Cornell University (2025-2026)

[ruby valley]

Wtfff thats insane

[hazy osprey]

Ca you submit a research abstract/paper to the Cornell portal?

[loud solstice]

there are places to upload optional supplemental documents as a PDF on the portal

idk how much they actually look at them but i did upload a paper

[hazy osprey]

Resume was the only one

So I submitted that

[lone needle]

how long after u submitted just the app part did u get the portal

[hazy osprey]

You can't submit anything else through the actual common app portal

[loud solstice]

like on the actual cornell portal

there are places to submit

[hazy osprey]

Oh yeah

On the portal yes

but sometimes they don't want you to right

like can i submit my entire paper

or abstract or what

No guidelines

[loud solstice]

thats what i did

i just uploaded an entire pdf of my entire paper

[hazy osprey]

Entire paper?

[loud solstice]

yhea

[hazy osprey]

Okay dam

Alright bet

thanks

[tardy forum]

for some ppl

they extended until march…

so its confirmed extension..?

[potent pond]

Its not an extension theyve said it from the start

Its on the website that supp materials are due jan 16

Personally i never risked it with my unis

but go ahead

[lone needle]

including the essays right?

[potent pond]

I mean look at that persons ss im assuming so

Again personally id never so im not gonna advocate for pushing ur submission time

But im saying it seems like the deadline is the 16th

[hot glen]

Be specific and be unique

[lone needle]

okay thanks

[spice gate]

like <1 day

[plucky bolt]

im trying submit my css profile but i corrected the thing and i need to wait 24 hrs but in my timezone its alr past 1/2 (deadline for fin aid stuff) what do i do 😭

[manic dock]

where did u see this? Is this the portal?

[hazy osprey]

yes, the portal

[tardy forum]

submit it

stop wasting time

[manic dock]

Oh ok. Is it asking you to upload the reserach paper or abstract

[hazy osprey]

No, it is not

[manic dock]

oh it's just supplemental info

[plucky bolt]

it doesnt let me submit

[wild python]

Done with ts

[hazy osprey]

yah

[manic dock]

Also. My school doesn't open until the 5th. My counselor can't send his recommendation and transcript until then but I submitted my common app. Is that ok?

[wild python]

I think supplemental materials are due later

So you should be fine

[manic dock]

oh ok thx

[wild python]

Do some extra research though and don’t take my word for it

I could be wrong

[manic dock]

I'll check but most schools I applied ea to allowed for them to be submitted a day or two late so I'm guessing it should work

[velvet lark]

does anyone have tips for ending the why cornell engineering essay?

[manic dock]

Maybe write a conclusion sentence saying why you would love cornell engineering based on what you wrote in your essays

[potent pond]

^

tie it neatly, its a nice place to name drop something cutesy and general yet relevant

or unique /specific rather than general

[plucky bolt]

^ anyone?

is cornell generous with deadline 😭

[quick sky]

is ts fr?

[potent pond]

i mean its not like u can help it

id email explaining

[potent pond]

the website says 1/16

[plucky bolt]

imma email them 😭

[potent pond]

yeah its better safe than sorry but im sure theyre fine w it

just submit as soon as u can

cornell isnt columbia

[plucky bolt]

i didnt get my portal yet so i dont have an ID
do i just email them?

[potent pond]

yeah

u can give ur name and ur CAID

make sure u use the same email

[lone needle]

i'm pretty sure cornell writing supps are actually due today

[spice gate]

bruh

[lone needle]

fin aid is due february 15th

[spice gate]

well then why does it say ts on the portal

[lone needle]

i think that includes css

[plucky bolt]

im not domestic

[lone needle]

i have no clue what school did you apply to

[lone needle]

international too

[spice gate]

cas

idt it matters

[lone needle]

ohh

wait ur right nvm

i think international is ude today

[lone needle]

yea it might not then

[plucky bolt]

https://finaid.cornell.edu/first-year-and-transfer-students-international

its says jan 2

idk if im tweaking

[spice gate]

the portal says 16 broo

i could prrroob finish td but like

[lone needle]

yea it does idk why

[stiff otter]

worth hitting yes? 😂

does it have any impact

[lone needle]

you have to write essays i'm pretty sure if you click yes

[stiff otter]

isn't it just the same essay for the school of business

[lone needle]

also for the physics question if you're planning to take it later in 12th grade would you click 12th or click i have not taken physics in high school

[lone needle]

no i think it asks you if you speak spanish and where you have travelled to and why and stuff

[stiff otter]

oh

weird

its ok i won't do it

[lone needle]

i'm not sure

just click yes and see quickly

[spice gate]

bro thye cant penalize if they literally say its due the 16th right

brooo FUCK ok ill just submit it td wtv

[potent pond]

lol as i said id never have risked it

[loud solstice]

i have a really interesting proposition

what if we submitted essays 24 hours BEFORE the due date ?

[potent pond]

but i argue 65% certainty cornell extends deadline.

cuz im still angy

[potent pond]

see thats some big brain thinking

i personally have friends who submitted in february

and it makes me angry'

but we all ended up in the same place so it aint matter ig

[spice thicket]

how

[potent pond]

cuz my year they extended

[spice thicket]

to Feb???

[potent pond]

yeah

[spice thicket]

why so late wow

[potent pond]

it was like +2-3 weeks for the commonapp submission

then until mid feb for the writing supps

[spice thicket]

damn

[potent pond]

idk why

idk if i dont remember or if i never knew but i dont care

that was like

3 years ago

[spice thicket]

ya fair

you changed the misspelling of Cornell in ur name

[spice gate]

i was arguing w my mom just now cuz i want the time to make them better and she was like no eliminate the risk

[unborn niche]

i think they did it on purpose 😭

[spice gate]

anyway jae thank GOSH u reviewed my essays yesterday and today

holy cooked otherwise

[steel swan]

where do we order?

[spice thicket]

yes Ik but it was spelt Better beforehand

[spice gate]

my bad

[potent pond]

i actually have not touched it

[spice gate]

bro what

[spice thicket]

did you get a deadline extension

[junior kayak]

Do you have the promo code?

[steel swan]

i’m not sure

where do u check

[potent pond]

if i recall correctly, they posted a link in the cornell server once it was out

and thats how i got mine

u go to the link and input ur email

[spice thicket]

oh

[potent pond]

or something

[steel swan]

the discord?

[potent pond]

they might email u the link

[potent pond]

yeah

[spice gate]

no, the portal says essays are due jan 16

but the website says 2nd

so_fried

jae dyt i can finish td i have like4 hours

[steel swan]

do u remember which channel

[junior kayak]

I got my code in the summer orientation CANVAS

You're going to have to wait a bit

[steel swan]

wait what’s that😭😭😭

i didn’t get a canvas

[junior kayak]

Youll get enrolled in CANVAS for summer orientation

You wont get it until summer comes

[steel swan]

ohh okok

thanks!

does cornell do an admitted students week

[junior kayak]

I was admitted RD and that's how I got it. If youre in the Cornell discord they'll definitely post an announcement if it comes early

[junior kayak]

Yes

[potent pond]

its like 2 weekends

in april

[steel swan]

oh okok

[potent pond]

with the same events on sat and sun

so basically 4 diff days u could go

[steel swan]

will we get more info once rd is out

[potent pond]

yes

[junior kayak]

Yeah

[potent pond]

absolutely nothing comes out before rd

[steel swan]

okok!

[potent pond]

cuz theres an entire half the class

[lone needle]

see i would do this but the fact that i did all 7 in like 40 minutes doesn't help 😭

[potent pond]

i say relax until march ong

[junior kayak]

If you haven't toured Cornell admitted students events are a good way to see the campus

[potent pond]

let that senioritis hit you

[lone needle]

did you not start any

[potent pond]

yeah

like

u have things written theoretically u could just submit

no ones stuff is god tier

[junior kayak]

No Cornell extension given this year?

[potent pond]

and my edits are things id have done in my writing, im not an AO idk what theyre looking for maybe im wrong

[steel swan]

i’m scared my grades are gonna drop😭😭

[potent pond]

they announce it after the deadline when they grant one

[junior kayak]

Oh

[potent pond]

below B?

[lone needle]

can someone just review the 3 words i picked 😭

[steel swan]

prob not

[potent pond]

whatd u pick

[potent pond]

then ur fine

[lone needle]

can i dm?

[potent pond]

yeah

[lone needle]

i sent it

[spice gate]

no i basically finished just minor edits

[lone needle]

ohh okay that's good

[spice gate]

frfr i can just be nonchalant and confident

in my ECs and stats

but ill just work till like 11:30

[glad swift]

You could also pop it as a citation into your resume with a doi link they can follow if they wanna verify--more succinct that way. That's how I did it at least

[spice gate]

ope

[open bobcat]

yippee

[spice gate]

nicee

[lone needle]

for the 'What brings you joy?' did you guys do something that actually brings you joy or something that's a little academic

[open bobcat]

something joyous

[glacial swift]

Won’t do much

[potent pond]

back in my day

i wrote about smth not mentioned elsewhere for that college's application

like if i didnt have the chance to mention i like reading

and lit

i added that

if i didnt have the chance to discuss i like coding i mentioned that

just some essay recycling

[hot glen]

I wrote about what I genuinely do for fun lol

[potent pond]

if i were more cracked in stats

[open bobcat]

yeah same

[hot glen]

Songwriting

[potent pond]

id probably have had shits n gigs

but i was terrified

so

[hazy osprey]

yeah

[lone needle]

this is kind of what i did

[potent pond]

yeah u wanna show wellroundedness

imo

at least for cornell.

we dont want robots here

[open bobcat]

i wrote about how i like to stargaze in different places of the world

[potent pond]

tho im sure we have a shitload of robots

[loud topaz]

i’m so heartbroken abt cornell cals essays bc they’re so Nothing burger.

[potent pond]

i wrote my best essays when i stopped giving shits

best in my opinion

maybe AOs hated them

[open bobcat]

can u ask cornell for your admissions file?

[potent pond]

no

[open bobcat]

o

[potent pond]

i tried

[loud topaz]

Community essay was fun but since it was so refined bc I had so much time it lowkey is not reflective of my voice at all

[potent pond]

show not tell 🔝

[open bobcat]

yeah ong the essays you spend the least amount of time on are your voice the most

[loud topaz]

Real asf

I love my Columbia adversity essay for this

[potent pond]

my uchicago essays were on crack

[velvet lark]

what did you guys put for the three words that best describe you?

[open bobcat]

thats why im going to start writing my northwestern essays right now so i make sure i dont have a lot of time

[open bobcat]

i put 3 words that describe me

[potent pond]

😭

valid

is bro gonna steal ur words or smt 😭

[lone needle]

wasn't northwestern due yesterday or today?

[open bobcat]

today

[velvet lark]

i-put, 3-words, that-describe-me

[lone needle]

oh

[open bobcat]

i live 20min away from it and havent visited it officially and they do demonstrated interest im cooked 😂

[spice gate]

hmm my stats r p good.............ahh im nonchalant ab these essays

[open bobcat]

thief, goblin, robber

[spice gate]

so real

[potent pond]

my fav essays were

why open curriculum for brown and something about personal challenges for duke

[spice gate]

wait why is this real

[potent pond]

and then ofc uchicago

[loud solstice]

i think cornell were my favorite essays because this was the only school i cared about 😭

[spice gate]

..

[loud solstice]

i halfassed all my other essays

[open bobcat]

my friend wrote about terraria and got into mit and wrote about a tree and got into uchicago 😭

[potent pond]

bro likes plants

[loud solstice]

i wrote about minecraft for my cornell community essay 👍

[lone needle]

wait so is css due today too

[potent pond]

i wrote about discord servers for my personal statement.

[loud solstice]

😭

[spice gate]

yoo twinning

but not for ps

[lone needle]

how did you write 650 words about this? 😭

[loud solstice]

yeah i wrote about minecraft and discord servers for my community essay

[spice gate]

wait if i say like discord like explicitly will thy not look down on it

[potent pond]

it was about a coup i staged in an online community i was a part of for practically my entire HS life, it was my biggest EC too

[loud solstice]

i said discord explicitly

[lone needle]

ohh

[potent pond]

and then i discussed how i applied what i learned

[spice gate]

we are actually twinning

[potent pond]

to not be as rash

[loud solstice]

WHAT

I DID THIS TOO

[potent pond]

i picked the prompt of talk about a time you failed

[lone needle]

must be the next shakespeare 😭

[loud solstice]

bro i led a coup on my school's discord server

[spice gate]

mmk

[open bobcat]

shakespeare + fgli hispanic

[loud solstice]

dude this is crazy

[potent pond]

id argue mine was objectively more embarrassing

it was in an online community for a kids game

[loud solstice]

😭

[potent pond]

also my ex joined the server once and saw me describing it during hs senior year and he recognized me from my PS topic

this server*

[loud solstice]

oop

[potent pond]

so that was lovely

[spice gate]

1 sentence horror

[lone needle]

bro lowkey can someone quickly read all my essays in like 5 mins and give quick feedback i'm getting kind of scared now 😭

[open bobcat]

ping them rn

[potent pond]

i think they left

they blocked me on 5 platforms

[spice gate]

jae and alch are here to save the day

[potent pond]

when i ignored their dms

[loud solstice]

sure u can dm me

[potent pond]

i down

[spice gate]

and nyixos

[loud solstice]

theres like 5 ppl from my hs in this server 💀

[lone needle]

okay ill dm you both then

[lone needle]

i didn't even think it was this popular

[potent pond]

isnt dhruv a super common name 😭 tf

they racist

[lone needle]

yea

[potent pond]

NAH THEY CONFRONTED U IRL

😭

lmfao

helppp

[loud solstice]

my friends bring up my a2c shit as well 💔

[potent pond]

NO

[open bobcat]

i wonder if admissions officers are in this server

[potent pond]

there are

mit petey is in ehre

[plucky bolt]

yay js submitted apps

[spice gate]

yay

[plucky bolt]

gonna submit my supps tmrw since they give time till jan 16

[potent pond]

what if they dont

[plucky bolt]

?

dont scare me 🥺

[spice gate]

oh yea we were talking ab ts

the website says jan 2

[plucky bolt]

will they disqualify me for ts?

[spice gate]

so i decided to just do it td

please can we just be clear collegs 🙏

[spice gate]

i think prob not but might as well eliminate the risk

but if u have like no essays i woudl personally just go till jan 16

i would lowkey get like annoyed if i still had allat time but liek whatever

[plucky bolt]

did u submit?

[spice gate]

not yet

ima go till 11:#0 essays still need edits

11:30

i feel like portal more credible than website..??maybe

[plucky bolt]

wait they did said jan 2 for supps 😭

imma submit just in case smth happen

[spice gate]

yea

but portal says jan 16

pmo

[cyan terrace]

jan 16 is prolly for the extra stuff

like portfolios

not writing supplement

esp. because those are linked in the webstie link

[spice gate]

nah it says "writing supplement"

so_fried

[plucky bolt]

girl 😭

iunno if i should take the risk and submit tmrw or play safe 😭

[spice gate]

college apps is the most like

indecicive persons torture

[plucky bolt]

wait mid year report should be there by 1/16 ?

not like late jan or early feb

tf?

[tardy forum]

just get it as soon

[spice gate]

u only need 1 day?

[tardy forum]

as possible

[spice gate]

how much time u got left

[plucky bolt]

i think one day is enough for me to polish the essay

[plucky bolt]

bro its on my school and shi

i think they usually sent in late jan

iunno

😭

so cooked

[spice gate]

so cooked

[lone needle]

idk about cornell but for duke i told them since it was due like a month and a half ago and they said it's fine just turn it in whenever my school can

[plucky bolt]

ok

[spice gate]

a month and a half ago what

i just dropped the most banger line jae

[pearl sleet]

guys, can we do dashed words for the 3 words to describe cornell

[lone needle]

i did two dashed words so i hope

[pearl sleet]

perfect

[tardy forum]

as-long-as-its-not-this

[pearl sleet]

did you do a balace of serious and fun words?

[lone needle]

what do you mean by fun

I guess the most "fun" word i used was optimizer

I'm not sure i don't really remember

[velvet lark]

is it okay to add humor in the community essay

[formal wraith]

lmao yall have much better words than i do for brown

i have shit like

ambitious 🤓

[spice gate]

cooked bro change that shit

[formal wraith]

meh lowk ion think its that deep

i have until the 5th tho

so idgaf til then

[spice gate]

fr

[potent pond]

Yeah but make it tasteful and clear

I cooked with my brown video

[stuck ermine]

this school is going to kill me

[lone needle]

why? questbridge?

[spice gate]

finally 🙏

tysm jae and alch for the essay reviews

[potent pond]

No

It was talked abt last night in the thread

That everyone gets that but the timeline on the website says jan 2

Ur counselor supposed to handle that

And they start reviewing in feb regardless

[plain sundial]

is everyone else's portal showing incomplete stuff?

[sinful charm]

Ywp

Prolly needs time to load

[plain sundial]

ok ty!

[summer briar]

guys when is cornells css deadline

if it is um 2nd jan will i be screwed if i submit it on the 3rd

[plain sundial]

I thought that was for intl only?

[summer briar]

and i am one unfortuntaely

[plain sundial]

ohh ok my bad 😭

good luckk

sorry, i forgot to check roles

[soft ermine]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1262971287140303002/1400666881219887176/caption.gif

[sinful charm]

what are these optional supplemental materials

can i upload my research abstract here lowki?

and resume?

and additional lor?

@potent pond

or anyone from cornell can help me out here

[potent pond]

why upload an LOR thru there when it shouldve been in ur commonapp

[lone needle]

there was a spot for resume on common app

[potent pond]

same for resume ^

[sinful charm]

yea i put mine in there

[sinful charm]

uhh the company i interned for wernt able to put in their lor due to time restricitons

so they sent it to me

i put it under additional info

the resume i put on the cornell

[potent pond]

u could try

i mean nothing here can hurt

unless ur repasting identical content

then its annoying

[sinful charm]

the research abstract?

[potent pond]

for anything.

[sinful charm]

i put that under additional info too

but its a drive link

[potent pond]

like links to them?

theyre not clicking links

[sinful charm]

so idk if they can open to them

yea

so do i jus add both

[potent pond]

if u want

[sinful charm]

or js the abstract

what do u suggest

[potent pond]

im not an ao

i didnt do any addtl materials

[sinful charm]

ur experienced

[potent pond]

for any my schools

i always started by emailling them

to see

cuz theyd know wht they want

[sinful charm]

i dont wanna email them cuz it feels like im pestering them

and my chance of getting in reduces

[potent pond]

...

its literally their job

[sinful charm]

yeah but yk

[potent pond]

or u could google it

and find it on the website what they permit/want in addtl info

or supp materials

[potent pond]

no i dont know lol

i think thats ridiculous

its their job

[sinful charm]

Scope: Supplemental information should not include required application components.

so research abstract is fine

[potent pond]

🤷‍♀️

[sinful charm]

alr thanks anyway

[potent pond]

i said my piece lol

do what u want its ur profile

[sinful charm]

imma jus upload the abstract and leave it

yup

done

i made mine on latex for the looks yk

ppl with aura know thats aura

[unborn niche]

i got my portal... how i send this stuff? whats a teacher evaluation? also, i thought the school report and transcript would have alr been sent by the counselor? ALSO, it says mid year report is due on the 16th but my semester ends on the 16th and our transcripts get finalized on the 23... should i email them?

[sinful charm]

it jus hasnt loaded

says that for me too

jus wait

Please note that some application materials may have different, earlier deadlines as noted below. Additionally, please note that it may take up to 2-3 business days for materials to be updated after they’ve been received by Undergraduate Admissions.

[potent pond]

u could but aint that deep imo thats ur counselors job

[unborn niche]

Oh like they get an email to do it?

[potent pond]

?

usually counselors arent dumb cuz they do this every year for all their students

but they just auto upload it when its rdhy

on jan 23 or whatever

[sinful charm]

DUDE IT JUS HASNT LOADED IN

STOP FREAKING OUT

[potent pond]

theyre asking abt the midyear report

why r u yelling at them

[sinful charm]

oh myb

[unborn niche]

Lmfaoo😭

[potent pond]

they aint even freaking out lmao

[sinful charm]

i meant sry about the yelling

i meant what i said

[potent pond]

ur freaking ut

😂

[sinful charm]

i got my portal... how i send this stuff? whats a teacher evaluation? also, i thought the school report and transcript would have alr been sent by the counselor? ALSO, it says mid year report is due on the 16th but my semester ends on the 16th and our transcripts get finalized on the 23... should i email them?..........

how is that not fear freaking out

[potent pond]

yall gen alphas j go watch ur AI music videos

relax

[velvet lark]

is it fine if i have double spaces between paragraphs for my essays

[sinful charm]

uhhh 🤓 im technically not gen alpha

[potent pond]

probably but my counselors advised us to review the preview

before submitting

[sinful charm]

no jus preview it

ye

[potent pond]

cuz u can see how it would print

[sinful charm]

Learnt that the hardway after purdue

[velvet lark]

no i did but it was 11:59 so i just didnt change it

so im worried if itll be detrimental

[sinful charm]

it doesnt rly matter

tbf

[potent pond]

its just aesthetics

is it hideous??

😭

[sinful charm]

yes it is

WE all know it

[velvet lark]

kind of....

[potent pond]

it sounds like questions to me..

just not knowing things doesnt = freaking out

[sinful charm]

ykw fine

im too tired

[pearl sleet]

How much of an impact will a resume be for Cornell Engineering?

[sinful charm]

uhh decent imo cuz it can give a boost

i spent 2 days perfecting mine on latex for all colleges icl

[pearl sleet]

how different was yours from your common App stuff? and am i allowed to uplod through their portal still?

[sinful charm]

uhh i did a bunch of projcts and hackathons so i expanded on those

and put my research abstract there and all

idk lets se

[hot glen]

Depends on what's on the resume

If it's just repetition then there's genuinely no need to upload it

[pearl sleet]

Oh, I was just going to upload my abstracts/papers thorugh the optional supps uplaod section

[sinful charm]

yeah i uploaded mine through that

[sinful charm]

whats ur major!

[pearl sleet]

BME

[sinful charm]

oh i see

isnt cwru BME good?

heard from chloe or smth

[pearl sleet]

I have no intention of actually doing BME, but my research is in that field and aligns the best with my app. I think ill switch to CS

[pearl sleet]

Should I just submit the abstracts to my (unpublished) papers or the full thing?

[sinful charm]

oh okay lol

[pearl sleet]

hbu what major?

[sinful charm]

ece

[sinful charm]

elaborate

[pearl sleet]

like for the optional materials, can i upload my full paper 8-10 pages or just the abstract. because some schools just want the abstract

[sinful charm]

jus the abstract

also why is ur full paper only 8-10 pages twin

[pearl sleet]

CS papers

[sinful charm]

the CAD with intros take 5-8

oh

CS research is niche asf

[pearl sleet]

[pearl sleet]

true true

[sinful charm]

my brother does cs btw

not a fun field

to get into

[pearl sleet]

[sinful charm]

oh ur into frc

i was in my frc worlds team

lol

maybe we met

[pearl sleet]

LOL, our team is NOT good at all

[sinful charm]

oh lol

[pearl sleet]

I started it 3 years ago, and we're hella jank. Work out of a garage, no mentors, lol

[sinful charm]

oh dang

yeah i joined a team sophomore year and im heading it senior

[pearl sleet]

Game predicitons this year?

[sinful charm]

uhhh

maybe something out of the box, hard to predict

[potent pond]

I dont think non resume applicants are looked down on and those with resume are looked highly on

Its just more space to add things if u didnt get the chance to for activities but most students dont

[plucky bolt]

yo why does it say ts? i submitted everything in time

[glacial swift]

Holidays

Give it a few days

[potent pond]

theres also just naturally a delay

[plucky bolt]

will i be disqualified if my school sends the mid year report after 1/16

[tardy forum]

no cus u cant do anything about it

just talk w/ admissions

if ur concerned still

[potent pond]

ur not gonna be disqualified for anything if u got ur app in

just maybe instant rejected if u dont meet some requirements (e.g. submission of the writing supp, if theres a minimum rec requirement)

im realizing i just contradicted myself and probably didnt help but literally nothing is instant reject unless u cannot read

[manic dock]

Guys. An additional letter of rec from my mentor was uploaded before submitting and I submitted my app. I don't see the letter of rec on my portal. Will they read it?

[lone needle]

probably 😭

[potent pond]

u can ask if ur worried

like if they received it

[manic dock]

alr i'll email. It has to be in by the 16th so hopefully it works out

[potent pond]

make sure to include all ur id numbers

when yg email

like ur cornell portal id

[manic dock]

oh yeah thx for reminding

[pearl sleet]

On my common app it says my recommendation for my "Other" was downloaded, my portal has nothing as well

I think they're like stanford, where aside from Rec 1 and 2 and Counselor, they don't ahve a checkbox

[potent pond]

oh i forgot that existed

if it say downloaded they very very likely have it

[pearl sleet]

if they reply and they say no tho, lmk as well lol because im just going off of a hunch

[plucky bolt]

i cant find my portal id
where is it located

[tardy forum]

to login?

[plucky bolt]

nah

css profile

i need to put my id

for the college

i cant find it on my portal

[manic dock]

alr

[potent pond]

4 lectures into my async winter course and im tweaking

why is no one else participating

😭

i need to react to others posts as part of my grade where tf r they

[junior kayak]

I wish I took a winter course this year 😭

[feral rain]

Are mid year grades being late a big deal? My finals week is after Jan 16 and idk when my teachers will gradr

[manic dock]

same no grades until jan 30th for me

[potent pond]

j try before mid feb

i wouldnt worry its not like

strictly required

and ur counselors should know how to handle it

[tardy forum]

i think its more just to make sure ur not tanking

[potent pond]

theyve been doing this for years its their job

[ionic minnow]

Any current cornell kids

Can u even transfer to bio engineering as a bio major cus i think bi oeng is part of cals 😭

Clicked COE majors -> bio eng -> took me to cals website so ik the major available at both colleges but then like whaaat

Might also do BME

[sinful charm]

is that how the test scores show for everyone

[hot glen]

Yes

[junior kayak]

You dont declare a major until after your first year, so talk to your advisor this summer to set up your achedule to get you on track for bio eng.

You cannot study BME unless you internally transfer to CoE.

[spice thicket]

not from Cornell but upload research abstract

[sinful charm]

Yep i did

[potent pond]

Bme isn’t in cals

Bio eng is tho

internal transfer you gotta wait a year

[potent pond]

Cals admits by major

[potent pond]

Since cals admits you directly into a major, you’ll start as bio but if you know like as early as May that you wanna be bio Eng, reach out to advisors

They might be able to switch you

But worst case you just cope a semester in bio then become bio eng which isn’t that bad cuz lots of overlap

[junior kayak]

Oh well I'll be damned

I thought it was like CAS.

[potent pond]

Humec also admits by major

[junior kayak]

Still, easy to go to bio eng within CALS than BME in a different college

[potent pond]

Also as someone who started as bme, feel free to ask me anything, esp if ur premed
But i switched out bc i could not handle that
Math, physics, chem, bio, english, at least one lab every semester for 2 years was not something i wanted to go out my way to handle if i just wanted premed track

Also the bme major at cornell doesnt tailor for/to prehealth track; its for the bmes purely

Some schools have bme that tailors to prehealth, cornells doesnt

Bio eng has more overlap with premed track than bme but its still similar death life

[junior kayak]

I was also BME I'm open for questions. Switched to Bio sci in CALS since I had too much going on with my programs and BME

[ionic minnow]

Thats what im tryna do i looked at both and felt bme suited my interests more. I was debating between bioeng and bme but then looked at it

Basically i m into the engineering sht more but by that time my profile fit bio more so i just wanted to focus on a bio profile (im js biological sciences cals) to maximize chances of getting in a good school (and yeah ended up choosing cornell), then trying to transfer after getting in

[junior kayak]

Talk to your advisor as soon as you can then. Internally transferring to engineering is very difficult because there are so many engineering requirements that if you dont start with their schedule, you fall behind.

As a Bio Sci major you can complete your major requirements while also taking engineering courses. For your math requirement you can take MATH 1910/1920, Physics can be PHYS 1110 + PHYS 1112.

[potent pond]

Yeah just follow the bme flowchart from your freshman fall

[pearl sleet]

How competitive is BME at cornell compared to the other engineering departments?

[potent pond]

Like to get into?

Cornell engineering doesnt admit by major

[pearl sleet]

fair point

[sinful charm]

is this happening for everyone

i submitted the mid year report (atleast i think my school did)

[plain sundial]

happens for me too

[robust hare]

hi i have a transfer option for fall 2026 for college of arts and sciences is anyone else in this situation / has anyone else been in this situation

[glacial swift]

Had friends who did it what’s up

[robust hare]

i'm transferring for philosophy and i have no idea what (if any) courses theyre expecting me to take... ive heard about course requirements for like cals for example but philosophy is a super nonsequential major so i don't have a clear picture of how that applies to me

[glacial swift]

Reach out to your department

Usually they don’t want you to take any major classes at your current uni

They’ll want you to take cornell version

[robust hare]

okay thank you sm

[potent pond]

ur CAS right

CAS is so general cuz honestly many majors could be done in 3 years

focus on taking courses that seem transferable (intro to X)

also look at the degree requirements for philosophy + general college graduation reqs in CAS

send options to your advisor and see what carries

[potent pond]

https://as.cornell.edu/education/degree-requirements

https://philosophy.cornell.edu/undergraduate#major-requirements

[robust hare]

how many of the distribution requirements can i transfer from my current school?

[robust hare]

yeah thats what I was thinking

[robust hare]

should I have been assigned one?

[potent pond]

yeah

[robust hare]

last communication i got was late november and they said the portal is opening in a few months

so i hope its fine lmfao

[wild python]

Ok I don’t actually want this but

How funny would it be

If I were accepted to Cornell

But as a guaranteed transfer for the fall of 2027

That way id have two guaranteed transfer offers (uchicago & Cornell)

[potent pond]

its not guaranteed

if u dont get ur coursework ur not getting in

[potent pond]

even if they didnt reach out, u should take initiative and reach out first

this is important

[wild python]

I meant this moreso as a joke

Since I got a guarenteed transfer offer from UChicago

[potent pond]

ik but TO isnt a guaranteed offer lol

if u get it, its dependent on factors

idk how uchi does it

[wild python]

I just need to maintain above a 3.5 GPA

[robust hare]

you're right ty i just did

their email said to expect further info in early 2026, which it is now

[woeful oyster]

my cornell portal says mid yr report is due january 16th, but my grades wont be finalized until february

[potent pond]

Talk to ur counselor

Hs counselor

[floral prism]

is it normal for my self reported sat test to not display on the prota

like the score itself isn't showing

[plucky bolt]

i think so...?

[floral prism]

Oh alr

I might’ve submitted it twice lmao I got kind of paranoid

[spice thicket]

yes

[robust hare]

they said i dont get one 💔

and portal opens in a few weeks

[potent pond]

Whatttt

Ig just stay in close contact with major advisors?

Like the advisor for ur major

Not assigned but theres usually 1 reference person per major

[robust hare]

ya that makes sense tysm

[crystal fiber]

is cornell ilr like an easy major to get into at Cornell? Cos i know a bunch of other unis have some majors that poeple apply to js for internal transfers so i was wondering if ILR is easy like that

[potent pond]

u should not do that when applying to university

no major is easier than another to get into at cornell, it depends on your fit

[crystal fiber]

I agree with this fs it’s js I want to do like consulting and saw that they als recruit from ilr and so was wondering if its significantly easier than eam Dyson

[glacial swift]

They’re very different

ILR almost always goes people/workforce consulting which is basically external HR

[potent pond]

i think math wise like purely based on the math of who applies and who gets in, dyson has a slightly lower AR but its so minimal and depends on so many other factors

if you are a person who is more into dressing biz formal and having those wacky high intellectual biz conversations, maybe shoot for dyson

if you are a person more interested in the history and theoreticals of work/labor and the interworkings of it then go ilr

idk many ilrs so i couldnt give a personality vibe lol but the coursework between ILR and AEM is also very very different

[crystal fiber]

Hmm okay

Thank you so much

[sinful charm]

should i send a mail to my school regarding this?

anyone else having this issue

[spice thicket]

did you already send it?

[sinful charm]

well idk my school did the stuff from there

[spice thicket]

well they typically send it through common app but I believe you can send an unofficial transcript through the portal

[potent pond]

u shouldnt send it urself

Ask ur counselor

[hot glen]

If you use common app you can check if they sent it

[sinful charm]

it doesnt show

[hot glen]

Go to the rec letters,if your mid year report was "submitted" then you just wait

[sinful charm]

here look

jus shows this

[hot glen]

Kinda leaked ur councelor info

Butthen yeah it hasn't been sent

So i'd talk to your school councelor

[sinful charm]

it shows like this for all my apps

[barren crater]

mid year report doesn't show that it was downloaded, your counselor prob didn't send but you can reach out to make sure

[sinful charm]

but it shows like this for all colleges

[barren crater]

that's probably normal

did you already have midterms

[sinful charm]

yes

i had them b4 my ea apps

were sent

[barren crater]

did your counselor send midyear grades to all of your schools? like did you ask to have them sent

[sinful charm]

yes

[barren crater]

maybe wait a bit for them to process then if they're still missing then cornell will email you a reminder

[sinful charm]

she made a trasncript with EVERYTHING lke class 9,10,11,12 consolidated transcripts

[sinful charm]

its been 6 days

almost 7

so i thought of asking

[barren crater]

🤔

then maybe have counselor send again lmao

[sinful charm]

oki

[wicked elbow]

qs, im intl and my mid year report only comes out in mid feb, around 11th feb to be precise is this still fine?

[potent pond]

Yeah you just won’t have one
Speak to your counselor and try to get some kind of progress report before then tho

Like ur current standing

[wicked elbow]

my school doesnt do that

they only give out predicted grades for the ib, and those were already sent

[potent pond]

If u often have usa applicants at ur hs speak to ur counselor

[wicked elbow]

ill ask some super-seniors, they got into cornell and see what they did

[potent pond]

Regardless of speaking to ur counselor or not

Email the college

[potent pond]

This too fs

[wicked elbow]

tnx tho

[ionic minnow]

I send or my school counselor has to send

[tardy forum]

i think that is something u send in like may

but ur counselor will

[desert thorn]

when should i send a loci if deferred from ed

[potent pond]

late jan imo

make sure u heave real updates

[loud topaz]

what constitutes good updates on a loci

[rose trench]

is stat science a cooked major selection

[potent pond]

like actual updates to your application

new ECs you forgot to include/improved on or continued, maybe a competition you won, a program you got into for the summer or spring, qualifying for a certain competition, a project you started or completed, plans you have for the summer/spring that relate to your application, any certificates or licenses you may have gained or enrolled to gain

[potent pond]

like acceptance rate?

arts and sciences doesnt admit by major

[rose trench]

i see

[worn portal]

wait so is it like mandatory to submit mid year report, my semester isnt over until end of january

[loud topaz]

Ok yay❤️thank you

[potent pond]

speak to ur counselor they do this every year

[plucky bolt]

it should be fine, the portal says this

[worn portal]

kk tthnanks

[sinful charm]

shows that for me too

[wide brook]

my counselor submitted the myr on jan 1 but it still shows this for me idk why

commonapp shows its downloaded so idk

[floral prism]

this is what it says for me fwiw

[tiny fractal]

can i email them to change my intended major

[potent pond]

what did u apply to?

also id just advise against that theres not much benefit 😭 u wrote ur essays for the major u applied to

[tiny fractal]

i am yet to submit the supps

i applied sociology

but highkey sociology doesn't make much sense for me

i should've js done econ

[glacial swift]

Those are very different

What were your essays about

[tiny fractal]

yes

[tiny fractal]

behavioral econ + social entrepreneurship + lil policy angle

[glacial swift]

Why did you apply sociology then?

But what jae said

Surely you tailored your essays to sociology

[potent pond]

oh like u submitted ur CA but not the supps and CA had ur major

i think it looks bad to do that

ngl

do that as in contact to change it

esp cuz CAS doesnt admit by major

[tiny fractal]

okayokay

ty

[manic dock]

they said they got the letter of rec if it was submitted through common app

[pearl sleet]

Thanks!

[mossy bone]

i was recently accepted for a teaching assistant position for an MIT summer program (beaver works) and am wondering if i should include this in my letter of continued interest for cornell. ik it's normal for ppl to include recent achievements, but this opportunity doesnt happen until this summer - but basically i will be doing it. is this something to include?

[potent pond]

thats normal to include yes

u should include recent acceptances and future plans

anything before freshman fall is relevant

[spice gate]

lets go

[robust hare]

where can i find the advisor for a major at cornell cas?

[potent pond]

Usually just google the major/dept and scroll arnd
Ur p hilosopht right

https://philosophy.cornell.edu/undergraduate

Seems like u should just contact the [email protected] and ask them questions and if theres a specific contact u should reach out to

[robust hare]

alr thank you

[keen turret]

how to find user ID for financial aid page

[next goblet]

do yk when locis are due

[potent pond]

Theres no set deadline

U technicqlly dont even need to aend one

[next goblet]

do you think it's fine if i submit in like the next 2 days

[potent pond]

Yeah

[next goblet]

i mean i got deferred ed and i have some updates so y not yk

but im cooked for engineering rd 100%

[potent pond]

Yeah i j mean theres no “due”

[next goblet]

ya

[potent pond]

Id advise some time mid-late jan

[next goblet]

my friend's sister at cornell was flexing how often she does sake bombing at cornell

lmao

[potent pond]

Or like anytime between RD deadline and mid feb works for the extreme ends

[potent pond]

My friends we r poor

So we dont waste money on low ABV drinks

Like sake

😭

[next goblet]

i mean i would've done it w her if i had gotten it but

😭

man coe is so competitive

why did i apply to coe

why not cals or cas

😭

asian male for engineering

[potent pond]

Cuz its hard to internal transfer in so ud be trapped in smth u dislike

[next goblet]

but i heard of kids transferring from cals to dyson tho

[potent pond]

Not many

Dyson is hardest to internal to

Then engineering

Then the rest r ehh i believe

[next goblet]

I really wanted to major in ORIE 😭

all of them land quant jobs

[potent pond]

Oh AAP probably hard too but nobody internals there lol

[next goblet]

wait did u know there is a 850 freshman cap for engineering

so they only accepted like 400 ed for engineering this yr

[pearl sleet]

WHAT

[next goblet]

yea

i got deferred

😭

[pearl sleet]

hang on

where'd you read this

[next goblet]

i think cornell daily sun

[pearl sleet]

so half of the spots are gone basically

[next goblet]

yes

its cornell engineering bro

[pearl sleet]

Still

[next goblet]

https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/

800 max

[potent pond]

For this year?

[next goblet]

they prob accepted like less than 80 asian males

[next goblet]

it says on their website 800 freshmen

so

[potent pond]

It does not say 800 max bro

Reading comprehension got u rejected

😭😭

[next goblet]

ach year, approximately 800 first-year students from the U.S. and abroad join our world-renowned program

[potent pond]

“Approximately”

[next goblet]

bro i have't slept for like

[pearl sleet]

ok accepting 800 and having a ceiling is a bit different

[next goblet]

20 hours

[potent pond]

Also the per year size of engineering is closer to 1k

[pearl sleet]

like having a hard limit would be insane i think

[next goblet]

i just got promoted to usaco platinum

and im like

i just sent out hella emials to scohls

[potent pond]

Its definitely NOT an upper limit

[next goblet]

ok yeah approximately

[potent pond]

Aint mean u can read

[next goblet]

MY BAD GUYS

[potent pond]

😭

[next goblet]

ok guys

i just committed a SERIOUS crime

by doing so

[next goblet]

0k jeez

u dont gotta raost me like that

[potent pond]

lmao

Dw most our engineers cant read

[next goblet]

im already depressed cuyz i got deferred ed and im just coping ok

[next goblet]

my friend who did a transfer from ags to coe literally advised me to apply to ags

and i told him "i think i'm a strong enough contender for coe"

man i was so wrong

[potent pond]

I wouldnt unless u want bioeng or bme or enve

Bro

[next goblet]

they have datasci

[potent pond]

If u got deferred coe ud be deferred cals

Stop thinking u special

[next goblet]

how

u nenver know

yk

[potent pond]

Would u have been happy in that???

[potent pond]

I do

Im old and wise

Sit down

[next goblet]

i mean maybe

[rose trench]

I agree with this statement

[potent pond]

Wouldve been near impossible to internal transfer

Since engineering u need to hit the ground running in coursework

[rose trench]

Just apply to the school you want to study in

[potent pond]

And cals admits by major

[next goblet]

yes master

[potent pond]

So youd be locked into data sci

Track

[rose trench]

What the fuck

[next goblet]

😭

[potent pond]

Its not even data sci

Its info sci

Or stats/biometry

😭

No data sci major

[rose trench]

I’m really excited about the statistical science major

[next goblet]

i was dreaming abt morrison food

😭

[potent pond]

u normal i like u

[next goblet]

hey

im normal too bro

[rose trench]

Thanks I guess

[next goblet]

u making me jelly

jelly welly

[rose trench]

Just curious about one thing. On my application I selected I’m interested in Millstein Scholars. Is this just for data collection purposes, or could I in theory be accepted to the program in my letter?

[next goblet]

wait yk i have the same name as u

are u korean

[potent pond]

So yes

In short

(Yes u could be accepted directly)

[rose trench]

Oh ok thank you

[potent pond]

My real name isnt jae but yes i am

[next goblet]

oh fr

same

do yk quasar

quasar choi

[rose trench]

I wrote about that in my why CAS essay but I didn’t realize it was that small of a cohort 😅

[potent pond]

No

If u list someone that isnt co2027

I probablt have no idea tf u talking abt

[open bobcat]

GUYS

[potent pond]

Cuz im ancient

[open bobcat]

75 days until i get into cornell wooohoooooo

[next goblet]

i would go nuts if i got accepted rd after getting deferred ed lmao

[open bobcat]

is it still ur #1

[next goblet]

im applying to chicago ed2

[open bobcat]

oh ok

[next goblet]

but cornell is def my top choice

[open bobcat]

uchi is so scummy how they do admissions i don’t like it

[potent pond]

i picked cornell over uchi too

[open bobcat]

they don’t accept like anyone ea or rd just only ed

[next goblet]

@potent pond i just realized my top 2 choice schools are notorious for being depressed

[next goblet]

u got into uchi?

[potent pond]

Wled but couldve tried ed3

[next goblet]

wait do you think they'll let me change majors

[potent pond]

Cornell?

[glacial swift]

Join

[potent pond]

Or uchi

[glacial swift]

Means enrolled

Not accepted

[open bobcat]

hey my friend is probably picking mit over uchi i’m j sayin

[next goblet]

oh yeah

you're right

cornell engineering yield rate is between 50-65%

so like 800 ed admits max

[next goblet]

cornell

[open bobcat]

i’m such an underdog stats wise but above average ecs wise

[next goblet]

uchi i already applied as a phys major

[open bobcat]

is that better than normal odds or no

[glacial swift]

You’ll see on ivy day

[potent pond]

Cornell engineering doesnt admit into major

U enter undecided