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<p>Absolutely not. I knew students who went through 4 years of Cornell without sipping an ounce of alcohol. There are many students at Cornell with diverse interests and hobbies, so you are bound to find people who you can hang out with regardless of what social activity you may want to pursue.</p>
<p>That being said, I will say that the most outgoing/social types at Cornell (or pretty much any college for that matter) knew how to enjoy a couple of drinks and just hang out.</p>
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<p>Are you talking about playing for the Cornell varsity sports team? If so, you should contact the head coach of the sports team you are interested in. </p>
<p>I also heard that some sports teams invite open- try outs beginning of semester and may offer you a spot on their team if the coaches value your skills enough. I don’t know how the Cornell soccer team handles this, however.</p>
<p>If you are just talking about amateur level teams, yes, there are many ‘teams’ called intramural sports teams that many Cornell students are part of. Each semester, each team competes against each other, and the competition, I heard, can be pretty fierce some times. I once played basketball at one of those intramural sports teams, and the guys on the teams took the sports very seriously and were very competitive.</p>
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<p>I heard that Cornell’s food science is one of the best in the nation. The good thing about Cornell is it has wide range of majors available, compared to many other top colleges. </p>
<p>Couple of things I wish I knew before coming to Cornell:</p>
<p>1) College GPA is extremely important for employment prospects, as well as grad school admission,
2) For gaining access to top employment, strong internships before senior year are basically a necessity,
3) Freshmen year is the best time to make your solid group of friends, many of whom may likely to remain your core group of friends, even after graduation
4) Freshmen year is also the best time to explore many diverse sets of elective courses and explore your intellectual/academic interests outside of comfort zone
5) College is what you make of it, and you have to make the most out of the resources and opportunities given to work things to your advantage</p>
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<p>Cornell alumni connections are very strong and extensive. Specifically regarding AEM, I don’t know because I wasn’t AEM major. However, the Cornell alumni network is open to you, regardless of what you studied at Cornell.</p>
<p>I was very surprised when I was interviewing for law firms this year, when I found out that many of lawyers that interviewed me (including some partners at large corporate law firms) were Cornell alums. That helped me make connection with those interviewers, talking about Cornell food, classes, or other things we enjoyed about the experience.</p>
<p>Actually, one of the law firms that gave me offers was from the interviewer who had attended Cornell himself, and I suspect that I was able to make a strong personal connection and positive impression more smoothly since we had a big common denominator on which we could converse about.</p>
<p>You will soon realize that especially in NYC, there are many Cornell alums who work at top firms, across many different industries. Investment banking, sales & trading, management consulting, F500, corporate finance, BigLaw, and engineering come to mind primarily.</p>
<p>What activities/classes/internships did you do in high school to get into Cornell? I was wondering because I know that Cornell is very competitive.:D</p>
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<p>Activities:
-played varsity basketball at my high school for 2 years (point guard),<br>
-bunch of volunteer activities and soup kitchen
-captain at varsity track & field team</p>
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-took many honors and AP classes, including AP Calc BC, AP US history, AP Bio, and can’t remember the rest…</p>
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-didn’t do any internships (and you don’t need to)</p>
<p>There is no magic formula or certain activities/ classes that Cornell is looking for. What they are looking for is someone who is willing to challenge him/her-self, has proven academic capabilities, and well-rounded across different aspects.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks! My other question was when do you have to declare your major? That is, on your application do you apply to a specific school or do you decide later in you sophomore year?</p>
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<p>You don’t have to declare major until the end of sophomore year. You do have to choose a school within Cornell you are applying to, and you have to specify your intended major. However, I don’t think what you put down as your intended major impacts your admissions chances.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my questions! Can we apply to more than one school? Also, what if you get into a school, and then you realize that that isn’t what you want to study/focus on? Can you switch schools?</p>
<p>For early decision applicants, is there a chance to let cornell what accomplishments I will or have earned after I submitted the application? I will be taking the December 1 SAT, so how can that be a boost in my application?</p>
<p>Is there a certain number of applicants per major that the admission can allow?</p>
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<p>Yes. You can choose two schools to apply to. But there isn’t really a point to it. I heard that if you get rejected from your first choice school, the second school doesn’t bother to read your application.</p>
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<p>Yes. But certain programs are very hard to internal transfer to, such as AEM.</p>
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<p>If you feel that you will attain a higher SAT score and hence increase your chances at admission, you should consider applying RD instead.</p>
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<p>No. What you put down as your intended major doesn’t impact your admissions chances.</p>
<p>^ I think your major can impact admission chances in some cases.</p>
<p>AEM major is like a 9-10% acceptance rate, while CALS has a 19-20%.
It could be just the anomaly, but I believe that some of the more popular majors in CALS at least may be more competitive than others.</p>
<p>^ Also CALS is the college, AEM is the major.<br>
I meant the college(CALS) as a whole had a 19-20% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Just clarifying</p>
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<p>Actually, you are right. My bad. AEM is probably the only exception to the rule. If you apply to CAS, let’s say, it won’t impact your admissions chances regardless of what you put down as your intended major.</p>
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<p>Do you know if the courses in the AEM major are very difficult? Is it hard to get A’s? Does Cornell give out B+'s</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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<p>AEM is one of easier majors on campus. My friends who took both Econ and AEM courses confirm that AEM courses were considerably easier than upper level Econ courses, both in terms of conceptual rigor and leniency of grading.</p>
<p>And, I thought that getting at least a B in most Econ courses was pretty easy, although getting A’s were difficult. Based on these information, I would say AEM isn’t a very demanding major.</p>
<p>And yes, Cornell gives out B+'s.</p>
<p>My GPA is bad and ranking is bad also. But I have like counselor’s letter that excuses my ranking as I transferred a lot as international student. are my GPA and ranking going to be a problem in this case?</p>