FAQs for the Cross-Admitted, Undecided, Future Cornell-Students

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<p>If last year's experience was any indication, in another week this board will be bombarded by students trying to come to some sort of decision as to where they will spend the next four years of their life. </p>

<p>In the interest of not only helping admitted students make the decision that is best for their own particular circumstances, but also to limit thread inflation, it might behoove some of us regulars to start digging up old threads featuring oft-repeated topics and posting links to them below. </p>

<p>Some questions that will undoubtedly come up include:</p>

<p>-- Will I freeze to death and become ostracized from society at large by spending four years in Upstate New York? </p>

<p>-- I really want to attend Cornell, but is it as stressful and cut-throat as all the rumors make it out to be?</p>

<p>-- I was accepted to school X but know want to transfer to school Y at Cornell. Is that possible as a freshman?</p>

<p>-- I really want to attend Cornell, but the need-based financial aid package at comparable school Z is a lot better! Is there anything I can do?</p>

<p>-- How good is Cornell for students interested in business/English/engineering/economics/pre-med/philosophy?</p>

<p>-- What is this Tradition/Meinig/Presidential Research Scholars/Dean Scholars
all about?</p>

<p>-- What is Cornell's social scene like? Is it too fratty? Do people just sit around and study all day long?</p>

<p>-- I'm torn and can't decide between Cornell and Berkeley/Duke/Notre Dame/Penn/Dartmouth/Chicago/Northwestern/etc. Help me compare and contrast the schools!</p>

<p>And so on...</p>

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<p>Great idea Cayuga! I’ll throw in some internal transfer related threads</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/488940-switching-schools-within-cornell.html?highlight=internal+transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/488940-switching-schools-within-cornell.html?highlight=internal+transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/468780-internal-transfer-inquiriy.html?highlight=internal+transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/468780-internal-transfer-inquiriy.html?highlight=internal+transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>No sense in adding too many since the info is all the same :)</p>

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<p>This is the definitive thread about the winter:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/599895-weather-ithaca-k-omg.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/599895-weather-ithaca-k-omg.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And here’s one good thread that talks a lot about various issues pertaining to Cornell/Ithaca:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/614242-pros-cons-cornell.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/614242-pros-cons-cornell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is my favorite thread about Cornell:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/129727-your-guide-sin-pleasure-ithaca.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/129727-your-guide-sin-pleasure-ithaca.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here are a few good ones about greek life:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/630916-what-if-you-dont-go-greek.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/630916-what-if-you-dont-go-greek.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For all you kids trying to figure out what the hell a guaranteed transfer option is:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/681636-welcome-gt-class-13-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/681636-welcome-gt-class-13-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/319079-guaranteed-transfer-option.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/319079-guaranteed-transfer-option.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All Cornell applicants should watch this video ASAP</p>

<p>[YouTube</a> - Minkoff (Road To Cornell)](<a href=“Minkoff (Road To Cornell) - YouTube”>Minkoff (Road To Cornell) - YouTube)</p>

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<p>I am looking for advice for my daughter as to what class she needs to take BEFORE she takes the SAT Subject Test for:
Literature (she is scheduled for AP Lang/ Comp in her junior year and AP Lit her senior year)…but she needs to take the Subj Tests after her junior year to apply ED.</p>

<p>Chem (her school only has Chem SL and not AP Chem)</p>

<p>Math 2 (can she take if after PreCal H or is it a must that she take it after AP Calc AB?</p>

<p>Thank you to whoever will give us advice!</p>

<p>HooRahMom2020</p>

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<p>Invest in prep books (or get them from your library). SAT II tests are not aligned with AP tests. Math 2 does not include any calculus. The percentiles are pretty extreme on SAT IIs, so prepare well. </p>

<p>[Math</a> 2 - SAT Subject Test Math Level 2 Practice Questions](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>What were SAT Subject Tests? - College Board Blog)</p>

<p>[Chemistry</a> Subject Test - SAT Chemistry Practice Questions & Tests](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;