Cornell University (2023-2024)

[tropic copper]

I mean it doesn't seem that way tbh

The internal tranfer system seems to make it very inflexible if you want to switch lanes

[ionic hearth]

within CALS its insanely easy

😭

do u mean from college to college

[tropic copper]

an additional 15k a year roughly

[ionic hearth]

hmmm

[tropic copper]

yes

[ionic hearth]

what college do u wanna switch to

[tropic copper]

I already came to the conclusion bio eng isn't economically feasible tho

prob CoE

[ionic hearth]

within CALS, you can also do Stats and Info Sci

[ionic hearth]

hmm

which major

if its not like

CS

u could be ok

[tropic copper]

MechE

The thing is, I honestly have very little experience with engineering

if the switch didnt work out or I hated it for some reason I'd be screwed

[ionic hearth]

huh

[ionic hearth]

you should be ok as a freshman, you basically have to start taking eng classes

[weak valve]

Yeah i mean

I dont want my end job to be making 80k either

😭

I want at least 100k

I can alrdy make 80k as a paramedic or emt if i wanted to

[tropic copper]

same

I beleive these are starting salaries though

Which 80k starting isnt bad

but not ideal

90k is good enough

and 100k would be the goal

[tropic copper]

As far as I can tell the only way to really secure this salary (or possibly even higher) in a bio related field would be to get a PhD

maybe I should ilisten to my mom and go to med school

[ionic hearth]

500k of debt 🥺

[ionic hearth]

transfer AS and do CS

🔥

or just do info sci

so that if all else fails u can keep securing the bag

[tropic copper]

hell nah

[tropic copper]

yeah tbh

I'd rather do that then straight up CS

[ionic hearth]

info sci is really cool

also stats is a good option for being versatile

[tropic copper]

please convince me

[ionic hearth]

u can keep doing bio, go into something more hardcore, or go into finance

[weak valve]

eh

phds r more for research fields

u dont need a phd if ur gonna focus on engineering paths

[weak valve]

u could always look at btry

bio stats or msth

[tropic copper]

yeah bio stats maybe

[ionic hearth]

to do which major

[tropic copper]

idk I'm decent at math but it's never been that fun for me

it's always been stressful to learn math

[ionic hearth]

info sci? applicable and interesting cs-y classes that you can apply to basically everywhere and secure a good salary without the theoretical mess of CS

stats - pathway into very lucrative fields in finance, or the flexibility to stay in the hard sciences, or even go into engineering

[tropic copper]

money making major

[ionic hearth]

^^

[wild tendon]

You will go into consulting and you WILL like it

[tropic copper]

How is the info sci grind compared to the typical T20 CS grind?

[ionic hearth]

More chill, the classes are less mathy and more applied real-world stuff

[weak valve]

so

hotel

😭

[ionic hearth]

^^

do hotel school and make 200k as a consultant for mckinsey or whoever

[tropic copper]

has to be STEM

god why do I have to do this I'm not even 18 yet 💀

[weak valve]

technically

ur major doesnt decide ur job

[ionic hearth]

^^

cornell is really big about this

[weak valve]

which is partially why i dont agree with mean slalary postgrad + ur dedication to committing to it

[ionic hearth]

they are kind of right

[tropic copper]

Ok but I can't stick with biology and make >100k in biotech straight out of undergrad

[weak valve]

coming to cornell, performing well, making good connections all sets u up to also have a rlly good nternship

[tropic copper]

so it kinda does determine your job

in part

[weak valve]

there r lots of ppl who have internships with like goldman sachs or telsa

[weak valve]

ok but theyre not just like

"oh does this person ahve a bacj in BME"

they care more abt ur experience than the name on ur diploma

[tropic copper]

yeah

[ionic hearth]

yea

[tropic copper]

that's why I said this

[ionic hearth]

and a lot of people with wack majors do really high up jobs and internships

[tropic copper]

I need PhD level experience to get my ideal type of job in biotech

[tropic copper]

hmm yeah

[elfin thunder]

yes lol

[ionic hearth]

All cornell CALS

[weak valve]

which is what

research?

doable at university

[tropic copper]

yes

[tropic copper]

not enough

for biotech

well

for like high paying biotech

[weak valve]

LOL DYSON RESPONSE RATE

JDCKM

[tropic copper]

I mean 80k is decent I guess

[weak valve]

wdym not enough

like

how many hours..?

[ionic hearth]

they're too good for the survey 😤

[tropic copper]

not enough experience

your knowledge isn't deep enough

[weak valve]

so like

industry research?

like at J&J or smth?

[ionic hearth]

@tropic copper

bioinformatics

[tropic copper]

Honestly no matter what I do it's really just a self-trust fall. I am investing myself but the outcome is so volitile, so uncertain, that all I can do is trust in my future self to lock in and find the best path foward.

[tropic copper]

very good

[ionic hearth]

My two cents is that cornell is worth the extra 15k per year over umass, and that you do get extra flexibility here to figure out what u truly want (and a ton of sellout exits if you need them)

(this is college scorecard data btw)

by the US DoE

[tropic copper]

Oh so in general?

[ionic hearth]

This includes people who may have not responded I think

[weak valve]

tbf

cant u get the same jobs

regardless of college name

[tropic copper]

yes

[ionic hearth]

Yes

LMAO

that's why CALS is so awesome

you can do so much in an "agricultural" college

[tropic copper]

regardless of university name

[weak valve]

yeah

thats what i mean

thats why i am confused why jp is saying cornell is worth an extra 60k

😭

[tropic copper]

I.e. not Cornell

[tropic copper]

yeah

[ionic hearth]

oh

[tropic copper]

honestly rn it's looking like Cornell is not worth it

[ionic hearth]

that's probably also true

[tropic copper]

which sucks bc I love the school

[winter notch]

That might not be as accurate tho

It feels like the ceiling of pay once u get a masters can go up quite a bit

[weak valve]

like

how bad is the interest rate on ur loan

[ionic hearth]

they are probably horrible right now

[weak valve]

u could also just learn investment strategies

[ionic hearth]

like

15% maybe

[weak valve]

to exponentially increase

[winter notch]

Hey man if ur CAS I’d be happy to take ur spot!

[weak valve]

ew

[tropic copper]

that's true

[tropic copper]

I think all of this data is solely starting salaries

[ionic hearth]

that's awful

[tropic copper]

which ofc can be misleading

[ionic hearth]

are u gonna take loans no matter where u go

[weak valve]

is interest rate better if u have higher credit scroe

mines like 800

[tropic copper]

hopefully I'd be on the lower end since my mom has very good credit

[weak valve]

i dont need loans but jw 😭

[tropic copper]

yes I think?

[tropic copper]

yes

[weak valve]

damn

aid is ass i guess

did u petition cornells?

or appeal

[ionic hearth]

yea

[tropic copper]

Maybe I should just do UMass Lowell or community college 💀

[weak valve]

uh

[tropic copper]

I'd be missing out on hella opportunities tbh

[weak valve]

i wouldnt say cc cuz its a different degree entirely

[ionic hearth]

if u aren't set on bio it's not a bad idea

[tropic copper]

well tranfer ofc

not the whole way through

[weak valve]

id never recommend attending somwhere and banking on transfer

like

[tropic copper]

yeah

[weak valve]

a large reason i have doubts abt cornell and thinking i shouldve picked uchicago or emory is because i have to internal

[tropic copper]

especially since I'm not forced to

[weak valve]

and im going to ultimately drop premed

if i get rejected

[tropic copper]

Some schools have guarteed tranfer programs if you fall within certain requirments

[tropic copper]

yeah

The internal tranfer systems seems like such a pain

Some schools allow you to just fill out a form and you can switch like overnight

[tropic copper]

rip

are u cog sci rn?

[weak valve]

no

im bme

tbf the main reason i get rejected if i do is bc i dropped math this semester

which was a conscious decision

so it is my fault

lol

its otherwise lowkey guaranteed

[winter notch]

Oww bruh

How does transferring from CAS cs to Engineering cs look like?

[ionic hearth]

why do u wanna do that 😭

[tropic copper]

why would you do that??

[ionic hearth]

transferring to CoE is not too bad but you have to get started on the requirements early

[winter notch]

No clue I thought getting a BS in cs might look better tho right?

[ionic hearth]

No

[winter notch]

Or is engineering bad for Cornell cs

[ionic hearth]

it has 0 difference

[ionic hearth]

It's not bad it's just pointless

[tropic copper]

it's CS

[winter notch]

Oh fr?

[ionic hearth]

if that makes sense

[tropic copper]

it's the same major from the same univeristy

[winter notch]

Oh that’s chillin then

I’m ngl idk why I applied CAS

[ionic hearth]

CAS is great

[weak valve]

hard

[winter notch]

I think I misclicked atp

[weak valve]

u just need to be sure ur taking engineering requirements

[winter notch]

but CAS seems to work out now

[weak valve]

ok basically

how internalt ransfer works

the main things they look at:

• ur gpa (that ur actually a good student and arent transferring bc ur struggling where u r rn)
• ur ability to graduate on time (they dont like ppl who need 9th semesters; dont even knwo if they allow a 10th)
• have dabbled in courses within that propsective college/major

[winter notch]

Ah I see yeah that makes sense

Do u happen to know the gpa cut offs for engineering?

[weak valve]

the main difference between eng cs and cas cs is the gen eds and distribution requirements

[winter notch]

Ik Cornell is known for some grade deflation

[weak valve]

cas cs u have to take foreign language

and like 10 lib arts dist

[winter notch]

[weak valve]

eng cs u only take 6 lib arts dist but u lowkey take more math/chem

[winter notch]

Ayo I’d be cooked at that foreign language part

[weak valve]

for internal?

[winter notch]

That’s not soooo bad hopefully

[winter notch]

Yep

(Ofc this is all assuming I’m off the waitlist which I’m 99% sure isn’t happening cuz my original application was so bad)

[weak valve]

its probably like

3.0

cas is 3.0+

idk abt coe

[winter notch]

I don’t think I’d even transfer tbh from CAS

[weak valve]

yeah the dist reqs are something everyone struggles thru

[winter notch]

I’d just live with it at that point

[weak valve]

its a common distaste

its just a BA

vs a BS

which has no impact on anythign

[winter notch]

Hopefully not Ik a lot of people at my state school cringe on BA cs people although I never really looked into it

[weak valve]

employers dont care

its all bacjelors

[ionic hearth]

they're stupid

😭

also its from cornell

[winter notch]

LMFAO maybe atp idek

[weak valve]

arts vs sci is just like

what ur gen eds were in

[ionic hearth]

^^

[weak valve]

which doesnt mean shit

[ionic hearth]

chem vs foreign language

pick ur poison

[winter notch]

Foreign language bro hands down

[weak valve]

yeah lol

[winter notch]

I really never wanna do Chem again that’s a good point

[weak valve]

jp

did i show u my schedule options..

or did u see them

[wild tendon]

Damn how

Did you have a credit card or some shit youve made payments on

[weak valve]

authorized userr

and yeah ive been makign payments on my own credit card for like 6 months now

or 10

[weak valve]

from since i was 11

[wild tendon]

Checks out

I have no idea how to build credit

I may end of taking out a small credit card and just using it for gas and shit

[weak valve]

"small credit card"

uh

to have ur own cc u need to be 18

But authorized user builds credit

Which is basically someone else over 18 usually a parent has a credit card

And they add u as an AU and make payments thru ur name as an AU

which builds ur credit

[mossy flower]

its no difference

the core reqs r all the same

also ur goign to boulder right

why here

[proper junco]

Only on certain cards

For some reason u can be an AU on some cards and not build credit

[weak valve]

oh fr

mine was a bofa

[proper junco]

I’m an AU on a citi but I won’t be able to find out my credit until 18/21

Forgot how old the minimum is for reports

[winter notch]

I’m on the Cornell waitlist so I was curious

[mossy flower]

ah

[ionic hearth]

Wr r the best megathreaf of course

[mossy flower]

trure

[weak valve]

I think u can get report as long as u have an account w the company

[weak valve]

when jp ignores me

[wild tendon]

... i am?

[weak valve]

i never said u werent

it was the setup for explaining what AU is

[winter notch]

LET ME IN

[ionic hearth]

Hi

I was asleep

What did I miss

[ionic hearth]

Ya u did

For this semester at least

[weak valve]

oh

lol

[weak valve]

u mean fall

?

[burnt trellis]

my transfer application Finally came back (as a rejection)

[versed dawn]

hello so if i go rando wit my roommate im not necessarily going to get someone in the same college as me right

and me submitting my housing application now isnt gonna increase the chances of me getting the preferred room type

[weak valve]

yes

[weak valve]

yes

[versed dawn]

🙏

[ionic hearth]

Yeah

[jagged anvil]

did anyone get off waitlist yet?

[winter notch]

Nope

The emails might come out on the 29th

[jagged anvil]

yall i submitted my loci today

am i cooked

[jagged anvil]

ah okok

[winter notch]

No ur not cooked

[deep basalt]

No girl dw I knew someone who didn’t submit a loci and got off I’m lowk convinced it might not matter that much 😭

[white minnow]

stressing over the waitlist ahhh

chat am i cooked

i wanna even out 11 A 11 R

[waxen jolt]

8 + 2 = 11?

[prime oxide]

You clearly have not taken math 101…

[waxen jolt]

?

i'm talking about the dude above with 8A 2W saying he wants to even out 11A 11R

11A isn't ever gonna happen?

[winter notch]

What’s ur other 2 waitlists?

or do u have 9A?

[prime oxide]

im just poking fun, youre right 😭

[waxen jolt]

sry my brain is malfunctioning rn today has been too eventful 😭

[white minnow]

Emory main campus and CMU

[prime oxide]

nah you good, hope things are going alright 😭

[white minnow]

NO I’m sorry it’s +3 W

[waxen jolt]

yeah things are fine dw 😭 eventful in a good way

[prime oxide]

OHHH YOOO NICE

[mossy flower]

w coruse?

[ionic belfry]

My friend loves it

[mossy flower]

bro what kinda course is that

studying mushrooms in poli sci

[restive raven]

@ionic hearth

am i cooked bro

[winter notch]

Epic

[restive raven]

i thought this was basically guaranteed wtf is this 😭

[ionic belfry]

He’s Dyson

“It’s good knowledge if u wanna learn how to get high”-Brian

Lot of quizzes tho lol

[ionic hearth]

what r they

[ionic hearth]

whait

wait

wtf

😨

huh...

[restive raven]

im COOKED

[tardy steppe]

oh man

hopefully ilr is kinder than that

[restive raven]

😭

[tardy steppe]

@restive raven did it say "spacing issue" in your letter

if it doesnt then i think ur ok

[restive raven]

it didn't say that

but we're for 2025 fall

so idk

[ionic belfry]

What’s up

[restive raven]

apparently TO isn't guaranteed

everybody told me it was guaranteed so i thought i was chillin

but that reddit post says otherwise and now im worried

[ionic belfry]

Correct

U just have to meet grade rec tho

Not too hard

Unless it’s since changed

[restive raven]

but the reddit post screenshot i just sent says otherwise

😭

[deep basalt]

Wait afaik from Reddit stalking there has always been like 8-9 ppl per year sometimes less sometimes more who r TO but don’t get in

It’s rare but it’s an unfortunate scenario u sometimes have to prepare for

[restive raven]

noooooo

this is terrible

i dont want to spend 4 years at berkeley 😭

[deep basalt]

it seems like an outlier year so prob won’t happen to u but just maybe prep for the slim chance it happens 😭

[restive raven]

ig i have to

😭

[mossy flower]

bro ur fine

[weak valve]

oh u didnt see my fa24 scjheduel?

[ionic hearth]

i don't think so 😔 i think i only saw ur spring 23 one

[tepid briar]

is the first wave of cornell cas wl actually coming out today or nah

[sick creek]

wait who said that

hopefully tho

[tepid briar]

based on past trends cas normally sends out a likely letter asking if they would commit if they got accepted from cornell wl

the friday before may 2

but god knows if theyll continue it

[sick creek]

oh!!

rahh i cant wait anymore

[tepid briar]

got into 0 t20s and cornell is looking like my best bet 😭

cheaper than nyu as well

LOL

[winter notch]

ffffffffffff

anyone off?

[tepid briar]

last year it was 4pm so id probably wait by around that time

but its a relatively early friday this year so idrk tbh

[winter notch]

Damn

I’m cooked

[jaunty schooner]

waitlists aren't gonna come out at a specific time

plus with all the delays in fafsa and everything, i'd highly doubt it'd move this quickly

and if it does itll be very rare

not meant to doom but its just reality

[tepid briar]

yeahh i was just basing it off past trends but considering the firestorm this year i wouldnt be surprised if they didnt do it this time around

[winter notch]

I don’t think they even reviewed mine yet

I had a link in my LOCI to a project

[ionic belfry]

They don’t Click on links

[winter notch]

They did for one of the guys on collegeconfidential

I assume they are currently reviewing rn for waitlists if that is true

So it’s probably not gonna come out today

[frail minnow]

What does FAFSA have to do with waitlists? Per my understanding RDs will need to decide by May 2 (with or without financial aid info).

[jaunty schooner]

not sure about cornell but a lot of schools have extended their deadlines + asked colleges to extend their deadlien which could delay wl because colleges dont know how many people are committing

[ashen pilot]

@haughty crown 🤞

[weak valve]

idk abt cornell but also like

some schools arent need blind for wl

[haughty crown]

Thank you bae. I’ve been stressing a lot w this wl thing 😞

[ionic hearth]

you guys can do this 😍

[winter notch]

PLEEEEEEASE

SAVE ME FROM COLORADO

[tropic copper]

Honestly I might just do info sci, get into bioinformatics and just go into biotech. Then I should make enough to pay for Cornell

[tropic copper]

this is the only thing that combines bio and money at Cornell

so I think imma try to do this and hopefully have a job in biotech that I actually like which enough money to pay my debt

and avoid PhD

[ionic belfry]

I wouldn’t trust these too too much

Salaries can be higher than expected

[tropic copper]

this is 4 years after graduating from Cornell

from US Dept. of Education

[tropic copper]

wdym?

[ionic belfry]

Like that’s prob the average

Assume u could do better

Like law starting is 220k if u do well

[tropic copper]

oh

I'm not gonna assume I can do better

[ionic belfry]

Lmfao fair

Tho 120k starting isn’t bad

[weak valve]

bro why is bme like 80k

[tropic copper]

If I'm gonna invest 200k+ (if u include interest) in a Cornell education I just wanna have a solid plan to pay it off

[weak valve]

im gonna be so poor

[tropic copper]

And assuming Imma make more than the median is not a solid plan tbh, it's risky

[ionic belfry]

Maybe I’m just used to finance and law salaries but that’s so low

[weak valve]

no i agree no shit

anything below coa for cornell is low

why am i paying coa if i wouldnt even be able to fund it with my salary

😭

[tropic copper]

u need to go to grad school to do anything bio related and be more than peony in bio

[weak valve]

peony?

the flower?

[tropic copper]

pawn

idk

[weak valve]

what

what r u saying

[proper junco]

does cornell offer nucE

[tropic copper]

peon

that's the word

[weak valve]

yeah

wht r u saying

[weak valve]

not as a major

[proper junco]

bummer

[tropic copper]

u need grad school in biomed or bio engineering

[weak valve]

no but whatd u say after

😭

[tropic copper]

most likely

[weak valve]

be more than what in bio

idfk what peon means

[tropic copper]

like subordinate worker

thats what I mean

although it depends tbh

[weak valve]

ok but whats the salary after that

a degree doesnt mean u just get paid more does it

[tropic copper]

Bc I've seen other schools have average salries which are much higher

Cornell's is low for some reason

[weak valve]

well prolly bc it wasnt accredited until like

this year

😭

[tropic copper]

it wasn't?

for biomed?

that's bad if true

[weak valve]

yeah

lol

cs sint accredited either

we dont want u either

[ionic belfry]

Fr

[weak valve]

this aint one sided

[ionic belfry]

Don’t come if u don’t like cornell

[weak valve]

u hate on us we hate on u

😭

[ionic belfry]

UPenn also heavy Wharton skewed

[weak valve]

u j saying shit

without considerati0on of other factors

[tropic copper]

Cornell is the best Ivy

[weak valve]

stfu tf

[tropic copper]

yeha u right

[weak valve]

its just a major ick that ur sole consideration seems to be the website that posts "avg salary post grad"

[tropic copper]

I type faster than I think on discord

[weak valve]

which for 1 is heavily unreliable

since it varies a lot

and for 2 is just not what u should base ur 4 years of experience on

[tropic copper]

Well I'm trying to make a Cornell education feasible for me

[weak valve]

u could make 100k

with an associates

[tropic copper]

But yeah I might be focusing too much on income

[weak valve]

if u want cheap go to cc

[ionic belfry]

U also aren’t choosing the highest paying major

That’s on u kid

[tropic copper]

yeah

[ionic belfry]

And this

[weak valve]

hes gonna be a sellout

watch

[tropic copper]

sorry guys

[weak valve]

also upenn has

a lot of rich ppl

and uh

less people in general

cornell having a shitload of undergrads skews it down

[tropic copper]

yeah UPenn is a different place, I shouldn't have compared them

I only did bc my classmate is going there and we were looking at it earlier

[weak valve]

i j think thats not a big factor

once u have ur acceptances u should be considering ur experience

what u make of ur time in college is what figures ur salary

not what college u choose or what major u choose

u could get a cs bach and be poor as shit

its no guarantee and its not a crutch

[tropic copper]

yeah you're right

All my parents talk about is how expensive it is and how bad our finances are

[weak valve]

then pick a cheap oe

one

😭

[tropic copper]

And all my classmate talk about is making money

it's getting to me

[weak valve]

im j sayingsalary post grad stats is dumb

pick the cheaper school if ur worried abt money

not the most payout of a major

😭

[tropic copper]

sorry for bugging you guys

[elfin thunder]

How is premed going for u

[ionic hearth]

Hi

[weak valve]

Its ok

[ionic hearth]

Is it ever ok

[lament snow]

the premed student who can see clearly enough through the tears to navigate to discord is automatically doing better than 70th percentile

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

i lied

[weak valve]

https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/students/undergraduate-students/advising/liberal-studies/liberal-studies-requirements-students

??

[tepid briar]

isnt there already liberal studies requirements atm though

[weak valve]

yeah but that link is saying its changing for the incoming engineers

like some level of the requirement and how it functions is chanigng

[tepid briar]

ahh icic

[prime oxide]

wait thats scary

thats so scary

[weak valve]

.. i just realized im done w my lib studiesdist

if i stay in engineering

..

[prime oxide]

ALREADY??

how many ap creds

[weak valve]

9

4 lit, 4 lang, 5 spanihs

all count to lib studies

[prime oxide]

right right

is it worth grinding for lit

to try to get a 4

[weak valve]

if u want

personally i just took it

with no grinding

my hs didnt offer the ap course jsut the exam

😭

smth like our humanities r harder than collegeboard

[prime oxide]

oh 😭

thats so funny

i dont know any books tho is the problems...

[weak valve]

the giver

bluest eye

catcher in the rye

those r decent reads

[prime oxide]

ive sorta read two of those

[weak valve]

that can fit like most any prompt

[prime oxide]

maybe i should refresh

myself

[weak valve]

yeah

[tepid briar]

the giver was fire (i didnt take aps)

[weak valve]

before the xam the only studying i did was like

make a list of books i remembered

and skimmed the

sparknotes

..

idk u can literally choose any book uve discussed in class

and itll be relevant

probably

unlesss ur teachers r dog

[prime oxide]

i havent paid attention tho in a while

and i dont care

maybe ill just enjoy the break from eng in college

that way i dont have to study

[weak valve]

i like books

[prime oxide]

valid

[wild tendon]

AP lit was lowk free

AP lang was harder 💀

[weak valve]

lits supposed to be easier

[sick creek]

WAIT huh actyally?

but don’t colleges just take one English credit

[prime oxide]

i did well on lang yet im scared for lit

[sick creek]

so like as long as u take either lang or lit ur fine?

[prime oxide]

but you can get bonus credits for the second

even if not fws

[sick creek]

bonus credits but not for English tho right?

welp i ain’t taking lit

[ionic belfry]

Depends on major

[loud hull]

guys why should i choose cornell

[mossy flower]

cuz it mogs tufts

[loud hull]

im just worried abt the social scene tbh

[mossy flower]

social scene is fine lmao

[loud hull]

nah but like i dont want to be in a frat and have to join a million things to meet ppl

[mossy flower]

u act like theres much to be doin in medford

[loud hull]

plus like there isnt many pre-o options

[mossy flower]

whats pre-o

[loud hull]

i mean boston is 20 mins away by the T

pre orientation

i also dont want to have to find a roomate lmao

[mossy flower]

i dont know what u mean by pre orientation options im ngl

[mossy flower]

u dont need to?

u can do random rm?

fill out the form

[loud hull]

its like programs before regular orientation to meet ppl

[mossy flower]

oh

[loud hull]

ik there is random but im not sure the percentage of ppl who actually do it

[mossy flower]

they send u more stuff once ur committed btw

[loud hull]

bc i dont want to have a bad experience yk

[mossy flower]

but ngl just reach out to random ppl

[mossy flower]

majority of ppl do it

[loud hull]

ooh did u get anything else

[loud hull]

random ym?

[mossy flower]

ye

[mossy flower]

uh theres a bunch of email stuff for info seshes

and some cu on the hill thing to meet new ppl

but the cu on the hill is kinad useless

there is

a cornell 28 discord

that is veyr nice

[loud hull]

yeah im on it rn and the discord

[mossy flower]

and theres also this i got in thing

but u have ot pay

[loud hull]

but tbh not much extra info

[mossy flower]

and i aint doin that

i might pay idk

[loud hull]

yeah the igotin costs money

id only pay if i commit

[mossy flower]

it actually ony like 5 bucks

might have to invest in it

[loud hull]

thats kinda dumb but tbf every school has it

i also j havent met many cas ppl

and i want to make sure the social scene isnt greek dominated

[lavish marlin]

here 😍😍😍

[loud hull]

bc at tufts admitted students day i met a lot more people i fw than at the cornell one

but tbf everyone at cornell days was still nice

it would j require more effort

[loud hull]

ayy what major

[ionic belfry]

Social scene here is quite good

Compared to tufts especially

[lavish marlin]

cog sci hbu

[loud hull]

ive heard its good work hard play hard but it might not be my vibe

esp since i prob wont join greek life and I like more intimate gatherings

[loud hull]

woah sick

im gonna explore econ/math(applied concentration)/linguistics

[ionic belfry]

I’m not in Greek life myself

Lmk if u have any questions abt social scene

It def is work hard play hard

[pseudo tartan]

There are. There’s this 4 day hike I’m going on before o-week. Any enrolled student can do it (unless it’s filled up idk). There are lot of other options too

[ionic belfry]

Odyessy?

[pseudo tartan]

Yeah

[ionic belfry]

Sick program

[pseudo tartan]

Did you do it?

[ionic belfry]

I have a few friends that did

And will be instructors this year

[pseudo tartan]

Have you toured Cornell yet?

[loud hull]

Yeah i toured it last yr, did a weeklong program there over the summer, and also went to cornell days

[loud hull]

wait thats cool, dyk if there are any other programs than odyssey?

[pseudo tartan]

Oh very nice!

[pseudo tartan]

https://scl.cornell.edu/coe/odyssey
Idk, I wasn’t searching for odyssey, I just stumbled upon it, but there are like a dozen adventures to choose from I think. There are a few different locations to choose from and you can do backpacking, canoeing, rock climbing it seems really cool I’ve heard good things.

[manic pendant]

will waitlist offers start on May 2 directly? or later in the month

[ionic hearth]

not for cas 😔

it be like that

[hybrid temple]

Nobody knows

[sick creek]

bruh

[void crown]

waitlisted for cs am i cooked

[weak valve]

💃

[winter notch]

Ya

[limpid horizon]

is it worth transferring from COE to A&S to pursue phys/econ instead of ECE? planning to get a masters in EE/ECE regardless

how are the phy and econ dept at cornell btw

[weak valve]

could always minor in phys or econ

and stay in coe to pursue m eng program

[limpid horizon]

is ece -> mba common?

[weak valve]

yes

cornell has business minor for engineers

which lots take

[limpid horizon]

thanks and oh yeah one last question is it possible to finish m eng in 4 years alongside bachelors and would i be getting the degree by just taking grad classes?

[weak valve]

yes

not sure abt logistics like if ud need classes over breaks/transfer credits

but ik ppl who have done it

[novel bramble]

Are freshman/sophomore level classes at cornell taught mainly by actual professors or grad students/TAs?

[ionic belfry]

FWS

otherwise no

[weak valve]

labs are run by grad TAs

usually

[sick creek]

what’s fws

[ionic belfry]

Freshman writing seminar

[sick creek]

i saw on Reddit this one person said on tiktok @tineocollegeprep that some of his students got off Cornell waitlist already? that’s not true is it?

[ionic belfry]

Not true no

[sick creek]

i don’t have tiktok so im too lazy to check

[ionic belfry]

Hasn’t come out yet

[sick creek]

ahh okay

thanks !

[deep basalt]

P sure it’s cap according to ppl on college confidential

[sick creek]

why would the college prep guy lie?

[lament snow]

skull issue

that's why

[deep basalt]

Views and money

I think back when Ed was happening another college tik toker lied and said northwestern was calling its Ed candidates which were their students and all my friends panicked and then legit all of them got in 💀

[sick creek]

bruh

[sick creek]

smh shame on them

i checked out the guys site and he said he graduated from havarf class of 15 and then upenn then Stanford like HUH

and then i was a bit taken aback why he would want to do college admissions stuff after going thru so much school yk

now even more baffled cuz he lied 😭

[deep basalt]

tbf idk if it’s for sure lying but it’s just like. College admissions ppl def have the incentive to do that

[jagged anvil]

yall i submitted my loci today for cornell

hella late oops

also is 1 1/2 page too long for loci

[deep basalt]

Nah you’re fine that was my friend’s length last year too and he got off

[sick creek]

ur good prob

[rough turret]

does anyone know if waitlist is ranked or nah

[hybrid temple]

It’s by college

[sick creek]

tbh that’s prolly how much i wrote 😭

[sick creek]

they said it wasn’t

[umbral tundra]

hi, i need some help from a recent admit, can anyone dm me?

[ionic hearth]

whats the best sweet food restaurant at cornell

[lament snow]

admit or commit

💀

[umbral tundra]

both is fine!

[lament snow]

if this is something to do w essays i prob can't help i wrote like a fucking psychopath

but err wdyneed

😭

[umbral tundra]

LOLL its not about that it's more about advice regarding someone

and cornell

i'd rather dm if that's alr?

[lament snow]

ok

[weak valve]

wdym sweet food

[ionic hearth]

like desserts and ice cream and pastries and stuff

[weak valve]

paris baguette

theres also like

sweet tooth

and a creperie in ctown

[ionic hearth]

yay

[weak valve]

idk

[ionic hearth]

i think we also have a paris baguette its good

[weak valve]

im trying to avoid sugarry things that i dont need

[ionic hearth]

real

i should probably follow in ur footsteps

but sweet food 😋

[lament snow]

sry random questions

but have committed cornell students received their school email addresses yet

and what’s the default format of like

a cornell email address?

e.g. for brown it’s like [e-mail]

[ionic belfry]

[e-mail]

[lament snow]

oh crap .

ok ty

[weak valve]

With two Ls

[hardy fulcrum]

When will waitlists start moving

[sick creek]

that’s what im sayin

so many schools have already started 😭

[pseudo tartan]

Maybe cornell had 100% yeild 🤩

[sick creek]

nah fr that’s what i was thinking like this yr must be rlly full or smth

[deep basalt]

Wut started alrdy

[winter notch]

Ah shit

I thought it would be today

[deep basalt]

Cornell why do u hate us 😔😔

[sick creek]

other colleges like Duke rice and uchicago etc

[prime oxide]

i rly hope not housing would be a nightmare :(

[deep basalt]

Oh dang rice and Duke started? Ik uchi usually tends to start early

[sick creek]

yup people have been taken off the waitlist already

what school are y’all waitlisted at btw within Cornell

[rough turret]

Me too

[deep basalt]

Cals

[pseudo tartan]

i am a little worried, like i have a theory cornell is underestimating its own yeild. Even with admitting less students ed, theres no way cornell should have increased acceptances this year after jumping 5 places on the us news ranking (im not saying its right students use this to decide where they go to college, but its just a fact)

[winter notch]

Ye I got a feeling they won’t take many people off this year

Let alone for CAS

[winter notch]

kinda unlikely as lots of people applied for it

[patent oxide]

I’m kinda confused on how AP credit works. So as a hotel major I can get exempt from the first year writing seminar due to my 5 in AP comp and lang, but for my other AP courses will those allow me to need to take less gen ed requirements? Or will they only make me need to take harder courses instead of introductory ones

[prime oxide]

we're gonna jump another 5 places dw

i mean ik my anecdote is meaningless but ik of 3 people who got into cornell at my school and they all chose other schools

[wild tendon]

Whos confirmed this

Or is it that one tiktok video

Where he lists like 12 schools

[deep basalt]

no I’m asking if anyone confirmed it started alrdy

That one tik tok is sus af

[wild tendon]

Yeah Ive been obsessing over college confidential and reddit

It doesnt seem like anyones gotten anything

At least ancedotally

[deep basalt]

see my logic is like. Out of those schools there r so many that very rarely pull from waitlist and there’s no shot just thag guy’s students alone have been the ONLY ONE getting them 😭

[wild tendon]

Yeah hes full of shit

[deep basalt]

like he has a limit to how many students he can have ain’t no way out of those kids, just that many happened to be the only ones getting info

[wild tendon]

He said dartmouth too I think

[prime oxide]

actually i have a friend who got a one-day-expiring waitlist offer from uchicago

[deep basalt]

Yea Dartmouth basically never pulls I was like girl what

[prime oxide]

idk if that means anything tho

[wild tendon]

And like 7 other schools

[deep basalt]

ik uchicago pulled but haven’t seen ucsd cornell ucla or Dartmouth tho

[wild tendon]

Especially before may 1st

[prime oxide]

right right

[deep basalt]

Tbf uchicago always starts going to waitlist early

[prime oxide]

fair fair

i dont rly know what happens normally so

[deep basalt]

I’m lowk on peak copium.

[wild tendon]

Emailing AO asking if any family members need a kidney transplant wish me luck 🙏🙏

Gonna give an update and inform them i am the record holder for calculator mario speedruns

[deep basalt]

gonna tell them about how my brilliant plan in senior assassin worked the other day 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

[sick creek]

do yk why that is lol

[wild tendon]

Uwu quirky uchicago

[prime oxide]

i got out today in the unluckiest way possible :(

[deep basalt]

from my guess it’s bc they accept more than 80% Ed so they have p good idea of yield always plus they release results early so I think usually by April they can start guessing how many they’ll pull from waitlist

[deep basalt]

What happened

[winter notch]

That tiktok is hella bs

[wild tendon]

Hopium

[deep basalt]

Delulu is the solulu

I put that as my status on Instagram and someone thought I was being delulu about prom dates like nah bro 😭

[prime oxide]

someone failed to get me so i thought i had a grace period but someone got them so it ended without me knowing :(

[wild tendon]

Lmfao

[winter notch]

Not even Hopium, if someone from CAS got out I’m pretty sure it would be more known than ONE tiktok video

[prime oxide]

LOL

[sick creek]

bruh someone in my school did a promposal and I went all excited to see but was so disappointed cuz I thought a fight was happening

[wild tendon]

Prom lowk overrated

[sick creek]

fr mines this Saturday but im like one of the only people not going

it’s $200 like ppl really have major FOMO cuz wtf?

just hang out outside of prom cuz there’s lame ass food and music

[wild tendon]

Real hardliners dont go to prom, they doomscrool college confidential 🫡🫡

[sick creek]

PERIOD cc is where it’s AT

[deep basalt]

NOOOOO but also kinda funny that’s literally how I got my person out 😭

[deep basalt]

me.

[sick creek]

what schools are y’all waitlisted ppl committing to

[prime oxide]

OH LOL

[ionic hearth]

first initial last initial random numbers @ cornel . edu

for example if my name was ezra cornell

[e-mail]

hopefully that isn't someone's actual email

i don't think it is

[ionic hearth]

😔

[wild tendon]

Ezra cornell rolling in his grave rn with all the junk email

[pseudo tartan]

Where did they end up and what did they want to study?

[ionic belfry]

Lmk if u still have an ap questions

[weak valve]

hi

[weak valve]

it probably is

[weak valve]

and middle initial

and two Ls

[rough turret]

one day is crazy 😭

[ionic hearth]

oh yeah

good point

i don't have a middle initial 😭

[weak valve]

depends on the ap courses

https://sha.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/Hotel-Transfer-Credit.pdf

this link too: (might be slightly outdated)
https://courses.cornell.edu/content.php?catoid=31&navoid=7931

[ionic belfry]

For hotel it’s p specific to us

[patent oxide]

Ok thanks I appreciate it

So basically besides the two exceptions the APs only satisfy free electives

[ionic belfry]

No

They cover distribution electives

Free is v diff

[patent oxide]

Shoot that’s what one of the PDFs said

That’s so much better thank you

[ionic belfry]

Don’t trust that

Hotel is diff

[patent oxide]

Ok

[lament snow]

brown after hitting me with the fucking akim352

what the fuck do you mean i'm the 352nd this shit sucks

[ionic belfry]

Idk if u have access but go to hotelie launchpad

[lament snow]

https://tenor.com/bQlhf.gif

[ionic belfry]

It has the undergrad course audit on there

[lament snow]

i need to go kill the previous 351 akims

this is unacceptable

[ionic belfry]

Shows how much u have left of each thing

And where ur credits go

[patent oxide]

Ok thanks

[weak valve]

um

[patent oxide]

I haven’t submitted my enrollment deposit yet cuz I’m still waiting on fin aid appeal to get processed but I appreciate it

[weak valve]

did u just doxx ur email

😭

[lament snow]

nah

taht's not my email

xd

that was like a diff login idk

i actually don't know what it's used for.

maybe i should figure that out

[weak valve]

u shouldnt

post info like that

even if itd snot ur email it has ur name

😭

[ionic hearth]

REAL some people i know are on like 8 and i'm in the two thousands 😭

[weak valve]

and is probbaly easily searchable in a brown database to find ur shit

[void crown]

is all hope lost for cornell COE waitlist

i’m starting to feel like it is

[delicate berry]

no

I got off CAS waitlist may 2nd last year, and I know people in COE who got off the waitlist even later than may 2nd, hope is definitely not lost, don't worry

[void crown]

🙏

they haven’t sent the waitlist email about the additional paragraph yet tho, so i’m not sure if there will even be movement lol

[rough turret]

whats the additional paragraph?

[weak valve]

loci

[rough turret]

oh they send an email about a loci?

i just submitted it on portal

[void crown]

i don’t think it’s a loci, it’s just a thing where they ask u to tell them why cornell one last time

u can send a loci separately

[sick creek]

fr they started movement/first wave way earlier last year

[ionic belfry]

A week earlier

Things change tho

[sick creek]

didjt they start April 20th last year

[whole lagoon]

Did you get an email about filling out a survey abt interest

A couple days b4

[delicate berry]

yes

as far as i know many people who get that and say yes they would definitely attend end up getting accepted a few days later

[whole lagoon]

Yeah but I don’t think it came this year

I saw a tiktok that said cornel has alr moved very few from waitlist and there will be bigger waves soon

[deep basalt]

Does it happen to be that guy tineocollegeprep

[whole lagoon]

Yea

[deep basalt]

bro istg that guy is the only one saying lists r moving but it seems so sus

[whole lagoon]

Hm yeah ig

[whole lagoon]

I think cas took the most ppl last year so it’s not completely hopeless

[ionic belfry]

April 21

[hardy fulcrum]

Yeahhhh

[winter notch]

And they had like the most applicants so I think it’s not a fair comparison

Compared to other colleges within Cornell

[haughty crown]

Do they start to send out wl notifications right on May 2nd?

[winter notch]

Probably in these next few days if not may 2nd

(Hopefully)

[ionic hearth]

Hi

[grave frost]

oops

is it too late to submit a loci

[ionic hearth]

Probably

But

You'll be fine

[winter notch]

BOIS ARE WE COOKED

[deep basalt]

Chat we might be cooked 😔😔😔

Manifest cooking prepare for being cooked

[prime oxide]

guys if nothings come out yet dw yet 😭

[ionic belfry]

It’s still April

[limpid horizon]

is it likely to get a single if i request one given the housing crisis

[snow hamlet]

its likely

just not 100%

ur more likely than not

[sand hearth]

idk about likely but it’s not impossible

they won’t do forced doubles

[lament snow]

patience comes to those who wait

i know a girl about 8 years older than us who got off of yale waitlist in august

💀

she flipped them the middle finger for that but that's to say like

it can happen at any minute

[sick creek]

did she end up going 😭

[lament snow]

nah

https://tenor.com/bzkeQ.gif

i mean not pictured in that statement is the fact that she was already going to dartmouth

so it's not like she ended up at ball state for himalayan basket weaving

[weak valve]

There’s a housing crisis every year

We’re not special

Its not like sophomores get first pick of omg i want single not a double and then freshmen get screwed

Theres alrdy alotted freshie dorms

With an amount of single

[patent oxide]

Does anyone have any insight on if Cornell will match/consider/look at financial aid offer from Northwestern. I know they supposedly only compare with Ivies but we called last week and they said to upload it anyways. But now I just got my Northwestern appeal back and it’s like 24k less than Cornell but I really want to go to Cornell I just need more money

Sorry I’m starting to lapse into a rant

I’m getting desperate

[ionic belfry]

@sand hearth

Nolan kid

[patent oxide]

Also for further context on our Cornell appeal that is still being processed we noted our special circumstance that our income was cut in half in the last year but the FA officer we spoke to said we’ll need to prove that with a tax return that we won’t have for another month (so if/when I commit to Cornell I’ll have to appeal again then)

[haughty crown]

Good luck

[patent oxide]

Thank you 🙏

[twin orbit]

yo waitlisted engineering people did you get sent what that paragraph prompt you have write is

[cosmic quarry]

not yet

[gritty maple]

nope

they said they'd only send it if they choose to move to the waitlist

so im kinda scared but i think they should send it soon

[twin orbit]

so may 2 at the earliestp

[whole lagoon]

Blud we’re cooked

Unfollow this thread

[wild tendon]

Yeah lowk its joever

[sand hearth]

unfortunately i know nothing about financial aid

i think finaid office is separate from nolan/dyson/jcb admissions

I will say that the dyson/nolan waitlist is probably going to be tapped into much less this year; apparently this year has been record high in the number of confirmations from accepted students at this point in the process

[winter notch]

Yeah no hope for WL maybe they won’t even take anyone off

[void crown]

yeah engineering kids are cooked for waitlist

we not getting off

[haughty crown]

Omg

it’s over

If anyone got into Nolan and wants to give me their spot I’d love you for a lifetime

[patent oxide]

The only non-ivies that Cornell matches are Stanford, Duke, and MIT even though Northwestern is ranked higher than like half of Cornell’s peer schools. I’m cooked