Am I the only one?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>As many of you know, Cornell's supplement essays this year are 1. intellectual interest and 2. how will you utilize your program. Prior to cornell joining the common app, those two essay questions were put together to form one essay.</p>

<p>I feel that both of my supplement essays are very alike and I feel like I am just repeating myself because the essay topics are so related. Does anyone else feel this way?</p>

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<p>well they should be related. One is what you like doing and the other is what you're going to do at cornell to further those interests. I orgainzed my first essay to discuss what I liked, and in my second essay discussed ways cornell would help me expand that knowledge.</p>

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<p>hmmm... yea, so I guess they are expecting you to have some overlapping/repetitive information.</p>

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<p>Any fellowship, scholarship, graduate program, professional school that you apply to will require you to state, in writing, what it is you want to study and how you are going to utilize that particular institution's resources to study it. </p>

<p>In this particular case, its Cornell's way of knowing whether or not you have truly thought your decision through in applying to the college, or you simply liked its ranking and decided to apply.</p>

<p>To this day - I'm currently a Sophomore in Human Ecology - I'm CONVINCED that the reason I was admitted to Cornell, ahead of those with SAT scores 150 points higher than mine, was because of my answers to the two essays that you're referring to.</p>

<p>I've never regretted my decision to come. Hang in there, put some thought into your essays, and stay motivated.</p>

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<p>Louis558 is really really weird. =</p>

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Louis558 is really really weird. =</p>

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<p>I know!! hehe</p>

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<p>Who Are You??</p>

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<p>i dont necessarily think that they should have overlapping information...</p>

<p>i structured all of my essays on one different point each. Each essay was unique. My goal was to have each essay say something different about me, but in the end they could all be combined to create an elaborate picture of myself, my interests, and my values so that the admissions team clearly knew who i was and why i wanted to be at Cornell. It took me quite a while before I was satisfied with all of my essays, but it was sooo worth it in the end as it's wonderful here at Cornell.</p>