Cornell University (2025-2026)

[potent pond]

So u could major in anything in coe

[next goblet]

like i want to apply to cas for phys instead

[potent pond]

Thats internal transfer

The application for coe and cas is completely different

No u cant do that

[next goblet]

oh yeah im dumb asf

[potent pond]

Theres applied phys in coe

[open bobcat]

wait it’s fine if i like mentioned a specific major in my essays right

[potent pond]

But im assuming ur only asking cuz u think cas is easier

Which is ridiculous

[next goblet]

nono

i feel like my fit w physics is better

[potent pond]

Yeah usually people apply to one

[next goblet]

like i have more stuff related to phys

[potent pond]

But regardless all students enter undecided

U could apply for bme and hit first semester coursework as cs

No one would care

[potent pond]

U didnt have this thought during ur why major essays 😭

But there is AEP major in coe

So dw

[next goblet]

i mean if i got into cornell i wouldnt be complaining rn

😭

[open bobcat]

i mean i applied meche but i don’t actually wanna do meche specifically id rather do matsci but i know you enter undecided so i just wrote my essays on meche anyways

[next goblet]

thats the exact major i applied for

[potent pond]

Yeah u should def match ur essay to the one u list in commonapp

But what ur personal desire is doesnt have to match

No one would care

[open bobcat]

i’m cooked for northwestern though i literally selected wrong major and wrote about a different major for coe. but idk you enter undecided there too so it might be ok

[rose trench]

There is absolutely no way anyone can tell. It’s not black and white- other context matters

[rose trench]

There isn’t a why major?

[potent pond]

U can assume it evens out but idt one is better or worse

[next goblet]

bro my college counselor said i would 100% get into cornell coe but the truth is that these schools are way too competitive to accurately predict anything

[open bobcat]

if it’s meant to be it’s meant to be

[glacial swift]

College counselors shouldn’t make promises like that

[potent pond]

My counselor said cornellwas my safety so i did rd instead of ed

[next goblet]

yeah that's what im saying

[potent pond]

But my counselors r peak

So

[rose trench]

No shot they said that lmao

[next goblet]

i mean he did

[open bobcat]

optional essays

[rose trench]

Which ones

[glacial swift]

Not an ilr but know a fair amount from friends

[rose trench]

I did the rock one and community engagement

[potent pond]

Our college counseling team has like a proven system
They rank ur list from 10-30-50-70-90 percent chance u get in
And its roughly accurate across all students lists

[open bobcat]

3rd one

[next goblet]

dang

[open bobcat]

i talked about other major ecs

[glacial swift]

That’s crazy

[rose trench]

Dude that’s not cooked

[glacial swift]

Sure, ngl loci doesn’t matter that much

But yeah go for it

[rose trench]

Are the majors vastly different

[open bobcat]

unless u have a 10m donation no one has 100%

[next goblet]

yeah facts

[glacial swift]

How much did dad help, ik my friend’s dad is a prof at northwestern and 0/6 kids got in lmao

[open bobcat]

ok but everything i talked about was about meche in essays, not the major i accidentally selected

[rose trench]

Just email them

I’m sure you’re fine

[open bobcat]

it’s too late to change they said 😭

whatever man

[next goblet]

oof

[open bobcat]

it’s fine it’s undecided they’ll understand i think

it’s still engineering related

[potent pond]

Idk but im assuming cornell cares a lot

If it was all him, i wouldve gotten TO

[next goblet]

u got into coe rd right

[rose trench]

There you go

[potent pond]

but it mustve been partially me/my hs cuz i got in

[potent pond]

Yea

[next goblet]

dang brah

[potent pond]

Northwestern does faculty child discount right

[next goblet]

did ur cc predict the acceptance to cornell coe rd

[potent pond]

Yeah

[next goblet]

wtf

[glacial swift]

Yeah full ride

[potent pond]

They said cornell a safety so i rded

Instead of ed

[next goblet]

how is cornell a safety wut

[potent pond]

Cuz my dad was faculty and my HS lowkey feeds

[open bobcat]

ik someone that has double northwestern legacy and both parents work there 💀

[next goblet]

oh

[potent pond]

Goddamn

That sucks

0/6

😭😭

For cornell, they give 50% off cornell and 30% off elsewhere

So its lowk harmful to reject a faculty child

Cuz u gotta pay for another uni

Ik columbia is like nothing for elsewhere but fullride for columbia

[next goblet]

how rare is the cornell guaranteed transfer thingy

[potent pond]

Transfer option?

Not that rare idk

[next goblet]

rlly

[potent pond]

Def not a bunch of ppl cuz they cant filter out from it too much

But i do know pppl that choose to stay despite TO

like at their first uni

[next goblet]

do kids get the offer in rd asw

[potent pond]

Yeah

U dont get TO offer from ed i think

Has to be rd or off wl

[next goblet]

oh actually

[potent pond]

Unsure

But i feel like rhat makes sense

[glacial swift]

Ed defer to TO v common

[next goblet]

oh man

i hope i get this

[potent pond]

Where would u go

[next goblet]

cornell

oh wait for freshman year?

[potent pond]

No during the T

Yeah

[next goblet]

idk

[next goblet]

damn someone is enthusiastic

ahahhaa

[next goblet]

idk rds arent out lmao

[glacial swift]

TO isn’t like fun

[potent pond]

Fair

[glacial swift]

No one rly wants that unless they want to save money ig

[next goblet]

like ED deferred but then on the rd decision date they offer TO

?

[potent pond]

Honestly TO kinda a headache cuz its like u know ur basically leaving all ur friends in a year

[glacial swift]

That or waitlisted first then TO

I’ve seen both

[next goblet]

ok jae i dont think u understand my love for cornell

even if i got into uchicago ed2 i would do TO to cornell

or wherever T10 unless it's harvard or penn

[potent pond]

Yeah but its depressing entering an entire year of commitment where nothing u do matters bc ur moving

Like u cant

Start anything

U just do courses

[next goblet]

dont they have project teams

[potent pond]

Im glad

[next goblet]

like they meet everyday

[potent pond]

Most ppl dont think that

[next goblet]

i rlly like that about cornell

[potent pond]

Erm meeting depends on pteam

But yeah we have them

Other unis have them too

[next goblet]

but i feel like they really focus on the "hands-on" culture more so than other engineering schools

and the connections you can get because it's an ivy yk

[potent pond]

interesting

[feral rain]

Does cornell have a place to check the status of financial aid documents

If so how do i login

[granite star]

i think here

but i may be mistaken

https://finaid.cornell.edu/check-application-status

it'll only show issues with certain documents or requests for certain documents

[lone needle]

is it time to switch school of interest 😭

[spice gate]

dont have a school of interest its bad for mental health

be nonchalnt

[lone needle]

does cornell even have an undecided

[glacial swift]

In engineering and CAS yeah

[lone needle]

no but for that you would still have to choose a school

[spice gate]

ohh im dumb

i thought u meant cornell as a whole

[lone needle]

i think that's what i meant

i'm confused now

[spice gate]

💀

[uncut quarry]

Do yall know where I can find my regional AO for Cornell?

Couldn't find anything online

Im from the bay area if that helps

[potent pond]

idt theyre regional?

isnt there just a general email u contact

https://admissions.cornell.edu/visit-and-connect/connect-with-admissions-counselor

[uncut quarry]

Oh ok

For a LOCI then, do you think its acceptable to just address it to "Dear Cornell Admissions Committee" or something along those lines?

[potent pond]

yeah

[uncut quarry]

Thank you

[uncut quarry]

small question, cornell has seperate admission committees for each college right? I'm saying Dear Cornell Engineering Admissions Committee and don't want it to get mixed up

[potent pond]

it is not that deep

they all cornell admissions

lol

they wont be offended bc of a lack of specificity

i think i literally just wrote Good evening, in mine

😭

[uncut quarry]

ok bet

[potent pond]

ya id just go with ur first one to be clear

but prob isnt too deep any way

[uncut quarry]

which one? the Dear Cornell Admissions Committee?

[potent pond]

yeah

[loud topaz]

is it a good idea to send an additional lor with my loci / midyear report if i was deferred?

[potent pond]

Do they allow one

[trim frost]

A lot of people have been saying the loci is due on the 16th, is this true? I thought it was just something you could submit whenever you want in January/Early February

[potent pond]

“Addtl supplemental materials” are due 16th

A loci isn’t required

So there’s technically no deadline

[trim frost]

so you'll be fine if you submit it after the 16th right?

[plucky bolt]

honestly i'd say js submit before, but u could also email them/call them and ask.

[junior kayak]

How was BIOMG3300. What was the work load like? I'm considering taking it next semester, but I'm in two bio labs, physics, orgo, and an engineering course rn 😭

If it's anything like 1445 I'd be fine, but if it's a lot more work then probably need to pass

[potent pond]

I might study less or more tjan other ppl

But it was like

One or two entire days prepping for a unit quiz

Which happens every week

[junior kayak]

Did yall have weekly tests over prelims

Oh ok

[potent pond]

Number wise id say about 10-13 hours

[potent pond]

Its both

[junior kayak]

You have prelims as well?

[potent pond]

Since its async, u have weekly pass fail written quiz

To show u learned the unit

[junior kayak]

Right, that's how 1445 was. We didnt have prelims tho

[potent pond]

Then after the written quiz u have oral quiz which is just them asking u objectives

And ppl never fail that

Pass fail

[junior kayak]

Okay that's exactly like 1445

[potent pond]

Then 3 prelims non cumulative

[junior kayak]

And you take oral as many times as needed?

[potent pond]

No

[junior kayak]

To pass before deadline

[potent pond]

U have limited number of retakes

[junior kayak]

1445 you had limited as well, but nobody ever needed more than 1 or sometimes 2

[potent pond]

U take written by ur deadline thwn ur oral deadline is 2 days after u complete ur written regardless when the written was fue

13 slip dayd

And 4 retakes

[junior kayak]

Hmm.. okay

[potent pond]

U never fail the oral

So there is no @take as many times”

[junior kayak]

How many credits did you take with it

[potent pond]

I alwyas do 22

[junior kayak]

I'd be at 21 I need to petition

Okay I might take it then. Thanks

[potent pond]

It was helpful cuz my only real intense classes were auto phys and auto bchem

But honestlybi think i died the most this sem

Felt like i had no freetime bc auto stuff is just, do it

[potent pond]

Do u want the sylly

Its a pdf

[junior kayak]

Yeah that'd be great

[potent pond]

With this load i lowk would take bchem later but up to u

[junior kayak]

I think I'll add it then drop if needed. I really want to start MCAT prep soon and biochem is the main piece I am missing

Ive done prep for psych and Gen chem review but I want to have at least taken courses covering the base topics

[potent pond]

no gaps

Fun

[loud solstice]

wait where does it say it's due on the 16th

nah im sure its fine

my school is like urs too

we finish sem 1 in like 2 weeks

[deft jolt]

suny ithaca sounds like a W school 🔥

[vocal fable]

did anyone upload their abstract to cornell?!!

[spice thicket]

you can use the portal uploader

I uploaded mine

[manic dock]

what is this additional material for? Was else do people tend to upload besides research abstracts?

[unborn niche]

how dcid u submit an abstract? like just put it on a doc or did you put other stuff? like how do i format it

[plucky bolt]

this school ssucks

💔

[plucky bolt]

im a senior lmao got deferred ed

[loud solstice]

😔

[plucky bolt]

crying

they hate me

😔

[loud solstice]

it's ok send in ur loci and pray

🙏

[plucky bolt]

😔

[potent pond]

On my way! Back

Im tweaking whys it so fucking cold

[loud solstice]

wow

the ithaca experience

[potent pond]

Why is fdoc the coldest day

[loud topaz]

Great nation of upstate New York

[lone needle]

why is fdoc on a friday

[potent pond]

Fdoc is tuesday.

Friday wasnt in the screenshot

But yeah why the fuck is it 2 degrees on friday

[lone needle]

ohh

[void hatch]

helps you lock in for classes 😤

[potent pond]

Does the opposite

[void hatch]

it does work for me tbh

im more productive in the colder months

[potent pond]

It makes me wanna be in bed all day

And skip class

When i have to walk 15 min in windy feels like -4 like heck no when i can stay home

😭

[void hatch]

thats fair

i have a very convenient commute by bus so i dont have to spend more than like four minutes walking outside

and once i get on campus the cold makes me want to stay

[potent pond]

i had my car last sem

boutta crash out this sem

[void hatch]

isnt parking a nightmare though

[potent pond]

I live offcampus

So no

Also i park illegally

Theres parkign at my apt and the ithaca street parking is rarely monitored

And parking oncampus is free after 4:30

So id just go then

Had a bunch of async courses made it easier

have real classes now i might die

[tiny fractal]

TS COUNSELOR I HATE HERRRRRR

WHY WON'T SHE UPLOAD MT DOCSSSS

it is so EMBRASSING to have to email the most prestigious universities in the world making excuses for her incompetence

im gonna attack her

2 MONTHS IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS

IT'S NOT THAT HARD

[vocal fable]

I just sent the title of the paper with the authors list and the abstract

On a page

Word file

[rose trench]

What’s idoc

[loud topaz]

Doesn’t mean anything if ur domestic

Financial aid and admissions offices are separated

[trim frost]

just to confirm, the loci isn't due today and I can submit it after right?

[loud solstice]

guys wanna see something pretty cool

[spice thicket]

Why is ur name suny Ithaca aren’t you going to Cornell

[spice thicket]

ik Cornell’s in Ithaca but ykwim

[potent pond]

it a common joke

[keen basin]

what’s this from

That’s super cool

[loud solstice]

i found the cornellcraft server they had a world download

[loud topaz]

lowk is there a set in stone due date for loci

can’t find anything abt it anywhere. my midyear report doesn’t come out until end of jan so i was gonna submit it alongside my midyear

[potent pond]

no its a loci not an application requirements

its an update letter

which u can send at any point

it genuinely should not just be a letter of "im still interested"

[loud topaz]

Ofc

Ok fire thank you

[terse plume]

what kinds of additional supplements does cornell take? if i talked about a project i'm currently working on in school in my loci, could i submit my draft paper for it?

[potent pond]

consider they probably look at ur application for a max of 5-8 min

its ur profile do what u like

[terse plume]

yeah that's fair it might be a bit much if i've already summarized it

[manic dock]

doesn't the admissions committee (like a group of people) decide how good your application is if your a borderline candidate and not just an officer?

[potent pond]

i never said just an officer

[manic dock]

that's a little too fast though

i think they split up the task. Like one person reads your activities, another reads one of your essays, another looks at academics. So there are multiple people

[potent pond]

touche

[manic dock]

fair point

[lilac lava]

should i send a loci as a dyson applicant

[potent pond]

Do u have updates

R u still interested

[grim locust]

I did using additional info

[lilac lava]

For sure still interested

[lilac lava]

Not any major updates but I wanna like emphasize my fit etc like a traditional loci but they’re basically saying they don’t want one

[potent pond]

U should generally include updates

Even if it was just a loci

Cuz surely there has been something difference in the past 2-3 months

If ur wondering where to send it cuz ur imagining a traditional loci goes to an email

Half my locis were just uploaded to my portal

I think its quite common that when u email a uni, it just automatically adds to ur profile like that regardless but some ask u to specifically just upload that information

[lilac lava]

Alright that makes sense

There’s a place to add supplementary files

Ok so I’ll just give them a list of updates and make it short

Thank you so much

[potent pond]

Id write it in paragraph form and include ur interest stuff

I just meant dont ONLY submit “interest”

[lilac lava]

ohhh ok

alright tysm!!!!

[bold rampart]

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/01/engineering-college-renames-to-david-a-duffield-college-of-engineering-following-largest-gift-in-university-history

if a2c bands together to donate $400m can we rename it to a2c college of engineering 🤔

[junior kayak]

Cornell Duffield College of Engineering sounds atrocious 😭

[potent pond]

yk how ppl call nolan dyson and brooks by their names

😭

i can NOT imagine anyone saying

yeah im duffield

😭

[deep fiber]

if ur gonna donate at least have a good-sounding last name

[potent pond]

duffield is good sounding

its just

already the name of a building

we dont call the johnson school of biz or statler hotel by the same name of the college

but the duffield students would be in duffield half the time

which is

quirky

😭

we abbreviate it to duff too

and saying ur the dumb ugly fat friend school isnt very nice

[spice gate]

LMFLAO

[deep fiber]

brooks dyson etc roll off the tongue more smoothly

[upper forge]

have yall recieved an admission letter in the mail? does cornell even do that

[void hatch]

my biggest complaint is the building w the same name

but a few million at least is going to my research area so i will be quiet 🤐

[harsh socket]

are ppl out there calling harvard engineering paulson or whatever

and yeah 90% of engineering students spent most of their time in a building either contiguous to duffield or in duffield itself

[void hatch]

it’s mostly a business thing to do that from what i’ve seen

[junior kayak]

I knew this would happen. This is why I transferred out of engineering

No other reason

[spice thicket]

huh

[bold rampart]

yo why cant i type here

oh wait nvm

my phone wuz bugging

[bold rampart]

spidey senses on point

[stable lagoon]

duffield '30

genuinely negative aura ahh

[bold rampart]

[spice gate]

U GOT IN??

[hot glen]

Should I submit a portfolio pdf to cornell?

[loud solstice]

can't hurt so

you probably should

[formal wraith]

she got in ed a while ago bro..

[spice gate]

well aint no one tol me yayy

[junior kayak]

They canceled classes until noon tomorrow. Just cancel the entire day or dont cancel at all

[loud solstice]

I will be doing this next year this looks very fun

[junior kayak]

People were skiing and snowboarding down the slope

[loud solstice]

wow

[bold rampart]

don’t fall for the clickbait bro

if you live in a snowy and cold place u will have to suffer 90% of the time

[bold rampart]

average cornell propaganda

[loud solstice]

i live in a pretty cold place

already

i like it here

i find shoveling snow quite therapuetic

[junior kayak]

It's literally warm out rn

It's 11°

[loud solstice]

wow

even better

[loud topaz]

Wtf. Our uni nearby cancelled classes on monday like 3 days in advance

Cornhell...

[potent pond]

cornell usually doesnt cancel classes

so i wouldnt be complaining abt this

[manic dock]

when there is a snow day in college, does it push final exam dates?

[potent pond]

No

We barely ever get snow days

This is not a common thing

The prof just has to cope

And modify

[junior kayak]

Cornell be a cool school and cancel classes for one day 🙏 be like my friend's and cancel till Wednesday 🥀

[potent pond]

oh my one class today got moved to zoom

dub

[junior kayak]

💀

Ithaca College has a full snow day

[potent pond]

My one class

Got moved to zoom

But my Project team is meeting in person

😭😭😭

[junior kayak]

I still have wind symphony 4:45-6:25pm today

[manic dock]

damn

[manic dock]

what if a student has an extenuating circumstance that puts them behind by 2-3 weeks or smth, does it push exam date?

[potent pond]

?

that got nothing to do with weather

[manic dock]

ik but what if ur sick or smth

[potent pond]

There is a set finals period u cannot go outsidebit unless u tank an incomplete for the class and take the final the next semester

[potent pond]

Ud probably need a doctors note or u get a 0

Ive never heard of someone using sickness to get iut of a FINAL

[manic dock]

alr got it

[potent pond]

Varies by prof ofc

[keen basin]

this is wild

[junior kayak]

I tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

[keen basin]

engineers literally eat sleep and breathe Duffield now

[potent pond]

Bro i aent a link to someone they alrdy changed it

The speed of edits they make for donation >>>>> actual necessary UI edits

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[loud solstice]

im pretty sure you can click into the thread, click on the top 3 dots inthe upper right, and clikc follow thread

[severe wind]

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[rose trench]

well you just did sp

[severe wind]

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[rose trench]

we're not friends anymore

(kidding)

[harsh socket]

my freshman year they waited until 9am to cancel classes during a blizzard

i found out by getting to lecture just as the bus drivers said "fuck this we cant drive"

[umbral arch]

chat anyone who got accepted into cornell pls send your high school stats

[loud solstice]

1.7 gpa uw 980 SAT

[umbral arch]

shit i’m fucked

[loud solstice]

yeah its lowk hard

[umbral arch]

☹️

you should’ve ATLEAST lied to make me feel better

[steel swan]

anyone who got in ed cornell how are y’all sending ur mid year transcripts?

[loud solstice]

my hs counselor does it for us

[timid ivy]

Not me but my friend had like a 1570 superscore and something like 100 weighted gpa (not top 10%)

[dense veldt]

Anyone here in CHE or know anyone in CHE?

[potent pond]

I know ppl in che

[dense veldt]

yoo is it like a rlly small college or smth

at cornell

[potent pond]

No

It has some small majors

But itself isn’t small

I also dont rly know what you mean by small, I’m just assuming u mean number of students

[dense veldt]

yea

[potent pond]

Hbhs massive major

And so many are premed

[dense veldt]

what is hbhs?

[potent pond]

Human biology health and society

[dense veldt]

ah ok

do most of the people majoring in that go to CALS tho

[deep fiber]

is global and public health sciences big? i applied to that in cals but as a non-pre-med

[potent pond]

Probably cuz its in 2 schools but its not smth i hear often in my circles

Size doesnt rlly matter

[potent pond]

Hbhs is only in humec

[dense veldt]

Ohh Ic

[potent pond]

Its the humec version of bio sci

Or biology & society or whatever

[dense veldt]

yo wait what's the gender split of CHE?

is it mostly women?

[potent pond]

Lowk maybe but ik many men in fashion major

I wouldnt sya mostly like its wonder woman island maybe mostly like more than 50%

[dense veldt]

ah ok

yea the fashion major must be mostly women i imagine

yo I did apply CHE as nutrition major so we'll see where that goes

[potent pond]

🤷 lowk the gender norms/major stereotypes arent smth i ever rlly notice

Theres plenty of women in stem and men in humanities her3

[dense veldt]

ah ok

[potent pond]

Maybe im just like desensitized

[dense veldt]

but would you get ridiculed as a guy for studying in a majoirty female major?

[potent pond]

But idk i never notice

[potent pond]

No

Cornell is liberal

Like most top schools

[dense veldt]

oh cool

ig unless I were to join a frat

but idk

[potent pond]

Idts

[dense veldt]

real?

[potent pond]

Probably depends on the frat

[dense veldt]

yea fs

[potent pond]

R u applying to a woman major

Lmao

Lowk the guy i met in fashion is so manly n aura

Bro never getting made fun of for ts

[dense veldt]

Ya nutrition

that's mostly female right

[potent pond]

I havent met a single woman in nutrition

But i also just havent taken any nut sci classes

[dense veldt]

real??

[potent pond]

Yeah

[dense veldt]

I thought at most colleges it was mostly women...

[potent pond]

Real

[dense veldt]

Wow

Does it differ between nutrition sciences and say dietetics tho?

[potent pond]

Also idk maybe humec is diff than CAS but major size doesnt correlate to who ur surrounded by

My major is miniscule and i rarely see the ppl in it

[dense veldt]

oh wow

what is your major?

[potent pond]

idk

Again i dont focus on the gender gap

Im cognitive science

Doubling in information science

Minoring in psych

On premed track

[dense veldt]

oh wow

that's

a lot of things 😂

[dense veldt]

WAIT

Do you know DQUAN

on discord

you friended him

[potent pond]

Probably

Oh

Hes a random a2cer or smth rhat added me

Hes in the cornell server

[rose trench]

how selective is millstein

[dense veldt]

that's freakin crazy I know that kid irl LMAO

small world out here

[loud solstice]

i know dquan

in person

wait

no i dont

mb i am confusing him with someone else

😭

[dense veldt]

lol

I mean u do have him friended

[misty tartan]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1765727402/vintage-plush-teddy-bear-cornell

who wanna buy

[potent pond]

Tf happened to itd eyes

[keen basin]

evil touchdown

[misty tartan]

I gave you a normal thumbnail photo at least

Luck varies per thread

[potent pond]

Rice 😭😭😭😭

Rice’s thumbnail has the same aura as that plushie bro

[misty tartan]

I also enjoy sharing this photo with UDub kids

[potent pond]

Wait that ones cute

[misty tartan]

Over the years most hated it

[glad swift]

You have best username ever

[dense veldt]

Woaahhh

[rose trench]

i ❤️ my state school

[dense veldt]

you guys big fans of Cornell Lab of Ornithology???

[rose trench]

pls cornell pls millstein fr fr

[keen basin]

@misty tartan make this our new thumbnail photo

[keen basin]

yes

[misty tartan]

what does the rest of the thread think

[dense veldt]

yo u guys have the Merlin Bird app????

Ts is so TUFF

[loud solstice]

incredible

i love it

[deft jolt]

you should get it

[glad swift]

I think the biggest question is: is anybody not?

[glad swift]

what you been seeing lately?

I got a solid raft of Canvasback knocked down by the winter storm and a Golden Eagle flyover yesterday 💪

[dense veldt]

Yooo I just downloaded app yesterday lol\

I'll lyk tho

[floral prism]

w cornell 😞

[random comet]

Hiii, does anyone know if there is any server to join for admitted students?

[floral prism]

yeah check my server tag

[potent pond]

Yes

[unborn niche]

???

did you do ed?

[loud topaz]

Yess are u going into performing arts??

IC is so good for theatre and music

[unborn niche]

Wait 😭

I'm confused

Rd?

What major

[runic crater]

does anyone know what the prepare pre-orientation for international students is like?

[manic dock]

Hi guys

I wanted to know if i submitted an update like an award to cornell rn, would they consider that in my application?

my school is prob in the process of sending my first sem grades rn. Has Cornell most likely looked at my app?

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[potent pond]

Yeah all schools do that i thought

J depends how late u send it

Rn def fine

In mid march, probably more questionable

[potent pond]

Naw iirc they start mid feb

[manic dock]

Got it thx @severe wind @potent pond

[loud topaz]

my counselor sent an email 2 cornell admissions office advocating 4 me without letting me know..!!?!

waiting so patient and sweetly for late march

[lone needle]

isn't this just the counselor rec?

or is it something different

[loud topaz]

no i got deferred

[lone needle]

ohh

[timid ivy]

yooo my counselor litearlly called up columbia amissions office to advocate for me after i got deferred

hes the goat

[spice gate]

woa wait what type things shld they say

is call or remail better

[glacial swift]

Nothing

They can’t rly do anything

[timid ivy]

Prob call but what do I know

I just saw online that counselors could do a call of advocacy and I just asked my counselor if he’s ever done it

[spice gate]

o

[rose trench]

my counselor did one for me for michigan

[manic dock]

do you go to a private or public hs

[rose trench]

private, but non feeder (no ivy admissions or t20 in the last 4 years

i specifically asked my counselor to do it for me tho

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[rose trench]

Not sure lmao

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[rose trench]

It doesn’t hurt to asks

Also counselors do have admissions calls too sometimes so I think it’s normal

[glacial swift]

Doesn’t rly do anything

[rose trench]

depends on the school

[loud solstice]

🌽

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[junior kayak]

I read a carbanion as a carbocation and screwed up my frost circles

Would've been a perfect score on the orgo prelim otherwise

[manic dock]

Guys my counselor sent mid year transcripts 8 days ago and Cornell’s portal still says that they haven’t received it. Should I wait longer?

[wicked coyote]

ye just wait u chilling gng

[keen basin]

bruuuuh

I missed the hydride shift in the fridel crafts alkalation problem

and I fucked up the first problem bc i was being stupid

[junior kayak]

Which one?

The frost circle was a 14 point question. I did everything right but missed two pi electrons. Please give me partial credit 🙏🙏

[keen basin]

the last part on the question that had a boxes to put reactants and products

[junior kayak]

I have no clue which one youre talking about. What were the substituents on the product

[worn portal]

had a dream i got waitlisted from cornell 🫩

[sullen ibex]

mlk ahh moment

[keen basin]

There was a page with a bunch of diels alders and EAS rxns

and it was the last problem (I think?), a friedel crafts alkylation

and apparently when the carbocation formed in the mechanism to generate an electrophile there could be a hydride shift

[junior kayak]

I dont recall a hydride shift 😭

[keen basin]

yeaaaah me neither 🫠

but it sounds right bc I think I remember the alkyl chloride having a carbon with 3 substituents

[junior kayak]

Was this the question with two methyl groups, one methyl meta to the other?

[junior kayak]

@keen basin orgo is out

If I didnt miss the frost circle I wouldve gotten a 96 😭 I got a 90

[keen basin]

it doesn't matter the mfer that was talking about it in lecture was wrong

I got it right- there was no hydride shift

[keen basin]

that's still good!!

[keen basin]

the average is crazy high

but i did pretty decent thank god

lowk studied my ass off so i better have

but like one standard dev above avg is a 98 which is crazy

[junior kayak]

83 average with a standard deviation of 15 💀

[keen basin]

wait 98 is crazy bruh

[junior kayak]

Needed a 98 to get an A

[keen basin]

i did super good and im still not even 1 standard dev

[junior kayak]

Even if I got the frost circle I wouldnt have been a standard deviation above 😭

Im hoping a 90 is a B+ and not a B

[keen basin]

wouldve been like A- tho

yeah it's prob like a B+

pretty good for cornell chem imo

[junior kayak]

How is the standard deviation this crazy. I suck at chemistry and I got a 90

That means average shouldve been like a 100 💀

[keen basin]

idk bruh this is the most free exam we're gonna get

[junior kayak]

Yeah

[keen basin]

just like the first orgo 1 prelim

I got almost the same score on both

[junior kayak]

My friend said the average went from an 84 first prelim to a 60

[keen basin]

if u got 68 on this prelim it's over for u

[junior kayak]

No fr

This was actually a freabie

Im lowkey pissed I missed the frost circle. Could've been some good padding to my z score

Do you know if this class is curved to a B- or B

[keen basin]

yeah I felt like I already did 75% of the problems on the exam before

I got all the hard questions right and got a really easy one wrong lol

[junior kayak]

If you did the practice exam you shouldve gotten an 80+

Same

[keen basin]

The MO one was literally straight out the textbook

[keen basin]

B

[keen basin]

if u knew how to do it

[junior kayak]

I drew one curved arrow the wrong way and missed one point, and the EAS I wrote the order backwards

That was all I missed besides the frost circle

Which if I spent an extra second reviewing I could've realized

But my big back ahh wanted to go for a sweet treat with friends after 🥀

[keen basin]

i only got one really easy problem wrong bc I was being stupid

im ngl that's prob the easiest retrosynthetic analysis ive ever done on an orgo prelim too

[junior kayak]

Yeah

[keen basin]

like compared to what we did last sem

and how bad the next exams are prob gonna be

[keen basin]

nah thats fair

[junior kayak]

I cant wait to catch up on the topics were supposed to be at and have to do five chapters instead of two for the prelim

[keen basin]

yeah

next one is gonna be soo cooked

[junior kayak]

Nah we got this

[keen basin]

im locking in this sem

[junior kayak]

Keep the flow going

[keen basin]

going to problem solving sessions

[junior kayak]

As in orgo

🤞

Biochemistry prelim Thursday. We keeping the chem flow up

[keen basin]

holy shit gl

idk how people do both

i mean ig i do im taking neuro, orgo, and physics at the same time

prob just as hard

[junior kayak]

Biochem, orgo, and physics this semester 🫡

Are you in 2208

[keen basin]

yup

[keen basin]

cooked

[junior kayak]

We getting that 100 on Tuesday and skipping that second prelim? lmao

[keen basin]

2208 seems to have a pretty easy structure like 2207 but e&m is def way harder

lmao yeah

[junior kayak]

e&m sucks

But nothing we've done is hard yet

It's all been like simple scenarios that follow the exact equation

Im worried about what the second prelim will have so I need to do good on this one 😭

[keen basin]

the HW is a little more complicated

i dont think it'll be too bad

the 2207 exams were all chill

[loud topaz]

Financial aid is separated from admissions it means nothing

I got idoc request and then deferred🚬

[loud solstice]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cornell/comments/1r7sv5a/cornellcraft_is_back/

[misty tartan]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DR7DIoUDz6i

[icy kite]

For Nolan Hotel applicants, can we expect an update next week..?

Cause looking at past trends, Nolan seems to release decisions early

[glacial swift]

For likely letters potentially

Don’t expect anything tho

[junior kayak]

2080 strikes yet again

[potent pond]

LOL

[grim locust]

WHAT IS THIS CLASS.

[glacial swift]

Chem

[potent pond]

I dont miss curves like that

I survived

[junior kayak]

Chem. Seems like the average is higher than usual for the first prelim

[potent pond]

I made it out

U got it

[grim locust]

Bro am I cooked

[keen basin]

LMAO

[keen basin]

depends what major

cornell chem is brutal

[keen basin]

what the median/average

the lowest i ever had in our of my chem classes was 51 iirc

[junior kayak]

I think median was a 61

[keen basin]

that's high

[junior kayak]

Wasn't the average a 49 in one of the exams for 2080

Or 2070

I dont remember

[keen basin]

idk i dont think so

maybe 2070

that would explain why I forgot

[junior kayak]

I think 2070

With Lancaster

[long kayak]

what why us info did you guys put in ur update letters 🥹🥹

[loud topaz]

do u even need that if it's not a loci😭?

[potent pond]

were u deferre

[long kayak]

a lot of ppl around me did update letters for all their rd schools so idk

[long kayak]

nah rd applicant

[loud topaz]

would they consider locis if submitted now..it feels too late

[potent pond]

then why include more why us

[potent pond]

it is lowk late but if u have updates, submit them

[loud topaz]

submitted mine a month ago anyways #whateverhappenshappens

[junior kayak]

Only send an update letter if you have updates to provide (i.e. awards, recognition, etc.). Dont send an update with more "why us" essays

[manic dock]

is this a required course for all coe students?

[junior kayak]

No

Chem 2090 is

[manic dock]

is that tougher?

[junior kayak]

It depends

It covers topics from chem 2070 and 2080. The distributions are a little better I believe? But not by much

Theyre not bad courses tho

Just use the textbook and you'll be fine

[manic dock]

alr i got a A- in honors chem in hs. idk how cooked ill be if i get into cornell

[junior kayak]

Honors chem or AP chem?

Chem at Cornell is very different compared to high school chem

[manic dock]

honors 💀

[junior kayak]

If you end up coming here you'll be fine

I suck at chemistry and Ive done decent in my chem classes.

[keen basin]

u just gotta study a fuck ton

[keen matrix]

is there grade inflation here for pre-med biooologu

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[keen basin]

it's the opposite because of chem here

but med schools also know how competitive/difficult it is here so you can get in with a comparatively slightly lower gpa

[junior plank]

How hard is it to get clinical experience as a premed since there is no hospital within a reasonable walking distance? It’s my main worry about Cornell

[keen basin]

just do it over the summer near home

but people do get it here fs

[junior plank]

where do they get it from?

[potent pond]

Cayuga medical center

Or home health aiding

Personally i like being able to separate my clinical from my academic periods

I farm my clinical and volunteer hours over winter and summer breaks

Shadow over spring or wjnter break

And then during the academic year, i can hyperfocus on my academics rather than being exhausted from 12hr shifts

As well as spend the semesters building up my research hours and leadership

[junior plank]

oh that makes sense thank you!!

[potent pond]

Or the volunteer EMS agencies

[junior plank]

Is it super competitive to become a volunteer EMS or get any of these clinical opportunities?

[keen basin]

it can be

[potent pond]

^

many of these places can also be physically hard to get to

without a car

[junior plank]

Ah I see, is the premed culture super toxic?

[potent pond]

no

[keen basin]

yeah mostly no imo

but u will def feel the competition

Like in curves in classes and just hearing what other people are doing

but if you just try and stay in your own lane and focus on your own performance I don't think it's a big deal

[eternal vortex]

and this is true everywhere

[keen basin]

true but I'd argue many people here work especially hard and achieve especially high. So the comparison can be more stark in my opinion

Not just at Cornell but at top schools in general- mainly because those are the types of people they select for

[keen basin]

but yeah being premed is hard and somewhat competitive at every school

[eternal vortex]

I meant it moreso in a way that it shouldn’t hold someone back from picking Cornell

[keen basin]

I agree

But it's good to know what it's like here before committing

[plucky bolt]

does cornell send likely's

[glacial swift]

For certain majors usually

Don’t expect anything tho

[void ginkgo]

which ones

[glacial swift]

Hotel/ILR

[long kayak]

dyk when they wld send letters to ilr applicants?

on the bus home from visiting a friend at cornell idk how yall walk this much everyday 🥹

[glacial swift]

Prob would have been by now if anything

LMAOO

Walking is good for u

Stops the freshmen 15

How did u like campus

[potent pond]

I gained the freshman 10 anyways

But i think its bc of cornell dairy and spending like +2k on food on top of the meal plan due to easy access

[long kayak]

it was heat ash

morrison food is genuinely insane if i go to cornell im gonna gain sm weight

[glacial swift]

You walk a lot tbh

That and busy asf

[keen basin]

pizza every day bro

thats my diet

[junior kayak]

Hills and treks between classes balance it dw

[long kayak]

and seafood pasta ❤️‍🩹😻😻

[long kayak]

north campus to college town was quite long idk if i can do that so often brah

[junior kayak]

Bus runs often. Lifesaver when you wake up at 8:55 for your 9:05am

[keen basin]

it's not that bad unless it's really cold or hot

[junior kayak]

Snow tomorrow. Fools spring strikes again

[potent pond]

bro

not the weather report showing this bumfuckery

with a high of 64 degrees

bc it was 64 at 1am

😭 😭

[stray aspen]

Does Cornell likelies drop today

[loud topaz]

Oh my Ithaca

[rose trench]

Do they do like lies?

I haven’t heard of such

[loud topaz]

Going up with my bestie to do an IC tour since she got in for music

What should we do when we r there

[glacial swift]

What stuff are you into

I will say IC isn’t like walking distance to cornell

[loud topaz]

Maybe somewhere to eat

It doesn’t matter abt cornell just ithaca in general

If I get in (unlikely) from defer I can just take the bus to ic and hit her up

[glacial swift]

Best/most popular food spots are Simeon’s and Thompson and bleecker; Simeon’s takes reservations Thompson does not

I’d recommending not coming up this weekend tho if that was the plan

[loud topaz]

What’s happening this weekend

[glacial swift]

St patricks

[loud topaz]

We’re both sick so I don’t think we can anyways

Oh I forgot

[glacial swift]

Ah feel better but prob good idea

But yeah Simeon’s and Thompson r both rly good usually like $30-35/person

Lot of more casual places in cornell collegetown and Ithaca commons too

Lot of Asian food especially

[stray aspen]

L bait

[loud topaz]

I love the commons sm

Ok thank you

[rose trench]

Likelies

AutoCorrect fucked me over

[stray aspen]

Thought you were trolling me myf😭

Yeah they do, well they did them last year

[potent pond]

If its nice sky condition def try to watxh sunset on slope

[keen basin]

weather today was so ass

[lofty arrow]

Hi

any other defers here

[sudden radish]

Me

[lofty arrow]

Omg red panda 👋

[sudden radish]

yo hi

[lofty arrow]

amc kid ?

[sudden radish]

nope

[misty tartan]

Cornell RD Decision Date (aka Ivy Day)

<t:1774566000:F> in your local time zone

[indigo hollow]

i couple weeks ago i sent cornell an email ab my counselor sending my mid year grades and i have this extension that shows when they opened it and they did the next day but then i just got a notification that they viewed it again could this mean anything

[manic dock]

what extension is this? lmao

[candid pelican]

I would like to know too

[hallow moss]

https://tenor.com/view/ts-tuff-huh-in-case-i-can't-find-it-gif-17489812066906410155

[balmy lance]

no

[supple saffron]

1st could be just like seeing what you sent, 2nd could be the ao’s actually adding or viewing it, I would read into it

[pearl sleet]

I keep seeing all this likely letter talk on reddit - is it only for specific colleges within cornell?

[rose trench]

Probably mostly hotel

I applied to millstein too but idk if I get into that they’ll let me know

[livid pivot]

anyone got likely

?

i didnt

apparently someone got one for hotel

[rose trench]

i think its mainly for hotel

[livid pivot]

oh ok

[rose trench]

maybe other programs get them but very few

[livid pivot]

i applied for cas

[rose trench]

i just researched this cuz my friend from school was asking me

[rose trench]

same

[livid pivot]

okay

[woven bobcat]

wait why would likelies be coming out tdy if the offices arent even working

[sudden radish]

also do they come out at 5pm EST or 5pm ET

(sorry if it is a stupid question)

[rose trench]

EST and ET are the same thing

i think like most of them are just hotel

[sudden radish]

when converting to my time there is a 1 hour difference so I was wondering if they dropped or will drop in 28 mins

also like, today is sunday no?

[rose trench]

yes, it has already come out for some people

so far i've only seen people from nolan school get it

[vocal fable]

oh shoot

theyre actually doing likelies

[sudden radish]

CAS likelies are super rare right?

;-;

[rose trench]

think so sadly

us CAS folks probably will not get

[vocal fable]

whnat about engienering?

are theyr rare as well

[loud topaz]

Guys do you hear urselves

Likelies are rare period

[sudden radish]

[rose trench]

yes, we are not saying we will get a likely, we are just commenting on the department that gets likelies

no one is expecting a likely at least i hope not

[junior plank]

Are human ecology likely letters a thing?

[last sparrow]

any likelies other than hotel?

[rose trench]

I haven’t seen anything

[glacial swift]

For hotel u get it today or don’t get in typically

Hotel and ilr are like the only schools that do it

[rose trench]

Oh so no CAS

Good to know

[loud topaz]

maybe they'll give me a likely👅after deferring me👅#bless

Wait can the cornell publics even do likelies

[sinful glade]

any likelies for ILR?

[spare sapphire]

did cornell likely's come out?

[indigo hollow]

does anyone know when the milstein finalists come out usually it’s before ivy day

[rose trench]

Same I said yes for that but might be cooked

[loud solstice]

ivy day soon

i wish everybody luck

[sudden radish]

I js discovered Cornell was founded 1 day before my birthday

[glacial swift]

You’re old asf

[prisma cloak]

did they said a net id for yall

[junior plank]

Wdym

[prisma cloak]

I got an email

Saying i need to activate a Net ID

I thought it was a application portal (which i already opened)

But it was something else

[junior plank]

Ooh

I did not get it

But that sounds like. Good sign

[prisma cloak]

Hopefully!

[junior plank]

What was the context of it?

Like why did you need to activate it?

Yeah Google says only students get a netid

[prisma cloak]

Let me see

They emailed saying that the net ID lets me “access Cornell email, complete academic, and administrative requirements, update address is an emergency contact, view, financial information, and more”

“ you will need to take an important action well before the semester begins” 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Uhh did they send this by accident

[sudden radish]

bro essentially got a likely letter

[junior plank]

Yeah that sounds like ur in 😭

[sudden radish]

jk

[junior plank]

Did you get a likely?

[prisma cloak]

No

Hmm

[junior plank]

I’d call or email them just to clarify that it’s not anything important or pertinent to admissions but this sounds pretty damn indicative of an acceptance

[prisma cloak]

Yea i should

Thank you

[sudden radish]

they'll prolly try to gaslight you into thinking that that's "nothing to worry about/ not indicative of anything"

lol

[junior plank]

I’m curious what the email looks like, would you be able to send a screenshot of it?

[prisma cloak]

Oh gyat

Wait

Nah

I can’t get excited

[prisma cloak]

Yes

[junior plank]

Bro I think you’re in 😭😭

[bright valley]

enjoyyy

[junior plank]

What school did you apply to within Cornell?

[prisma cloak]

Dyson

[junior plank]

Oh nice

[bright valley]

dayum

dyson hard asf to get into

[sudden radish]

dayum