<p>Did anybody not get accepted to their first choice major at CALS? Because I really don't want to major in anything but Biological Sciences, but I still want to go to Cornell, so I was thinking that putting down a second-choice major gives me a better chance at acceptance. Do you think this is true, and do you think my chances at this major/school are decent?</p>
<p>(1420 SAT, 630 Writing, 660 US History, and 680 Chem SATIIs; rank: 37/~465; legacy (Great Grandfather went to Cornell for Law in 1907))</p>
<p>Also, what did some of you guys write your intellectual interest essays on? I wrote mine on how I was intrigued with the brain, music, and scrabble... are the latter two of the three not the sorts of things Cornell is looking for? Thanks!</p>
<p>i think cornell is looking for a statement that describes your individual interests...if you are really interested in something, I think they want to hear about it.</p>
<p>I wrote my "intellectual interest" essay on using applied math to defend America (so you can be alittle abstract as long as you are coherent and not obviously b.s. ing)</p>
<p>it really isnt that detailed all i do is say how my views towards math have evolved over my h.s. career and how my love for country motivates me to use math (maybe science) to pursue a field that will help the U.S.</p>