wind nimbus]

damn xD

[wind nimbus]

idk much bout delaware stayed there wen i was kid cuz my dad did his phd at delaware

[plain chasm]

bro did his phd at UD

is your dad a chemical engineer

[wind nimbus]

no economist

[plain chasm]

weird

[calm wyvern]

Wdad

[plain chasm]

i mean ig fair

[wind nimbus]

immigrated from ghana so went wherever gave him a full ride

lol

[plain chasm]

UD, giving a full ride? that’s crazy

[wind nimbus]

strings attatched was kinda complicated

[plain chasm]

my safety is 2 time zones away because my state school would cost me $35k in state

[wind nimbus]

but didnt pay shit for tuition

[wind nimbus]

oof

[plain chasm]

UD oos is $59k 😀

LMAO

[wind nimbus]

i did not even apply fr

[plain chasm]

they don’t have a physics lab >:(

OR an observatory

[wind nimbus]

xD

[plain chasm]

there’s one in state a few miles away but that’s just loosely partnered

like cmon bro it’s obvious you were funded off of making napalm and agent orange

no way dupont didn’t build UD brick by brick

[wind nimbus]

u sound like my friend 😭 he wants to do aero space and his first choice is univeristy of southampton cuz they have a launch pad and rocket he can play with

[plain chasm]

just to commit chemical war crimes in vietnam

[sour solstice]

O.o

[wind nimbus]

even tho he got imperial (if yk uk schools)

[plain chasm]

except UofA is literally free for me

and

i can get a NASA grant + graduate in 2y + study abroad with more space programs than MIT

i’m still considering RD

i’d go to harvard over uofa if harvard was +/- 10k

[wind nimbus]

unless u got something crazy in rd i see no reason y not to go ith that

[wind nimbus]

doubt ngl

idk depends on ur efc and shi

[plain chasm]

i need to get the other scholarship first

[wind nimbus]

fair

[plain chasm]

the npc said $14k for harvard

[wind nimbus]

gl with that

[wind nimbus]

thats not bad honestly

[plain chasm]

yea it’s actually pretty good

rn i’m at $19k for uofa for housing and everything

but if i get the $15k scholarship i might as well just commit

🤷‍♀️ we’ll see

i just know that harvard may go from $14 to $30k for me next yr because of my parents switching jobs

and i’d get a static rate for uofa

[wind nimbus]

oof

if theres no pressure to commit then id wait

[plain chasm]

that’s what i’m thinking yeah

ok i sleep gn

[wind nimbus]

night

[limpid ocean]

Wait if i apply rd, can i still send an update letter

[hallow sierra]

yeah i’d say so!

[tulip barn]

yah I did it 😋

[tulip barn]

I did!

Worth it for good awards or very good updated

[tall monolith]

Would anyone who’s had an alumni meeting be willing to share some insight?

I’m trying to prep for mine and I started making a list of questions I wanna ask but I’m not really sure how the whole thing is gonna work

[vernal raven]

I havent had an interview but dont stress abt a cornell interview

Its not evaluative

Its literally just for u to hear abt the school

[hallow sierra]

i had one but it was short bc her child was sick

[wind nimbus]

low stress tbh theyll ask a couple things bout urself and then the rest was just a conversation about the school

[tall monolith]

if it's alright asking, what kind of questions about myself?

[wind nimbus]

um mine asked about my story, then my career goals/plans and then my ecs

which then went to the connection between my ecs and career

thoo idk if its standardized at all

[tall monolith]

alright that sounds pretty chill

thanks!

[limpid ocean]

like new EC?

[tulip barn]

Ya if it’s a good one

[knotty geyser]

Does anyone know the ILR masters acceptance rate

[limpid ocean]

ah aight aight

[limpid ocean]

it says 15% in 2010 lol

[humble meteor]

is it worth emailing if i hav ea mjaor update

and do i email admissions office or regional ao

[wicked saddle]

Did you have a loci or did you do RD

[humble meteor]

rd

[wicked saddle]

Yeah if it's big enough notify them

[limpid ocean]

whats that email like?

do i just mail them briefly telling them who i am and what the ec is?

like around 100 words?

[plain chasm]

I would only really update if it’s substantial nationally or internationally

saying “i won a regional science fair” won’t really change your decision

[limpid ocean]

i did marketing for a youtube channel with 5k sub and 4mil views?

[plain chasm]

yeah that might help

im kinda wary about updating this soon

[limpid ocean]

aight thanks

[plain chasm]

i’ve heard they don’t really care too much unless it’s crazy substantial

[limpid ocean]

hmm

i mean its like a month already lol

ah

[knotty geyser]

ILR undergrad seems like a prelaw cesspool

[velvet gull]

does cornell post their acceptance rates across schools? or no

[humble meteor]

would it like hurt in aby way tho

[plain chasm]

no

[humble meteor]

guess ill send

[vale bane]

this is old but what😭

[plain chasm]

fr

what’s ssp? better than rsi

🐱

ssp >>

it’s so sad that p much nobody knows summer program by name EXCEPT rsi

[vale bane]

i mean i think ssp is rlly well known too

but rsi absolutely has astro and is mostly bio 😭

[daring dragon]

anyone know how easy it is to transfer between cornell colleges?

Arts and Sciences -> Engineering for example

[vale bane]

i mean there was only one astro kid so yeah ssp has more

[plain chasm]

ssp >

[plain chasm]

me when ssp

[azure ledge]

💀

[wind nimbus]

Pretty hard

U essentially have to apply like a first year iirc

Switching majors within a college isn’t but switching schools is

[plain chasm]

you replied to the wrong person

[wind nimbus]

O lol

[wind nimbus]

^

[thick abyss]

P hard

[livid tulip]

Quick question

I submitted my sat scores to Cornell , but it doesn’t show up on my portal

There’s no mention of test scores on there

[plain chasm]

they probably won’t since they’re test optional

[livid tulip]

I put my scores on common app and sent it through college board tho

[plain chasm]

or actually—did you apply to dyson?

[livid tulip]

No

College of arts and sciences

[wraith reef]

When schools say self report they mean through common app right

[tawny prism]

usually

some you self report through the portal tho

[tame belfry]

finally submitted cornell essay 😮‍💨

now time to divorce commonapp 💔

[vocal mortar]

Cals is test blind

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business will be “score-free” for the 2020-2021 Application Cycle. These three colleges at Cornell will not use test scores in the admission process.

Should be continued

[tulip barn]

DYSON BEING TEST BLIND IS A BLESSING 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[mystic shard]

Is the college of arts and sciences test blind?

[topaz aurora]

test optional

not blind

[tame belfry]

But I heard that they don’t care about test that much lol

[topaz aurora]

test scores only one part of your app

[tame belfry]

Yeah, and i heard for cornell and uchicago its weight is even less

[tiny cobalt]

u have to wait a semester/year to transfer but it is just a matter of getting high gpa on engineering courses

most colleges dont have competitive transfer process to transfer into except for dyson

[daring dragon]

aight ty

[wide flare]

How can I send an update?
Through the portal as an Optional Supplemental Material?

[plain chasm]

Yes

[brave pier]

what did y’all ask ur CAAAN interviewers

[livid tulip]

Goddam

[livid tulip]

About my major, the campus culture, their experience at Cornell, how they adjusted to the academics, just causal conversation

We talked on the phone

[brave pier]

bet

yea mine is on the phone too

[livid tulip]

Sorry- I meant colleges of arts and sciences lol. Don’t know why I said CALS

[brave pier]

the guy i’m talking to graduated in 1965 tho💀

[livid tulip]

My interviewer was old as hell too

Had a smokers voice

[wind nimbus]

i had class of 2011

[brave pier]

lucky

[wind nimbus]

ion think cornell interviews even matter tbf

[brave pier]

yea they don’t

[livid tulip]

Thing is— my test scores aren’t showing up on the portal even though I applied to college of arts and sciences. I think I might have to email them about that, unless no one sees it on their portal.

[blissful relic]

I’m my region!, they were very limited and got quickly booked out, so I had to schedule an interview later today with the college of engineering instead

[wind nimbus]

ye so dont stress

[brave pier]

wat

how did u get an interview with the college itself

[wind nimbus]

now u bring it up is it supposed to show? 💀

[livid tulip]

That’s what I’m saying, test scores always show up in other colleges portals.

[wind nimbus]

ur right

but if it was supposed to then id imagine thered be a check mark no?

[livid tulip]

There should be

[wind nimbus]

regardless its on ur common app

and if u selected you want ur tests then

shld be fine

[livid tulip]

Yeah, I have confirmation through college board that they got it

So I guess they do

I’ll still email them on Monday

Just to be safe

[wind nimbus]

now whatd make me concerned is if other colleges/schools hv it

like at cornelll

[wind nimbus]

aiit j lmk

[livid tulip]

Yeah I’ll update you all when I get a response from them

[plain chasm]

rice and berkeley (💀) rn considering my first SAT without me having applied to them

[wind nimbus]

wym

[plain chasm]

i sent my score

last year

to all of my top colleges

and didn’t even break 1400

[wind nimbus]

all???

😭

[blissful relic]

There was a portal sent out for students in my region to sign up for an interview slot

[wind nimbus]

michigan colombia and jhu have mine

had a 1410

[plain chasm]

nah mine were like…
mit, princeton, berkeley, and rice

😭

back when i wanted to do aerospace engineering

[wind nimbus]

i jus sent cuz it was free lmfao

[plain chasm]

yeah same

my teachers forced us to send

😭

[wind nimbus]

nah thats wild

tbh i thought my 1410 was fine but im glad i retook

[plain chasm]

well it’s because we’re in a test required state

[wind nimbus]

to grad?

[plain chasm]

yeah

[wind nimbus]

well same we hv like a sat day

that everyone takes it same w psat

[plain chasm]

you are given the opportunity to take the SAT once for free

[wind nimbus]

same in va

[plain chasm]

psat is required once

but it wasn’t during covid