Ithaca, NY. 340 fields, verified each cycle. from the Department of Education, the Common Data Set and the school's own bulletin, not scraped once and forgotten.
“Boston is the campus, for better and worse. No quad to sit on, no bubble to stay in. I loved it.”
Alum, 2024, College of Communication
“I was in a lab the second semester of sophomore year. Professors answer email here.”
Junior, Engineering
“The education is worth it. The cost is not the number on the website.”
Sophomore, College of Arts and Sciences
“Consulting and finance firms recruit through Questrom. Three internships before senior year.”
Senior, Questrom
“Four years of guaranteed housing in a city this expensive is the underrated benefit.”
Senior, College of Arts and Sciences
“Sixty of my sixty four credits transferred. Get the agreement in writing first.”
Transfer, 2025, Engineering
“My funding package covered five years. That decision was made for me before I arrived, and it changed everything.”
Doctoral candidate, Biology
“The clinical placements are in Boston hospitals. You are working with patients in your first year.”
Second year, Medicine
“My advisor has eleven students. Ask how many before you accept an offer anywhere.”
Doctoral candidate, Economics
“The part time law option let me keep working. Four years instead of three, no debt.”
Third year, Law
“Teaching load is two sections a term. Budget for that when you plan your dissertation timeline.”
Doctoral candidate, English
“Master of Public Health placement was strong. Career services is thinner than the undergraduate side.”
Supplemental prompt
650 wordsHow do your interests directly connect with your intended major at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP)? Why architecture (B.Arch), art (BFA) or urban and regional studies (URS)? B.Arch applicants, please provide an example of how a creative project or passion sparks your motivation to pursue a 5-year professional degree program. BFA applicants, you may want to consider how you could integrate a range of interests and available resources at Cornell into a coherent art practice. URS students, you may want to emphasize your enthusiasm and depth of interest in the study of urban and regional issues.
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500 wordsBy applying to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), you are also applying for direct entry into one of our 20 majors. From here, you would be part of a community dedicated to purpose-driven science; working within your major and across disciplines to tackle the complex challenges of our time. Why are you drawn to studying the major you have selected and specifically, why do you want to pursue this major at Cornell CALS? You should share how your current interests, related experiences, and/or goals influenced your choice.
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650 wordsAt the College of Arts and Sciences, curiosity will be your guide. Discuss how your passion for learning is shaping your academic journey, and what areas of study or majors excite you and why. Your response should convey how your interests align with the College, and how you would take advantage of the opportunities and curriculum in Arts and Sciences.
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650 wordsWhy are you interested in studying policy, and why do you want to pursue this major at Cornell's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy? You should share how your current interests, related experiences, and/or goals have influenced your choice of policy major.
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650 wordsWhat kind of business student are you? Using your personal, academic, or volunteer/work experiences, describe the topics or issues that you care about and why they are important to you. Your response should convey how your interests align with the school to which you are applying within the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business (the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management or the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration)
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200 wordsFundamentally, engineering is the application of math, science, and technology to solve complex problems. Why do you want to study engineering?
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100 wordsWhat do you believe you will contribute to the Cornell Engineering community beyond what you've already detailed in your application? What unique voice will you bring?
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100 wordsWhat is one activity, club, team, organization, work/volunteer experience or family responsibility that is especially meaningful to you? Please briefly tell us about its significance for you.
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100 wordsWhat is one award you have received or achievement you have attained that has meant the most to you? Please briefly describe its importance to you.
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600 wordsIdentify a challenge in your greater community or in the career/industry in which you are interested. Share how the CHE education, your CHE major of choice, as well as the breadth of CHE majors, will help you address that challenge.
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650 wordsUsing your personal, academic, or volunteer/work experiences, describe the topics or issues that you care about and why they are important to you. Your response should show us that your interests align with the ILR School.
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350 wordsWe all contribute to, and are influenced by, the communities that are meaningful to us. Share how you've been shaped by one of the communities you belong to. Define community in the way that is most meaningful to you. This community example can be drawn from your family, school, workplace, activities or interests, or any other group you belong to.
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50 wordsWho will you ask for recommendation letters? Teachers: 2 required, 1 optional. Other recommenders: up to 3 optional. List only.
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