<p>For the past few days, I have been debating whether I should return to Cornell or not. Last year, I attended the program taking the 'On Camera: Studies in Film Analysis' course as a rising junior. I loved being away at Cornell, despite it being a bit of a drain money wise. I have been looking at the courses and some of them are of interest to me.</p>
<p>The thing is, should I go to the same program again(provided I qualify for financial aid) or just stay at home?</p>
<p>Also, if you have any questions regarding the program, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>why would you not go? as least apply and see what the FA is. Have you considered applying to other programs? you might like a similiar program but at another school.</p>
<p>I have an off-topic question about Cornell summers: Do they have any events or programs set up for the high school sutdents, or do they just throw them into a college environment?</p>
<p>I actually have a few questions on behalf of a friend of mine who is applying:
how much can be expected in financial aid?
Are the instructors full-time cornell professors, or grad students?</p>
<p>Sungchul: The high school students attend programs for college credit. Throughout the summer there are events that participants can attend. There is something nearly every night of the week.</p>
<p>pixisticker: Financial aid can be anywhere from partial to full. Also, if applying for financial aid you are less likely to get it going for a three week program than the six week ones.</p>
<p>The instructors are Cornell professors, but the TAs are generally grad students.</p>
<p>Troublineinabox, are the daily events something like.. dances, friendyl competitions, or anything else social? Or are they always career seminars and such? Or possibly a combo?</p>
<p>And if I do decided to attend Cornell Summer College, I'd want to take an Intense Latin Itroduction Course (6 weeks), but it says I need Proffesor's approval. Do I just send in my information, or di I have to contact them before hand?</p>
<p>There is usually some sort of academic seminar or college prep seminar everyday. There are big events throughout usually one or two a week. There is something to do pretty much everyday though in the dorms. I was only there for three weeks and some of the things they had were: casino night, rave(not really), fireworks, bowling, talent show, jeopardy night, Old School, and a bunch of other things. You could go out into Ithaca and go to the shops or resturants or go to the mall. They also had gorge trips. We stay on north campus, so everyday going to class you would walk over Thurston Ave Bridge.</p>
<p>As far as that little part about getting the 'permission of instructor' it could mean being approved by the Cornell professor or reccomendation by your current subject teacher. I would suggest calling the office and asking.</p>
<p>I was thinking about going to cornell again this summer too (last summer i did the 3 week business/ hospitality program). My councelor said it would be better to try a different summer college program though (Brown, Upenn, CMU, Harvard, etc.), since a big part of the summer college experience is to explore your options.</p>
<p>yousonofatree, Do you by chance know of any deadlines for those programs? My AP comp sci teacher gave me a paper about some technology related program at Upenn, but it was a bit pricey.</p>
<p>One of the teachers for my courses was a grad student, so not all classes are taught by professors.</p>
<p>Sungchul, there was plenty to do activity-wise, but it was difficult to find out when things were going on. Often, I'd just randomly stumble into events in the common areas, like midnight snacks or movies. They try to send out email alerts about events, but they could have done a better job because I missed some stuff I would liked to have gone to. They also do a good job about trips on weekends - there were some to the gorges, one to the Corning glass museum (missed it unfortunately!), and some other interesting ones. If you go, I would ask you RA about upcoming events so you can organize yourself!</p>
<p>Do anyone know the international deadline?? and acceptance rate? do people get rejected from the programs? im looking into the Psychology or Economic ones. It seems like there is a 6 week psych and a 3 week one... has anyone taken it?? is it worth it?</p>
<p>Admission is on a rolling basis, but do not know if their is a separate deadline for Internationals -- likely not, but you could e-mail them and ask. Whether its "worth it" depends on your family situation. Summer College means real Cornell classes and transcript. The program is well organized, but not inexpensive.</p>
<p>Admission is on a rolling basis, so the earlier you submit your materials, the better chance you have that the class you want is not full. Not everyone is admitted. From their website:</p>
<p>"We receive between 1,200 - 1,400 applications for all programs.
Approximately 800 students attend Summer College programs each summer."</p>
<p>Yeah... 800 students attend. The number of people who are actually accepted (including those who do not go because of last minute things or because they got into a more selective program) is probably 1000 if not more. I honestly have trouble believing that this program is particularly selective. Just as long as you don't have too many Cs in your transcript.</p>
<p>I find these PreCollege programs where you take a college class a waste. You would be better to look for programs that arent for credit and are like research at good schools like UPenn biomedical research. These summer programs dilute their stats with precollege programs (which basically accept anyone who has taken the prerequisites and have $). I find programs at the upenn engineering school and stuff better since it seems more selective and its not just taking a college class</p>
<p>Consider the fact that a junior/rising senior wants to take a college level class. Maybe they like a given campus (Cornell for example) and want to apply early decision there but aren't quite sure, so that way they can get a feel for the campus and also take a rigorous class. If $ is not a problem for some people, then by all means go right ahead, but it doesn't mean that it's a scam or a waste of time and money. Students take these programs for their own particular reasons.
Suppose they want a college level program but their grades aren't up to par and can't get into selective programs. Don't assume all precollege programs are a waste.</p>