<p>I am applying to ILR ED as my primary choice and Human Ecology as my alternate choice. Do you know if it is possible to use a similar essay for both supplements if I feel that the essay answers both questions? Or will it count against me to use the same essay twice? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with the admissions infrastructure, but I would assume that each school would read only the parts that are relevant to it. Therefore, they wouldn’t see that you used the same essay for another school.</p>
<p>The most important part is that your essay answers the question at hand… and you said that it does. So tweak the essay where applicable and go for it.</p>
<p>Good luck!
Dana</p>
<p>If you do it be looked down upon HIGHLY. The schools are in no way EXACTLY alike, and therefore there is no way how each specific school helps you in the exact same way. </p>
<p>If your essay DOES work for both schools, fix it. An essay about how both ILR and PAM help you go to law school and then talking about how you’re a good fit for law school for the entire essay is not what they’re looking for. You have to describe specifically how that school can help you. </p>
<p>I’m not saying that your essay is like this or make any assumptions about your essay at all. In fact I was at the same juncture a year ago, and I feel like my scenario was ONE OF the closest relation scenarios in the school (ILR or Econ/GOVT double major). In the end though, the two were extremely, extremely, extremely far apart, even though I intend to take almost all my ILR classes in LE and I take 1-2 econ electives per semester. </p>
<p>It’s all about doing some research and finding out some facts. I would highly suggest talking to some alumni; hearing about why kids with similar interests as you find themselves to be a good fit somewhere might be able to help you see why you might be a good fit there too (or maybe even reveal to facts that will show that Cornell isn’t the right place for you. Sucks but I’d rather you find out now then in September). </p>
<p>Hope that helped.</p>
<p>Thank you so much roneald! Why would you say that you are a good fit for ILR? And what are some qualities that Cornell looks for in ILR students?</p>
<p>Once you get to Cornell it’s pretty obvious that although ILRies are a small part of the school percentage wise (just over 6% of Undergraduate Cornell), we tend to be very outgoing and extraverted, and MANY leadership positions all over campus are held by ILRies. As a result, ILR is definitely looking for students who have displayed strong leadership in the past, students who are vocal and active, and students who are willing to apply themselves at what they believe in (among many things of course). </p>
<p>Eg. Undegraduate Student Assembly: there is only one spot RESERVED for ILRies on the SA (out of 23 people), yet there are 6 ILR students on the board (23%). There is talk of even reforming this system to create more At-Large seats because there are normally so many ILRies running for the one reserved spot (7 last year, and more were dissuaded from running), compared to the other colleges, many elections were either unopposed or three members running for 2 spots.</p>
<p>Also, something important is that ILR is a very small and tight-knit community (there are only 860 undergraduates on campus). This can be a plus or a minus for students, depending on the type of person they are.</p>
<p>Thank you roneald! What you said just reiterates why I believe ILR would be a perfect fit for me 
In my supplement I speak about leadership, my extraverted personality, my love for interacting with people, studying people, and helping people, and my dreams of law school. The dilemma that I am facing is if I can use parts of the supplement about my personality in my PAM supplement too…</p>