<p>4 days till decisions come out...on average, about 60 some students are in the communications program every year...who all has applied to this major?! Ah so nervous!</p>
<p>its only 60 freshman in the program? wow pretty slim haha
4 more days!!</p>
<p>I’m in the Comm program here…do you have any specific questions?</p>
<p>…just a couple…
how is the curriculum for the program?
which concentration did you pick?
how many courses are you taking per semester?</p>
<p>thanks : )</p>
<p>The curriculum is fantastic, once you get down into your concentration, it really focuses on the newest stuff you could possibly learn about in the field. For example, I chose the Media Studies concentration, so a lot of my classes deal with New Media and Technology, how it affects society, and so forth. You won’t really be able to take most of those classes until next year though— you’ll have to get the requirements out of the way first.
Those are classes like Writing for Media, Oral Comm, Visual Comm, etc…which, I’m not gonna lie, are pretty boring and frustrating. They are, however, very important to the major, and help you a lot in classes down the road.
I think you’ll be able to take 1-2 COMM electives your first year… I’d recommend Media Communications and/or Media and Technology.
I usually take 3-4 COMM courses each semester (this will be less for you your first year though, I’d imagine) along with 1-2 courses for my minor. I generally stick to taking 15 credits/semester. Any other questions, let me know!</p>
<p>Oh ok thanks. And cool, thats the focus I’m interested in too! Can we get some of those basic courses out of the way with AP exams? And what kind of math classes do you have to take?
Are there good study abroad progarms for communications?
sorry, lots of questions haha</p>
<p>No worries, I was a GT so I know I was really anxious to figure out what classes I needed.</p>
<p>None of the requirements for the major will be taken care of with APs-- however, distribution requirements (those needed to graduate from CALS) might be replaced with high AP scores. I didn’t have to take any FWS since I scored a 5 on the AP. </p>
<p>As for math, you have to take a Stats course, as well as Research Methods for COMM which is essentially a watered-down stats course. Other than that, you’re set with math. </p>
<p>There are a ton of opportunities for studying abroad, I think a huge percentage of kids here do it… I know there are a few comm/media focused ones in London and Australia, but Career Services is really helpful with that kind of thing when you get here. </p>
<p>Media Studies is really a fun program! I definitely rec taking anything from Profs. Gillespie (you have to take him with 1100, which SUCKS, but the rest of his classes are awesome) as well as Hancock and Byrne.</p>
<p>nice! ok cool. im looking forward to studying abroad if i get in. ill def look into taking classes with those professors 
so the other students you take classes with . is it really only about 60 students?
Oh and this has prob been asked a lot, but is there a lot of fun stuff to do on or near campus, is a car really necessary?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all the information</p>
<p>No problem at all!</p>
<p>For your intro classes, they are definitely more like 100 students (For classes like COMM 1101, Visual Comm, etc. Writing for Comm and Oral Comm are broken down into small 15-20 student classes) but those will seem small compared to your other intro classes like Psych 101. Generally, the higher the class number, the fewer the students in the class, but it can vary. I’d say that this year, most of my COMM classes were either very small-- like less than 15 students— or medium, around 60-100. Even though there are only ~60 freshman in the program, a lot of your classes will have sophomores in them too, or people taking the class as an elective.</p>
<p>I don’t have a car, but I’m definitely never bored here…I’m sure a lot of that has to do with the fact that I’m in Greek Life (you can rush second semester) It’s nice to have a car for the occasional Target/Grocery store run, but chances are someone you know will have one. Plus, all freshman get free bus passes.</p>
<p>Beeb26 all that info was so helpful…thank you!
I’m a Comm major too, thinking of focusing in Media Studies as well, or Social Influence.
Hope to see you guys next year :)</p>
<p>You can minoir outside of CALS, right?
So do you have any reccomendations in regards to housing?
: )</p>
<p>Beeb26: thanks for being nice and answering questions…but im really afriad im gonna get rejected, is it difficult to get into this program?</p>
<p>I second the housing question! Is Donlon the place to be for freshmen? I’m surprised Mews isn’t talked about as much…if that’s the newest dorm then why not request it?</p>
<p>iwantyale…I tried responding to your PM but your mailbox is full!</p>
<p>@cali93chick. yeah i was looking at donlon and it seems pretty nice</p>
<p>Iwantyale-- you’ll have to take my opinion with a grain of salt, since I was a transfer. While getting into Cornell (period, regardless of major) is very competitive, COMM is definitely not as difficult to get accepted to as say, architecture or pre-vet. However, the COMM school puts a LOT of emphasis about “fit” for the school. You have to have a passion for whatever you plan to focus on in the comm school, and your ECs and essay should reflect that.</p>
<p>I know that personally, my SAT/ACTs were by NO means stellar. In fact, I bet if I “chanced” myself on this board, I’d get a resounding “no chance.” But that’s the thing; they know that SATs aren’t everything. There are plenty of kids who will get perfect scores yet can’t hack it here; meanwhile “mediocre” students like myself will get on the dean’s list. So even if you don’t think that you have a chance, don’t sell yourself short yet.</p>
<p>As for housing…like I said, I was a transfer, so I was on West Campus my first year. I’ve heard Donlon is the most fun though, but there aren’t any really “nice” dorms on North.</p>
<p>wait, they accept only SIXTY freshmen as communications majors?!?</p>
<p>i think they may accpet a slightly higher number, but around 60 enroll. just a guess, i may be incorrect : )</p>