Cornell

Transfer Students
1

<p>hey guys
how are you treating the questions: 'how academic or work experience influenced choice of major' and 'why Cornell'</p>

<p>are you treating these questions as essay questions or short answer? how long are they? are you strictly answering the question?</p>

2

<p>short answer. They state to just write around a paragraph.</p>

3

<p>Essay. I took it as an opportunity to address the "Why Transfer, Why Us?" question. My response was about 1 page, 12 pt. with normal margins. Here is the exact wording of the question:</p>

<p>"Your Academic Interest
On a separate sheet of paper, please answer both questions below. Be sure to include your name and U.S. Social Security number, and staple the
page to the back of this 2H form.
■ Tell us what you’d like to major in at Cornell. How has academic or work experience influenced your decision?
■ How would transferring to Cornell further your academic interests?"</p>

<p>As you can see, it does not specify a length. Anyways, good luck with your transfer and I hope you get good news in the coming months.</p>

<p>-Eddie-</p>

4

<p>I wrote over 700 words for those two. It's anything but a short paragraph.</p>

5

<p>ya it's kind of hard to answer the questions as short answer
but i think they do want short answer bc it says to write in the space provided on form 2H
EPorrell22: but isnt the essay supposed to tell them something about you? or does the essay you have written do that already?</p>

6

<p>My essay does address my passion and its development; thereby providing insight into my personality and character. So I would say that yes, there is no way to discuss your passions without providing the necessary information about yourself.</p>

<p>By the way, did you guys write two essays? or did you write one that addressed both bullet points? I did the latter, just wanted to know how you all were approaching it. Good luck to all of you in the upcoming months.</p>

<p>-Eddie-</p>

7

<p>i am doing the 2 questions separately but the other essay, did you write about "why Cornell" there as well? btw EPorrell22 do you have msn?</p>

8

<p>I have AIM: EPorrell22. What other essay? The personal essay (diversity, quote, misc.)? I haven't finished that essay yet, but I used that section to address my "Why Cornell". You can IM me if you want, or you can e-mail me if you wish (<a href="mailto:EPorrell@ufl.edu">EPorrell@ufl.edu</a>). </p>

<p>-Eddie-</p>

9

<p>what is AIM?</p>

10

<p>AOL Instant Messenger = AIM</p>

11

<p>oh ok i added u</p>

12

<p>Last year I fitted both on one page as a short answer and I got accepted :)</p>

13

<p>I craned as much stuff I can under their guidelines. There are simply too much stuff.</p>