<p>"Tell us what youd like to major in at Cornell and why, how your past academic or work experience influenced your decision, and how transferring to Cornell would further your academic interests."</p>
<p>I'm currently at 900+ words, which I can edit down, but 300 of those words are in the why/how my major, which is less than the total amount of words. I just want to verify with someone else though that this essay DOES require us to explain how/why our major, in addition to why Cornell for our major.</p>
<p>Also, is ~300 words too much for the how/why major or no?</p>
<p>You could also try to work in the why your major question into the why Cornell… Such as I must go to Cornell to be involved with this research that is vital to my goal of being a ____, the field I feel I can change the world most with. That’s just an off the top of my head example.</p>
<p>I know I have to cut it down, will certainly bring it to 750 some how, lol.</p>
<p>Question: Mentioning career goals, I took up a lot of room describing a project I hope to accomplish, about a fourth of a paragraph. Smart? Or no?</p>
<p>I think it’s central to discuss how career goals will play into what you plan to major in at Cornell because as a transfer your reasons for wanting to attend Cornell should be more focused than the reasons you would have as a freshman applicant. </p>
<p>900 words is definitely a lot… 750 sounds about right, cutting parts will be difficult, but have someone else read it/ be super critical yourself on it.</p>
<p>I found some stuff to cut, got down to 749 words. I just don’t like the ~300 words in how I got to my major, I feel it’s a waste and would be better off in the other essay all-schools essay. Though the prompt does ask for it so, lol.</p>
<p>Well it does say “what you’d like to major in and WHY” You should describe the academic and work experiences that made you choose it - like it asks in the question.</p>
<p>I feel my essay is rather strong over all. Especially looking at my Carnegie essay which pales in comparison. Don’t know how that happened, but I’m really concerned about CMU now. And I’ve been concerned about the extra essays such as Extra Curricular and my general Common App essay as what I had is all overlapped with Cornell’s essay.</p>
<p>Well I called Cornell and they said that the Common Application shouldn’t be school specific, since it goes to all schools. They told me that the Common Application essay is basically why you want to transfer - i.e go to another school.
The supplement is why Cornell. Or why what school in Cornell.</p>
<p>Yes, Matisyahu is pretty much 100% correct. </p>
<p>This is the prompt. I added the caps.
“Tell us what you’d like to major in at CORNELL and why,
how your past academic or work experience influenced your decision, and
how transferring to CORNELL would further your academic interests.”</p>
<p>They do still ask for why you want your major though.</p>
<p>Anyway, all the apps should be in by now. Time to get busy with Fin Aid and wait.</p>