<p>I am wondering if there are any Cornell students out there that can give me any information at all, about the Dietetic program there.</p>
<p>I have a daughter who is about to start her senior year in HS and is considering applying to Cornell. However, from some of the other posts I have seen, it makes me wonder if she should bother. I mean, I think she is a great student, ranked 40/565 with a 5.0 wgpa. But her ACT composite is only 32 and her SAT's are not nearly as impressive as all the others I see posted here. But then again, she is not wanting to be an engineer either.</p>
<p>Anyway, any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I think she has a great shot. You have to remember that CC is not a very representative sample of the people who get into and matriculate at Cornell. Even if people don't lie and exaggerate, as a generalization, the type of person who visits this forum is usually of a different caliber than the "regular student." So for every 35 ACT valedictorian who won the USAMO, there are 40 kids who got into the same schools with not the same qualifications.</p>
<p>Your daughter is top 10%, has a very respectable weighted gpa, and also a very respectable ACT score. </p>
<p>And what I always say is "if you don't apply, of course you will get rejected, at least if you apply, you have as good a chance as any of being accepted"</p>
<p>I thought this topic was going to be about food.</p>
<p>Ah yeah definitely bother. She has a good chance, and she'll never know if she doesn't try.</p>
<p>I got in with much worse gpa and rank and I do want to be an engineer >_> I did have good sat scores though, especially math ones(engineering), I don't know the sat-act conversion however so can't directly compare. A 32 makers her competitive for admission though. (by competitive I mean that she is able to compete on par with much of the applicant pool, not that she will necessarily beat them, although as I said above she has a good shot)</p>
<p>Thanks for the pep talk.</p>
<p>I think she will apply, if anything else, because there is really no reason not too. Once she finishes her IB paper, a couple college aps will seem like nothing.</p>
<p>Now hopefully there is someone out there that can provide some feedback on the dietetic program...</p>
<p>All I can say is that it is faaaaaantastic.</p>
<p>I wasn't a dietetic student, but I did do a minor in nutritional science and so I have a lot of experience with the coursework.</p>
<p>I think you should re-post your question with Nutritional Sciences in the title. People probably aren't clicking in because the title is misleading. I thought the post was about a "program" for students who have special dietetic needs myself. You do have the choice to apply to Hum Ec or CALS for that Nutritional Sciences. </p>
<p>Cornell</a> University - Division of Nutritional Sciences</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/513762-food-science-vs-nutritional-science.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/513762-food-science-vs-nutritional-science.html</a></p>
<p>P.S. When I searched CC to see if anyone else answered this question for you - I noticed that not too many people responded to this topic in the past. Maybe you'll have better luck.</p>