<p>Why did everyone who applied ED pick Cornell over the other Ivies?
I choose Cornell because it was close to my hometown and i get a tutition discount and i get to keep my NY State scholarship</p>
<p>I picked it because I liked it the best out of all of the ivies (and I visited all of them). Plus, Cornell is the only one with a Food Science Department (the best in the world I might add :)).</p>
<p>Is it the only one in the world? Can you name one other... :)</p>
<p>Certainly:
McGill (which has a 99% employment rate for its food science majors), UVM, Penn State, and multiple other international.</p>
<p>But most food scientists just have a Biochem or Chem degree. The agricultural/food industry is the largest industry in North America. (Plus you get to do real crazy Wonka-type stuff :)).</p>
<p>Wow.. You learn something new everyday.. PSU is really that good? And to think I could get a world-class Food Education degree with cheap in-state tuition! :) Seriously, I'm amazed...</p>
<p>I chose Cornell because it has the best engineering department.</p>
<p>errr...I MADE 2 THREADS BEFORE OF WHY U LIKE CORNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and u guys made them into mini-forums for HOT GIRLS AT CORNELL or HOT BOYS!!!!</p>
<p>i have my revenge now! hahaha</p>
<p>Well, people are interested in different things. I concede that mostly public schools offer food science majors specifically, but there are more food science-related jobs than you think. I would suggest looking up the description of the food science major before speaking in such a condescending tone towards the major. Someone with a food science degree is like a rare jewel to major drug companies (not that I would sell my soul and take their money). </p>
<p>Besides the food lab technicians (which are counted as food scientists, and seriously lower the average salary) many people with food science degrees make a lot of money. I love to cook, I love food, and I love science. Furthermore you can apply food science to socioeconomic problems such as world hunger and vaccination for impoverished populations (subjects which I am also interested in).</p>
<p>True, alot of public schools have really cool majors. Like PSU and Virginia Tech being the only schools were you can major in Wood and Forestry Products. And I've known people who went into that and they now pull in more than 200k a year. Sure, that isn't everyone, but it does happen. I'm not putting it down. Please don't take it that way. It's just something you don't hear about everyday. In fact I'm rather proud that PSU has a world class programme.</p>
<p>I wasn't sayin PSU was world class, just that it had it. I don't take any offense at it, I'm used to people poking fun at food science major. </p>
<p>In the end, all you can say is that you have to respect a class whose final is creating and making an ice cream flavor :).</p>
<p>boston is the ****. go to harvard jkjkj</p>
<p>hi does hotel school has anything to do with food science, i'm interested in food science as well as hotel school, which one is better in term of job prospective?</p>
<p>I'm not sure, but food science is in the college of agriculture and life sciences. I know the job prospective is really good for food science majors, but I have no clue what the hotel major's prospects are. The two are not very related as far as academic curriculum goes. Food science focuses a lot on the hard sciences like biology and chemistry, and then applies them to everything involving food.</p>
<p>I chose Cornell coz it's the best ivy for engineering, and also kinda because i had a better chance of getting in. Oh yeah... and also coz it's suppossed to hav amazing food. :D</p>
<p>hi demcos, is it more easy to get in for life science than hotel...do you pick your major like food science in your application or just life science/argeculture? how about the work load for food science?</p>
<p>I have heard that the academic standards for hotel school are not quite as high as CALS, but you do need to have experience working/interning in the hotel industry to really have a shot (this is what I have heard, I am not completely certain that it is true). </p>
<p>For CALS, the acceptance rate is lower, with higher SAT averages. You do apply not only to CALS, but to a specific major within the college, and you compete with the other people who applied to the specific major for admission. With CALS, you have the option to apply to a second choice major, but you need to write another essay about why that major as well.</p>
<p>I am not sure about the workload, but the stereotype that I have observed is that the Hotel School is easier. All I know is that the Food Science Department is small, so you're likely to have smaller class sizes when you start to specialize (which means easier research opportunities I assume). Because the food science major is less well known, you might have a good shot at getting in, I did and I can show you my stats if you really want to see them--I didn't think I would get in.</p>
<p>Lastly, you certainly need to apply to the one you are most interested in. I think my essays showed how genuinely interested I was, which I think got me in.</p>
<p>abike: where are you from?</p>
<p>outside buffalo ny</p>
<p>oh, ok. i know a girl (down here) from kendall, and i'm from canandaigua (15 minutes to cornell? plus another 40 for parking :()</p>