<p>Today I recieved a letter in the mail saying i was selected as a Cornell Tradition Fellow. Anyone have any info on this?</p>
<p>I am one of the Meinig Scholar. Anybody else ? Are you going to the information session for this on the 18th ?</p>
<p>I think Cornell CPRS is an excellent program. You guys should definitely take advantage of the research opportunities if you are selected as a Research Scholar.</p>
<p>bump..........</p>
<p>If you are on financial aid with work study, Cornell tradition fellow is a good thing. For those who are "book grants", it is a lot of work for some prestige and $600. The toughest is the employment hours, esp. for students with heavy course loads in challenging majors like engineering. Those who do work on campus do say there's some cushy jobs that enable you to get homework done. After freshman year when you can get paid to do research, etc, it makes more sense for those not on financial aid. If they'd waive or reduce the work hours for those on "book grants", I'd be far more supportive of the program.</p>
<p>Sandpit - were you a Tradition Fellow? From all of the literature (basically online) it looks like this is meant to be a selective "prestigious" program. What benefits do you get from participating in this program? I would volunteer anyway and at some point, would work, but I am wondering if there are any factors to weigh when deciding to participate in this program? I would love to hear from someone who participated and learn about the advantages/disadvantages. I do not expect to get any financial aid, so my participation in this program would not be needs based.</p>
<p>yea i have questions about this as well- I need a lot of financial aid and it seems like they will give up to $4,000 in replacement for loans a year if I take part. Question is, if I'm going to be an electrical engineering major, do I have time for all this?</p>
<p>It really depends on your work ethic and study habits. There are varsity athletes who were also ECE majors.</p>
<p>I was a Tradition Fellow, and found the program to be pretty nice. All of the living costs for a summer internship were paid for, and the program encouraged me to get involved in campus activities and volunteer organizations, meeting people and having fun along the way. Some kids get really into the Tradition programming, while others simply see it fit to fulfill the requirements.</p>
<p>Now, out of college, I donate money to the Tradition every year, and get a really nice letter from a student telling me all about his life and his studies at Cornell. Maybe this will be you next year?</p>
<p>I got selected as a Tradition fellow also</p>
<p>What are the criteria for being a Traditions Fellow? Does it have anything to do with financial aid, or can students not applying for aid get it as well?</p>
<p>Students not applying for aid can get the Traditions Fellow. As an incoming freshman, it's something that is granted based upon a review of your application. Apparently, you can apply for your sophmore year. They lay out everything on the website Cornell</a> University The Cornell Commitment but it's not clear how the program works or benefits its members.</p>
<p>It's all there, just a little bit buried: </p>
<p>Events:
Cornell</a> University The Cornell Tradition</p>
<p>There's also financial support ($3000) for an unpaid summer internship as well as an expected savings replacement:</p>
<p>Cornell</a> University The Cornell Commitment: Alumni</p>
<p>She's currently a freshman, taking 22 credits in engineering school so she can get a minor squeezed in. She's not on financial aid nor can freshman do that much in research, so getting the 250 work hours in is a bear. She works constantly when she's home and some telecommuting. Doesn't seem worth it for $600. It does, however, apparently, open doors for on campus jobs and research jobs because the program helps subsidize the salary. As to whether other engineers can handle the load, it probably depends if you are taking a normal load and how many of your classes are repeats of high school classes. The charity and involvement on campus is pretty reasonable for most people of this personality type. For engineers with higher paying summer job options, the benefits are less compared to those who end up doing volunteer type internships during the summer.</p>
<p>22 credits as a freshman in engineering is nothing to sneeze at. But you daughter will reap the rewards in another year or two with research opportunities, etc.</p>
<p>If she can work at one of the lesser libraries, she should be able to commit to six hours of work a week, and most of that time can probably be spent studying. I made the mistake of working at Olin my freshman year, which is the library that all of the graduate students need to constantly check books out from. Needless to say I didn't get much time to study.</p>
<p>did anyone get the hunter rawlings research scholarship?</p>
<p>so is there a verdict? is this program worth doing (i.e. monetarily and grad school admissions) if you aren't on fin aid?</p>
<p>Few days ago, I got the Hunter Rawlings research scholar thingy. I thank Cornell since I will definitely be helped by that $4 k financial boost per year... Although the part about where I am 'encouraged' to do research like 8-10 hours grabbed me at first, I think I can persuade myself to look it as 'fun' rather than 'work'. It sounds really interesting! Does any one have experience with this research program?</p>
<p>Pretty big bump, but yeah I'm also looking for more info about the research scholar program. Has anyone here been a part of it?</p>
<p>TAdd -- PM rendeli. He was a research scholar at Cornell.</p>
<p>Haha, looks like I beat you to the punch ;)</p>
<p>Congrats KimJoshy and Tadd! RCPRS is an amazing program, and a hallmark of my undergraduate years. I'm still very close to the students and faculty I met through the program. Check your PM box, and anyone else who wants to know more about RCPRS should PM me too. </p>
<p>I know very little about the other Cornell Commitment programs (tradition and meinig) but I hope they're equally fulfilling =)</p>