Cornell University (2024-2025)

[vast ridge]

Ah okay 😭

Oh shit, love that

And for freshmen on campus housing is required right?

[tame sandal]

and soph

[vast ridge]

Oh I see, thanks! 🙏

[tame sandal]

fun fax from microbio

[foggy tree]

What's your least favorite thing about Cornell

I love asking that question to people lol

[tame sandal]

class size

i talk abt it a lot

everything else i can get used to

and complain abt with friends

but the class size 1. u cant control it 2. its just how cornell is 3. some ppl actually enjoy it so they can cut

its just like from pre-school to senior year in hs i never had a single class with more than 22 kids

even when i went to programs for summer and stuff like that

its actually terrible

[foggy tree]

Ugh yeah that makes sense

[tame sandal]

like

the food is fine, grade deflation is fake, the walking is exercise + just get a bus pass, transportation u just need apps to figure it out, and dorms u can cope there are 400 other ppl sffering too

education is solid

middle of nowhere is tolerable cuz no one here cares and most ppl end up staying in to chill or study anyways

and worst case u can bus to nyc or syracuse or niagara or just downtown to explore or shop

everything is explainable or fine

but like wtf am i gonna say abt a 700 person class

😭

i guess go to officwehours

but thats not the same

[bronze egret]

For me it’s a love hate relationship with the professional culture

I’m beyond grateful to have the opportunities I have bc of cornell but it can also be SO exhausting

And sometimes hard knowing my friends at like uiuc just party all day

[tame sandal]

lol having class every friday in full business formal wear

😂

[bronze egret]

I prob have to do biz formal 3-4 days a week

[noble cedar]

Oh

[noble cedar]

Damn the frats are crazy

I mean better than rutgers tho

[misty tulip]

probably could have done more academic super curricular projects/prizes
as well as more charity and community engagement, especially considering you're top 1%

[worn hedge]

do different cornell cals majors have different acceptance rate?

[tame sandal]

Probably but it shouldnt be huge

[worn hedge]

thanks

[cosmic relic]

which major are you applying for? Just curious

[uncut sundial]

do u think chem 2090 or 2070 is harder? bc lowkey I feel like people in 2070 be suffering way more

[uncut sundial]

yes because they admit by major

And there are a different # of applicants to each

[uncut sundial]

I like the community of suffering it creates

I can always connect w/ people over suffering through a big intro class like chem 2070

[tame sandal]

2070 goesmore in depth but its hard to assess bc the prof keeps changing

since li is still on medical leave or whatever

[uncut sundial]

yeah the final was so so weird

[tame sandal]

2090 is gen chem 1 + 2 on the surface

2070 is gen chem 1 in depth

[uncut sundial]

ok yeah makes sense

[tame sandal]

but med schools want 1 year usually

so 2070 2080 is better

[uncut sundial]

the prelims were rough with the depth we were required to know

[tame sandal]

how do u expect to get an LOR

[uncut sundial]

enroll in a small class as well

[tame sandal]

u need a LOR from the sciences

theres like no small bio class

💀

ig upper level bio lab if it isnt run by TAs

[uncut sundial]

I was in one small class in the sciences this year

[tame sandal]

what class

[uncut sundial]

but lowkey I prob didnt talk to the professor enough

insect bio

special case

for my interests

dont cry emoji it's a cool class

[tame sandal]

was it easy

[uncut sundial]

the material on exams was easy, the final project was one of the most time consuming things I've ever had to do for a class

but it wasn't hard

we had to make an insect collection

which took a lot of painstaking work to ID, pin, and label 60+ insects

[tame sandal]

like

find

oh

yea no idc how easy A that is im not touching it

😭

[uncut sundial]

yeah this was the class that people were out with nets catching bugs for

[tame sandal]

i need more sgpa boosting classes im cooked

[uncut sundial]

u prob saw some of us

I really hope I never end up in that situation

[uncut sundial]

you sound so desperate for a high gpa I'm sorry 😭

[tame sandal]

i mean

[uncut sundial]

This is why people shit on premeds so much

[tame sandal]

insect bio is entomology

it counts for sgpa

[uncut sundial]

yeah

[tame sandal]

my gpa is fine

my sgpa is not fine

[uncut sundial]

take the bee class

[tame sandal]

1780?

[uncut sundial]

no

bee biology

[tame sandal]

oh the

[uncut sundial]

idk the course code

[tame sandal]

i heard of that one

i have a list

[uncut sundial]

that one is very easy

ENTOM 2030 Honey Bees: Their Intriguing Biology and Interactions with Humans and More

this one is easy fs

or for spring semester ENTOM 2010 Alien Empire: Bizarre Biology of Bugs

heard both are athlete type classes

[tame sandal]

me too

[uncut sundial]

perfect for u

[tame sandal]

lemme find the other entom i looked at

r u calling me athlete dumb

[uncut sundial]

lol

[tame sandal]

💀

say it again

[tame sandal]

what do u know abt entom 2150

[uncut sundial]

oh that's a cool class

not too hard

I'm gonna try to take it next fall bc it's the last time it'll run

Bc Dr. Rayor is retiring

There is a lab aspect where you have to catch and ID spider specimens I think? I dont see it on class roster so maybe it's separate

I don't think it's anywhere near as time consuming as insect bio

If you're interested by spiders and need an sGPA booster I think it's a decent option

[uncut sundial]

Ah ok wait so i think that one is the easy version for non-entomology majors with just lecture so you don't have to work with spiders

[tame sandal]

yeah

cockroach surgery

is as far as i go

[uncut sundial]

U did cockroach surgery?

[tame sandal]

yeah

minor surgery idk

more like snipping its antennae

to experiment with neuronal spiking

[uncut sundial]

I was with a prof he dissected a cockroach and connected electrodes to its nerve ganglii and we listened to its nervous signals

[tame sandal]

yeah

we did that without

killing the cockroach

💀

[uncut sundial]

cool

which lab?

[tame sandal]

cogst 3240

[uncut sundial]

or was that for a class?

ok cool

[tame sandal]

behavioral neuroscience

the cockroach was our first experiment

[uncut sundial]

I wanna take animal behavior next year

[tame sandal]

the other 2 experiemnts were with rats

i think he changes it by semeste rtho

[uncut sundial]

and I think the 2nd class is neuroscience

[tame sandal]

atp bro is gonna major in ansci

[uncut sundial]

animal sci is just bio but for prevets

[tame sandal]

i read that as perverts

im ngl

[tropic bay]

Are demographic quotas based on legal gender or gender identity?

[severe timber]

I’d guess gender identity

But either way I don’t think they have exact quotas/doesn’t rly make a difference for one person

[tropic bay]

Yeah that makes sense, just curious

[uncut sundial]

maybe that too 🤷‍♂️

[lone jasper]

does cornell look at sat a lot

[uncut sundial]

depends

[lone jasper]

on?

[uncut sundial]

The college you apply to

[lone jasper]

what if its like comparative literature

like that part

[uncut sundial]

CALS and I beleive some other college are test blind this year which they have been since covid

check the policy of the specific college within Cornell you're applying to

[uncut sundial]

https://admissions.cornell.edu/policies/standardized-testing-policy
A&S which has comparative literature is "test recommended" so pretty much test optional

[misty tulip]

what's your sat

[slate walrus]

How's student parking here?

[lone jasper]

if its test recommended doesnt it mean its rlly considered & important?

[lone jasper]

lower than a 1500

[misty tulip]

high 1400's? i'd submit anyway

[misty tulip]

it's gotta be good cos it's a tiny town and not a city 😢

[tame sandal]

expensive

[tame sandal]

well the area surrounding cornell is busy as fuck

cuz there are students, grad students (masters, law), the workers for cornell, the professors, the professors families, the professors parents, and then everyone who lives or works in ctown

[tame sandal]

if u bring a car u need to buy a permit thats like $750 a semester to park in the parking lots

u dont need a car as a freshman

u lowkey dont need a car unless u live off campus

but theres this one pay by day parking lot that costs 0.50 a day which is cheap af but theres no guarantee u get a spot

[misty tulip]

ah

[noble cedar]

How low

[elder abyss]

I've taken differential equations and linear algebra, but I never took MVC. To clarify, for Cornell, I would be putting 2 years of Calculus under "What is the highest math class that you will have completed by high school graduation?"

[noble cedar]

Is ithaca literally in the middle of no where

[tame sandal]

no

maybe when u drive like 30 min out yeah

[slate walrus]

im buying a car for college and i live in the city

so 750 / semester is amazing compared to down here

[tame sandal]

i would never use a car if i lived in the city

and i wouldnt use one here bc the gas is expensive, u are rarely going to use it, and u have to pay the parking

but i use one at home bc i live in westchester

and i physically cannot get around without one

[slate walrus]

westchester isnt too bad

[tame sandal]

i cant get around without a car lol

[slate walrus]

im in times square for reference so the parking is abysmal

[tame sandal]

theres no public transport near where i live

well take the train

[slate walrus]

genuinely just awful

[tame sandal]

the train takes u right there

😭

[slate walrus]

ye but having a car is important

[tame sandal]

why

[slate walrus]

it just is idk

[tame sandal]

?

nice logic

[slate walrus]

yeah thats just something thats important to me

idk wat to say

[tame sandal]

then add the "to me"

bc in general it isnt

[slate walrus]

oh sorry

you're absolutely right

[tame sandal]

yeah mb i was talking generally lmao

[slate walrus]

no ur good

i was js like for me personally i want a car

like a desire i have

[tame sandal]

yeah its just i have a 2011 prius

and

i didnt use it much

and it got rlly fucking cold

[slate walrus]

roughhh

[tame sandal]

so my car stopped starting

and

thats too much headache

[slate walrus]

im probably gonna buy a new car

[tame sandal]

so i didnt bring it back

bros loaded

[slate walrus]

naw like

my family doesnt have a car

since we're in ts

subway + port authority + penn station

[tame sandal]

oh

[slate walrus]

but if im somewhere with decent parking ill get a car

[tame sandal]

the bus from cornell goes right to penn

lik,e the gw bridge stop

[slate walrus]

175

are there any from the port authority

if u know

i live 3 blocks away

[tame sandal]

its

googleable if u input ithaca ny to nyc on ourbus

[slate walrus]

alr thx

[uncut sundial]

my dorm lol

[uncut sundial]

you would barely use it at Cornell

My friend has one and he's used it a hanful of time during the semester

[fallow flame]

would a skateboard/longboard be useful at cornell

[uncut sundial]

I guess yeah

idk much about it

it's kinda hilly in parts of campus but ik people who still bike around

[worn hedge]

food science

Wait so are there data for cals applicants by majors?

I’m assuming food sci might be one of the competitive ones

[uncut sundial]

That's a great major. Idk how competitive it is but I doubt it's easier to get in for bc Cornell is like the top school for food science so prob plenty of applicants

Actually I think with a more specific major like that if your ECs fit it well your chances are better

the more niche the major the less applicants and less people accepted for it so no major is like super easy to get in for

[noble cedar]

Hbt weather

[tame sandal]

?

oh i read that as hot weather

😭

[tame sandal]

its p bipolar but its fine if ur used to anything like new england weather

the worst part is the wind

[noble cedar]

I live in nyc

[tame sandal]

kinda cloudy in winter but thats like all of ny

[noble cedar]

And i would like anything but the weather here

[tame sandal]

then why u applying instate

😭

go to georgia then

[noble cedar]

Theres a difference between nyc and ny weather

[tame sandal]

or texas

[tame sandal]

not rlly

its not big enough to consittute a seasonal difference

u said u want nothing like the weather in nyc

[noble cedar]

Have u been to nyc

[tame sandal]

which implies u want it hot year round

i live in westchester i practically daily nyc

nyc is mainly cold (depending on where u r in the city) bc of the coastalness

ithaca is inland but with lakes

[noble cedar]

Nah lol

It only gets cold in jan and feb

Then its hot all yr

[tame sandal]

i didnt say it was cold year round

i said when it is cold

its bc of the coastal winds

😭

[noble cedar]

Yea

Summer is also ass here

[tame sandal]

i know

still has all 4 seasons

and still hits 22 deg F

[noble cedar]

Fair

[tame sandal]

so its the same

as in if ur used to new england ull be fine in ithaca

[noble cedar]

Ithaca should be at least 10 degrees colder no?

[tame sandal]

bc uve experienced all the similar emotions

no

the coldest its gotten so far this yr is liek 20 deg

and honestly if ur living here u get used to the temp p fast and anything 20 - 40 feels the same and only the wind makes it hell

[noble cedar]

Fair

Its also like 5 hrs away from nyc regardless

[noble cedar]

Nah im broke

[tame sandal]

lol im driving back tmrw 🙏

so excited to drive 5 hrs to nyc then another hour to westchester

in the snow

[noble cedar]

It alr snowed in westchester?

All we got is rain

[tame sandal]

no its gonna snow

like

11-7 tmrw

it alrdy snowed in ithaca like 4 times

😂

snow >>>> rain tho

[noble cedar]

Its raining tmrw for us

Only saturday its snowing

[noble cedar]

Word

Also

If you were to pick columbia or cornell

Which ivy will u puck

Pick

[tame sandal]

well

i didnt even apply to columbia

i like their logo and their colors

and thats where the liking stops

😂

i just prefer cornell student phiolophy and vibe

columbia is severely more competitive

less collaborative more head to head

my dad didnt veen let me apply

lol

[noble cedar]

Lmfao

[tame sandal]

cuz he was offered a job there

and he toured

and it was like the worst thing ever

[noble cedar]

As what

Professor?

[tame sandal]

yeah

assistant professor + physician

thing

[noble cedar]

Damn

[noble cedar]

How bad

[tame sandal]

just the profs didnt give any fucks abt the students

[noble cedar]

I didnt apply cause lowkey i think columbia is to liberal and aint fitting me

Rather go nyu tbh

[tame sandal]

and then hearing my columbia friends talk abt it, its clear the students are also very competitive with one another

to the point of like u HAVE to be in the right circles to be successful

whereas cornell people are like always willing to help or offer advice or give notes etc

[noble cedar]

So it’s competitive to get in and competitive on campus

Wack ahh school

Mit lvl ahh school

[tame sandal]

it is not mit lvl

💀

bro did not justsay that

😭

[noble cedar]

In terms of competitiveness it sounds like mit lvl

[tame sandal]

so many abg influencers

LOL

[tame sandal]

mit isnt that competitive

[noble cedar]

90% of abgs go to ucs

[tame sandal]

mit seems more collaborative

[noble cedar]

Oh

[tame sandal]

especially since firstyear is entirely pass fail

[noble cedar]

I mean makes sense cause all of em are geniuses

[tame sandal]

so they play hard

as fuck

[noble cedar]

With international kids

2 rich sons go to nyu btw

Trumps and jack mas

[tame sandal]

cool.

[noble cedar]

Sorry the w means with

Not W

[slate walrus]

i dont really mind, i was just asking if id be able to park it

[vast ridge]

When can I find out about the supplemental essay prompts for co 2030 😔

[vast ridge]

Or is it the same for Cornell each year? Just the ones based on each school?

[lone jasper]

hi thread im here for dyson rd

[cerulean shoal]

dyson 😨

good luck 🫡

[cerulean shoal]

back in like

august?

everyone thought baron was coming here 😭

there was like fake information on sidechat and everything

[lone jasper]

getting touched by yale has made me fairly confident that it would literally be easier for me to get into dyson than like brooks or something

like my resume is too tailored (conincidentally, i didnt touch up my resume too much) to business to do much else and have as much success

and lowkey i like it

so

[noble cedar]

gl

also

how hard is it to transfer from nolan to dyson

[lone jasper]

probably decently hard

dont apply to nolan if you dont want to be there

[tame sandal]

So poong bae

[severe timber]

What do u get from there

[noble cedar]

i applied cause i wanna be there

[lone jasper]

oh

so like is dyson like

just preferable?

if so

transfer to dyson is almost def very hard but dont put too much weight on it

nolan should be fine for most business endeavors and you arent losing too much compared to dyson

[tame sandal]

Bibim udon or jajang

I just got timinged by a 30 and an 81

😂😂

[noble cedar]

yea

i dont mind both

[tame sandal]

Aren’t they quite different in curriculum

@knotty leaf

[severe timber]

Ooo nice

Where is this

I want jjajangmyeon omg

[tame sandal]

wtf no txting

[knotty leaf]

💀 u right

[tame sandal]

morrison

[normal path]

mmmm

stinky.....

mmmmmm

smellllly.....

you text you loose

:))))

[fossil merlin]

huh

[unique musk]

should i start my LOCI's now? i heard they should be submitted around 2-3 weeks after decision release

[charred wasp]

Yes

[kind flame]

CORNELL IM COMING FOR U I ALWAYS LOVED U UR MY #1 NOW

[teal trench]

RD?

[unique hollow]

is that letter of continued interest

[crude creek]

@bronze egret yo i did it

im over 4.0 😭

this is crazy

surely i can get into a club now right????

[fallow flame]

are there any third party political clubs at cornell

[rare steeple]

No wait until mid January

[tame sandal]

I was harassed by jill stein ppl but idt they were students

[fallow flame]

sounds ab right

[crystal marlin]

Does anyone know around when the applicant portal will be updated?

[valid dagger]

wdym

[crystal marlin]

Cause it still shows js the status update

I can't upload any materials or my LOCL

[valid dagger]

i would give it a few business days at minimum, but possibly after winter break

most schools are prepping for RD deadlines so it’s a busy time of year

[crystal marlin]

Got it thanks

[uncut sundial]

yeah is that not normal in the ivies?

[uncut sundial]

Yoooo fire

let's see what I end with

Should get around 4.0

[tame sandal]

Not at columbia

Ik theres another one ive heard of too but i dont remember

[uncut sundial]

I always helped people with chem when I went to the lsc and stuff

Like it's curved but like helping a few people isn't gonna hurt me so why not be generous

[tame sandal]

Im terrified to check my grades

[uncut sundial]

Is there a notification when it's posted?

idek where to find them tbh

[tame sandal]

No

[tame sandal]

Student center -> my academics -> view unofficial report

They get uploaded in waves arnd 2pm daily

[bronze egret]

How tf do u have gpa already

I have none

But congrats bro

[tame sandal]

OMG

I GOT A 60 ON ONE OF MY FINALS BUT ENDED WITH A B+

OFMG

IM GONNA CRY

happy tears.

[crimson token]

CONGRATULATIONS YAYAYAYAAAAAAAAA

[unique musk]

Everyone is giving different answers 😭

[unique musk]

I assume you can email it directly

[unique hollow]

Is anyone here doing Cornell cs

[kind flame]

Yh…

[rare steeple]

Idk I sent my loci to Cornell back then in January and it worked

[lone jasper]

hi cornell here for rd dyson

[crude creek]

yes

[crude creek]

fr my class's curve was goated

[crude creek]

grades r finalized so i just pug into gpa calculator

[bronze egret]

Bruh how

[crude creek]

cs grading is goated

one of m yclasses has like 500 students or sm and it was graded in a day

[bronze egret]

That’s crazy

Tbf my last exam was yesterday so no way I’d get them back that fast

[tropic vector]

Your grades are posted already?

My final grades aren't posted yet, but part one of my biomaterials final was posted and it actually saved my ass 😩

Absolutely flunked prelim one and two, then got a 100 and brought my grade up to an A

[uncut sundial]

I have only one letter grade posted

[crude creek]

yeah

well except one of them but even without a curve i’m at an a

[tropic vector]

How are all of your classes posted

My last final was the 17th

[tame sandal]

U wait

A month or so after decision

So u dont seem reactive or desperate

And thats also arnd when rd is due

So it reiterates urself after the whole early process is complete

Allows u to provide more app updates

Too

Like not much changes in ur app from ed deadline to ed decision

[unique musk]

Got it ty

[tame sandal]

And even then ur updating them actively

[noble cedar]

U got waitlisted cornell?

[tame sandal]

Engri ? I was gonna take that cuz of the easy A lmao

[unique musk]

Deferred

[tame sandal]

I had a final wed and the geade came out thurs

Like the class grade

[tropic vector]

Yeah biomaterials

Theres no curve and the prelims suck, but the final is supposed to be a grade booster

[unique musk]

By this u mean like rack up a lot of achievements to talk about?

[tame sandal]

No.

Update them like normal bruh

😭

But like for my loci i had summer and spring sem plans in place

[unique musk]

😭

[tame sandal]

(Get emt cert during sem and intern somewhere summer)

So i told them

[unique musk]

ah ok

[tame sandal]

Or idk i didnt loci jhu

But

Yeah

Theoretically

Lol

[unique musk]

My parents keep telling me that I should do it within 2-3 weeks 💀

[tame sandal]

Yeah

A month

Is what my counselor told us

Doing it over holidays wont do jack tho

Cuz theyre not in office lol

I did mid jan i think

[unique musk]

Thank goodness I will grind other essays then

[uncut sundial]

You can make a pretty accurate guess even if they're not posted. I did the math after getting some grades for finals and ik my gpa within like +- 0.02

[tropic vector]

I only have grades for one final

[ashen moth]

I am

[tardy trench]

do y'all buy merch from the official cornell store or somewhere else like amazon

[bronze egret]

Cornell store or hype and vice

[tardy trench]

do u think the merch in cornell store is overpriced

[tame sandal]

All college merch is overpriced

[noble cedar]

are the food stores near cornell overpriced or cheaper compared to smth like nyc

[tame sandal]

Meals tend to be 10-20$

Trader joes, walmart, target, and wegmans are themselves idk

The couple asian markets r kinda overpriced but it makes sense cuz theyre smaller business and its intl items

[noble cedar]

ah

ok

[noble cedar]

wegmans is the same price everywhere lol

i work there so ik that

[tame sandal]

Yeah

Thats why i said they’re themselves

[noble cedar]

they price gouge like crazy

[hard gazelle]

Are the dining halls good?

[tame sandal]

Not related

Yeah with yale

[tame sandal]

Yeah

If u ask smth more specific i can give more detials

[tame sandal]

Our waffles aren’t narcissistic

[bronze egret]

Not for college merch no

[severe timber]

LMAOOOO

[kindred harness]

heyy!!

I was wondering if any admitted student could look over my supplements for Cornell please

thank u so so so much 🤍

[teal trench]

Sure! DM me!

[haughty wind]

damn I can’t even choose which school to apply to for cornell

so many great options

[noble cedar]

Yall have good ice cream

Is that true

[unique musk]

It's renowned

[bronze egret]

What r u between

[noble cedar]

Then do cas

[severe timber]

These are very different what

Do u want to go into engineering or business

[crude creek]

nah theyre valid for that

i wanted to do finance or cs and i didnt know

so i literally applied cas cuz u can double in econ and cs

[severe timber]

I think like apply for whatever profile/story ur ecs best build

And once u get in ur free to pursue any path

[severe timber]

Wait are u actually doing double major econ cs

That’s so much work omg

[noble cedar]

What

[crude creek]

yeah

its not that much work ngl

i couldve done a triple in math too but i realized i dont like math

what major r u

[cerulean shoal]

cas mogs 🙏

[cerulean shoal]

yea the math major is like nothing extra on top its crazy

a lot of ppl do cs math phys

[teal trench]

I'm opening to reading essays if anyone wants! First come first serve. I can check it for any school but I'm most familiar with Arts + Sciences

[tropic vector]

Are you planning to study bio and music?

[teal trench]

Primary is bio, but I'm going to take bunchhhh of music classes for fun, to the point where I might as well double major

[tropic vector]

That's awesome

[tame sandal]

Common cas W

[tropic vector]

Almost makes me want to transfer to CAS

[tame sandal]

u should

[uncut sundial]

CALS>>>

[tame sandal]

cals is public

suny

fake ivy

/j

lol the main reason i transferred to CAS instead of CALS is bc i thought id have higher odds of being rejected since CALS has a higher gpa guideline and theyd think im transferring for instate tuition

[rancid geyser]

cas language requirement is kicking my ass tbh

[unique musk]

do like ap languages in HS do anything w/ that

[rancid geyser]

u can test into higher level classes

with the placement exam

[unique musk]

but u still need to fufill it?

[rancid geyser]

i’m not sure ab ap credits tho

[crude creek]

u can also exempt from it

i exempted

ap credits dont do anything

only ur exam does

[unique musk]

ok yea

like exam if i get a 5

[rancid geyser]

yes but if u test into like a 2090 level course u only have to take one class to fulfill the requirement

vs 3

[tame sandal]

whuich lang

spanish?

[teal trench]

hola amigos

[rancid geyser]

yes

[tropic vector]

CALS has a higher GPA requirements than CAS? Isn't it by major when internally transferring, not by the college?

[tame sandal]

i got a 5 on ap spanish lang, u still need to take a placement and ur score on that determines what u get place din

[tropic vector]

Which major is higher for CALS than CAS

[tame sandal]

but u take a diff placement if u got a 5

vs if u didnt take ap

[tame sandal]

bio is what the perosn was looking at

cas is like generally jkjust 3.0+

[tropic vector]

What is the requirements for CAS?

[tame sandal]

cals was 3.5

[tropic vector]

Oh damn

Damn 😭

[tame sandal]

which level r u in rn? or did u just take 2090

[tropic vector]

Wait lowkey might look into CAS then lmfao

[tame sandal]

i took spanish in medicine freshie spring

prof bevia is honestly the best person

[rancid geyser]

literally just 1210 😭

[tame sandal]

shes so nice

spanish in med is considered easier than the other

so try to get it

[teal trench]

Was it difficult given that you already had experience w/ AP spanish?

[tame sandal]

unless u hate talking abt medical topics

[rancid geyser]

yea i wanna try to do the medicine ken

[tame sandal]

yes 😂

[rancid geyser]

since i’m premed

mostly why i’m taking spanish

[tame sandal]

but it was just overall review and intensive grammar

[teal trench]

😭

[tame sandal]

so much grammar

it was also just a lot of work

[rancid geyser]

i tested into 2090 french but it was too hard and switched to spanish after 1 class LMFAO

[tame sandal]

we had a project ongoing the whole semester

where we were partnered with a student in colombia

and we'd meet with them every other week on google meet

like

week 1 : send email to them talking abt the topic
week 2 : google meet talking abt the topic

week 3 : email + reflection

week 4 : google meet

etc

[rancid geyser]

jesus

[tame sandal]

the whole semester

the WHOLE semester

i also did two partners

bc 3 ppl dropped the class

and professor begged for more ppl to take on another partner

[rancid geyser]

the language classes are so much work

[teal trench]

did you get extra credit

[tame sandal]

and on top of that there was daily hw

or like every other day hw

cuz it meets MWF

and the grading is also quite heavy on participation

but i got an A- despite CHOKING on my final

it was very bad

it was a final presentation and i blanked

i said nothing

my partners were like wtf

[rancid geyser]

off topic but were u in orgo this semester

cus why have they still not put in like any of the grades on canvas yet

[tame sandal]

wait i have like whole lore
i had alrdy accepted the 2nd partner but then i realized my grade on the grammar exam was dog shit and that it hadnt improved from the previous one
and drop deadline was upcoming so i said i want to drop and asked for extra credit if possible
she begged me to stay saying i can improve and meet with her but that she cant give EC but she'll consider my extra work and effort in my end grade

i theoretically shouldve ended B+ or B i think

so she def bumped me

[tame sandal]

did u use AP to cut gen

[rancid geyser]

no i took classes full time at a college in my town my senior year, did all of gen chem and gen bio

[teal trench]

damn wait that's sick

[severe timber]

oh also cs in cas but idk if ill stay😭

[tame sandal]

ah i see

i was in orgo lol

my bad i forgot to answer

😭

i did dog though

it is not gonna be good

[rancid geyser]

i did so bad 😭

[tame sandal]

im expecting B B-

but um

💀

its ok

i also took the orgo lab this semester 😂

[rancid geyser]

like how are they gonna curve it is what i’m confused on

like how much

[tame sandal]

i think median is curved to B

[rancid geyser]

HELPP i dropped it day of drop deadline

spring semester run it back!

[tame sandal]

my friends all ditched me.. after p1

i think i fully got lower than them and i stayed

[rancid geyser]

me

[tame sandal]

so they probably will take median from each exam and input that along with the hw and whatever then edit stuff to make the median a B if it isnt already

[rancid geyser]

i got like a 50 and met with kinsland to ask if i should drop and she was like ummm ur a freshman why the fuck are u in my class like i would usually say to stick it out bc u didn’t even do that bad but u have time

so i dropped

[tame sandal]

yeah

[rancid geyser]

ah i see

[crude creek]

whynot

[tame sandal]

there r plenty of jr and sr in the class

[crude creek]

courses too hard?

[tame sandal]

its lowkey even early for soph

but i stuck it out and my gpa is gonna pay

[severe timber]

yeah im lowkey struggling idk what to do😭

[rancid geyser]

it’s just evil that there’s TWO prelims

for a lab

[crude creek]

which course

i can tutor cs trust

[rancid geyser]

i lowkey thought the final for orgo wasn’t that bad

[crude creek]

can also tutor writing

[tame sandal]

it wasnt bad but i thought it was wednesday instead of tuesday

[severe timber]

lemme dm u

[tame sandal]

i got cooked by poor time management

[rancid geyser]

oh noooo

he did cap ab it being 50/50 tho

[tame sandal]

dude it was all the new stuff

[rancid geyser]

it was like 70% new material

[tame sandal]

nothing was from p1 or p2

[rancid geyser]

LMFAO

[tame sandal]

no naming

at all

[rancid geyser]

NO YA

THAT WAS CRAZY

[tame sandal]

ir was like all new and p3

[rancid geyser]

yup

[tame sandal]

with some S/R but like thats just holistic

[rancid geyser]

yup

[tame sandal]

no chair

😭

whatever

[rancid geyser]

ya and the page on sn1 sn2

singular page

[tame sandal]

ik i didnt get below a B- in either orgo

so

thats good enough i guess 💀

worst case i grind a bunch of easy A bio

[tame sandal]

GUYS.

COURSE GRADE: A+

REASON: Your exams are in the A+ range and your assignments are also very good. So I am giving you an A+ for the semester. Congratulations, as I give very few A+s (no more than seven or eight in the whole course).

GUYS

im gonan cry

[uncut sundial]

wait how I thought everyone in CAS had to do it?

[crude creek]

u can case out of it

[uncut sundial]

ah ok

[uncut sundial]

yo W what class?

[tame sandal]

Cs 1110 💀

Stop ik its not crazy 😭

[uncut sundial]

wait that's crazy to get an A+ in such a huge class tho

[tame sandal]

But i rlly needed this A+ for my personal validation cuz ive been dying in demotivation

😭

Needed tonknow i can actually do smth if i try

[uncut sundial]

congrats

Do u know if 97+ automatically A+ in FWSs?

[tame sandal]

Depends on the sylly

[uncut sundial]

bc ik in some classes the cutoff is determined by prof

[tame sandal]

Some dont give A+

But generally yes it should be

[uncut sundial]

Really hoping mine does bc I scraped by w the 97 somehow thank god

[lilac heart]

I don't want to sound like someone who does no research but I'd like to hear people's opinions, getting into a conversation puts my brain into work

What is cornells arts and sciences department really good at, known for, what you like about it

I'm applying Cs to arts and sciences.
Hoping to take alot of different stuff

bout to write 650 words in 1 hour

[haughty wind]

wallahi each school has something that attracts me like offerings n resources

so im between all of them

im officially cornell simp now

and proud

[radiant oasis]

can someone tell me about the nexus scholar?

[bronze egret]

Wdym?

They’re all quite different

If you rly don’t know which, do CAS

[tame sandal]

Honestly i love the gen eds

The ickiest one is foreign lang but foreign lang still teaches u a lot plus i was basically alrdy done cuz i tested to the last level

But rhats what cas is known for ig

Housing the largest variety of majors with high flexibility

And its never rlly shat on as an “easy college”

Yeah some of its majors are shat on but no one is like “ew bach of arts yall suck”

[fossil merlin]

Nah bro I need to do that too

[spice island]

does the major u apply for affect ur admission??

[bronze egret]

Depends on college u apply to

[spice island]

environmental engineering?

[bronze egret]

Nah engineering doesn’t admit by major

[spice island]

ohk thanks

[bronze egret]

You officially declare major within engineering as soph

[spice island]

what if i apply for environmental science

instead of engineering...will it inc my chances?

[bronze egret]

Within cals?

You would be admitted to cals not engineering

Or if you do it in CAS

[radiant oasis]

what about cas?

[bronze egret]

Same for cas

Its more like ilr, Dyson, hotel, brooks that do

The more specialized ones

[tame sandal]

and cals

and humec

literally everything other than eng and cas

[tame sandal]

there is no enviro sci in engineering college

its called environmental engineering

if ur talking abt the one within cals, u would need to submit a major transfer form

which may or may not be accepted

[radiant oasis]

If colleges not admitting by major what’s the purpose of asking what major u intend

[tame sandal]

so u can write a why major essay

[radiant oasis]

Mhm, which ones better overall? Admitting by major versus not admitting by major

[tame sandal]

i prefer not bc it gives u 2 years of breathing room for flexibility

and u can literally choose anything in the college

but if ur majors in a college that admits by major

its unavoidable

cuz like eng and a&s dont rlly house the niche mjaors

[bronze egret]

Rly depends on person

Like for me I prefer admitting by major bc I meant I took relevant classes immediately

Whereas Ik a lot of biz kids at other schools that don’t start until soph year

[tame sandal]

eh

cas and eng u start ur relvant classes immediately

unless ur defining relevant as major specific but thats bc of pre-reqs not bc of lack of allowing you to

[bronze egret]

At a lot of unis u gotta do geneds then major courses

More referring to that

[tame sandal]

clown unis

[radiant oasis]

Oh I meant like in terms of being accepted

[tame sandal]

yeah

[knotty leaf]

WHY ARE U TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

[tame sandal]

i drive a tesla

it was hands free see

[spice island]

now how old r u

[tame sandal]

i was joking its a 2011 prius

😭

im 19

[spice island]

💀 driving but vibing ic ic

[tame sandal]

i was replicating his photo

😭

[tame sandal]

im just now realizing ur photo was at 0mph

this is an error in judgment

[spice island]

ay u r at cornell, do you know any indians who came with the 'tata' scholarship

[tame sandal]

no

idk many indians to begin with im east asian lol

very different circles

[spice island]

diversity? dont u all like have diverse frnd grps

[tame sandal]

no

[spice island]

or is there groupism out there

[tame sandal]

u can but i dont

ive noticed a lot of races tend to stick together lol

[spice island]

bruh whats the point of going abroad then

[tame sandal]

im not intl

[spice island]

oh!

[tame sandal]

but the intl east asians i know

are 90% friends with other east asians

bc they want someone they can speak mother tongue with and travel with etc

[spice island]

so like does everyone celebrate each others festivals??

[tame sandal]

u can

the cultural events arent exclusive

[spice island]

mm valid but wierd ngl

[tame sandal]

maybe its an east asian thing

we dont like mixing lol bc we're racist

💀

[spice island]

🫂 going in my why NOT cornell engineering

[tame sandal]

east asians r known to be cliquey

its a thing

😭

i didnt say cornell

i said east asians

but ok bro

[spice island]

fr dw east asians arent the only ones

[tame sandal]

ppl just associate with their own race

its an actual psychological thing

from birth

but it doesnt mean there are no mixed friend groups lol

like rileys group is very mixed

and in high school my friend group was like diversity cover image

[spice island]

mixed grp would be so cool

i am out here with different shades of brown

😭

[tame sandal]

i prefer my group now to the one in hs

but there could be many different factors like psychological things or just the diff type of ppl/bond formed

[spice island]

ah valid, vibe matching is imp

cool thanks fun talking to u, ima go write my supps now

[tame sandal]

lol

but also its not like we were like

"i only want asian friends"

it just happened and we realized later and were like oh thats interesting

😭

its not a conscious thing its just no one thinks abt race in the first place

[spice island]

😎 nah i have an anti bias, i dont want 50 shades of brown as my frnd grp

[tame sandal]

g4u

[spice island]

y did u choose cornell

[tame sandal]

cuz my parents made me instantly commit for prestige

i like it here tho

but if im being honest thats why

😭

[spice island]

😭 couldn't be more honest

[knotty leaf]

LMAO

[tame sandal]

i have pics going 90

💀

but its cuz theres no cars in upstate ny

[bronze egret]

Mine is relatively mixed

2 white, 3 Asian, 1 Hispanic, in my main group

All American tho

All Chinese tho

[noble cedar]

Thats everywhere

[uncut sundial]

I thought it'd be like that but people tend to stick w similar people a lot

[tame sandal]

It helps u feel more at home

I guess

[noble cedar]

what are the majors at nolan, like specific majors there

[bronze egret]

All hotel admin

Just like Dyson is all applied Econ

There r specializations tho

Finance, data analytics, food and bev, etc

[noble cedar]

do they count as a "major"

[bronze egret]

No

Its a specialization

Same for any other school at cornell where it’s all the same overall major

Like Dyson and ilr

[noble cedar]

ah

[bronze egret]

Basically means u just do advanced coursework in whatever u want

On top of normal curriculum

[noble cedar]

so all of them basically get a degree of bachelor of science in Hotel Administration?

regardless of specializations

[jovial dagger]

🌽 ell

[winged rover]

is che one of the easier schools?

[bronze egret]

Yeah

[tame sandal]

What r u even asking

😭

If ur guaranteed A?

If ur che?

Or r u asking abt if theres core and if those are hard

Or like

What

[winged rover]

sorry shouldve clarified; is it one of the easier schools to get into?

[tame sandal]

If ur nys yeah

[winged rover]

if not?

[tame sandal]

Otherwise no

Theyre all the same for oos

theoretically

But statistically yes che and cals have higher acceptance rate but its inflated by an unknown specific due to instate

[haughty wind]

im very much of an undecided major 😭

is the internal transfer easy at cornell?

[rancid geyser]

depends

i’ve heard transferring into more selective schools like dyson is hard

a lot of people try to do that

[haughty wind]

ahh

my ec’s fit more into business, and the supplemental essay ideas are great as for hotel business specifically. but I wonder whether the competition is crazier there

[upper sequoia]

As an A Level student who took pure maths, what should I put in the highest maths class section?

[noble cedar]

Hbt transfer from smth like nolan or cec to cas

[rancid geyser]

would be much easier i think

as long as u keep ur gpa up and have a good internal transfer app i think it wouldn’t be too bad

[rancid geyser]

if ur passionate about hotel i would say apply to the hotel school for sure over dyson

[tame sandal]

To cas is easy

Due to the lack of hard requirements by a certain semester

Nolan and humec harder but doable

Its not rlly abt the selectivity of the college

Tbh

But yeah dyson does have fewer seats

[noble cedar]

What is genuinely more harder and more competitive

Dyson or engineering

[rancid geyser]

hmmmmm

dyson is def more selective

acceptance rate wise

[bronze egret]

Depends

[tame sandal]

Engineering and cas are like equal AR

[grim lintel]

how about instate CALS

[tame sandal]

Well obviously its higher

Cals is like inherently higher

Cuz of the instate

If ur asking what the number is idk

[noble cedar]

which ones are the highest

nolan and ilr?

[tame sandal]

No

Cals and uumec

Humec

Bc instate

The stats are probably googlable idk jack abt dyson Nolan and ilr

[cosmic relic]

honestly, i wouldnt even base admissions off acceptance rates anymore

a friend of mine with great stats got outright rejected

[tame sandal]

^

factor of luck

[rancid geyser]

omg final exam grade for orgo out

[valid venture]

my friend is asking if there's any group chat for cornell '29

it woul dbe great if you could ping me pls!

[tame sandal]

There’s Server

[valid venture]

could you send me the link, and ill forward it to my friend

[tame sandal]

Dming

[hazy herald]

Is it worth it to do rotc just for the free tuition

Can I also join 29 server

[tame sandal]

dming

[tame sandal]

i mean isnt free tuition a lot of money

but my friend in naval rotc had to wake up early like out by 5am almost every morning

and had to maintain above a certain gpa or something

[hazy herald]

Even if it’s like in engineering where grade deflation go brr?

[tame sandal]

yeah

she was engineering

is engineer*

its like a 2.7

she was stressed abt it i think she was quite close

idk her well enough to ask anything tho so if u have questions probably ask in server 😅

[hazy herald]

Is 2.7 a B- avg

[tame sandal]

yeah

engineering it is quite common to have cerca 2.8-3.5

[hazy herald]

How much of a life did she have

[tame sandal]

especially in her major she was BME

idk

i got my booty out of bme asap

😭

[rancid geyser]

i thought they don’t always give full ride

[noble cedar]

can i also join

or must be cornell admits

[unique musk]

it must be admits i think

[noble cedar]

oh

damn

[tame sandal]

it isnt must be

but no ones gonna talk to u

💀