<p>CAS: Biology and Society (Just like the OP lol) </p>
<p>alt. CoE: Bioengineering</p>
<p>^oh yay! you’re the first that applied to BSOC this year (that I found) 
horray</p>
<p>CAS: Sociology :)</p>
<p>Updated (if applicable-only used primary choices):</p>
<p>Arts and Sciences - 17
Engineering - 11
Agriculture and Life Sciences - 5
Human Ecology - 4
Industrial and Labor Relations - 4
Architecture, Art, and Planning- 1
Hotel Administration - 2</p>
<p>CAS Asian Studies
idk if it counts, but i mentioned in my essay that i want to minor in inequality</p>
<p>I’m surprised so few people chose two colleges. I applied for Comp Sci at CoE (primary) and Comp Sci at CAS (alternate).</p>
<p>Well, I was only interested in CAS so I didn’t apply for Primary/Alternate. They also said on the website that you should only apply for an alternate if you were REALLY interested. Also, I didn’t want to bother writing another essay.</p>
<p>I guess that’s reasonable. I applied to two because both offer computer science 
I didn’t feel like writing my second essay, but when I did, I felt it was the best one I’d written yet!</p>
<p>Biology & Society (the program I applied for) is actually offered in two other colleges, CALS and HumEc, but I chose CAS because I wanted to take courses in the liberal arts (: Agriculture and ecology isn’t really my thing.</p>
<p>Oh wait, forgot to post alternative</p>
<p>CALS: biology and society like op as well but in cals</p>
<p>Rainbow, I don’t know if it is too late for you to add an alternate college (if you want to), but I applied to CAS in the ED round and was denied, but luckily got deferred to the regular round for my alternate college at cornell - Ecology. It can only help as long as the alternate makes sense.
CAS is very difficult for admission.</p>
<p>^Yeah, it is too late, but it’s okay because I am only interested in CAS. I know admission rates for CAS is usually lower than other colleges, but it’s what I’m going for (: Thanks, though!</p>
<p>I heard that there is an extremely low chance of getting into your alternate choice in RD</p>
<p>@StewieBrownie
- You get accepted primary. They won’t let you take spots at two colleges, and you yourself stated that you prefer primary, so you won’t get secondary.</p>
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<li>You get rejected primary. It is fairly likely that alternate does not consider you suitable because primary didn’t either. But sometimes alternate may consider you suitable; this depends on your application but also on the particular colleges. IMO it’s worth a shot =)</li>
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<p>At the student info tour over the summer, the guy told me it would be stupid (as he says it or my memory is very messed up) not to apply for an alternate college. I forget his reasoning, but it’s like he said something about being able to take the same courses in different colleges, and it shows that you really want to go to Cornell. I do not totally agree with his reasoning, but it’s what he said, and it’s what i did.</p>
<p>I agree that it show your interest in Cornell. But is interest something that’s even considered by adcoms?</p>
<p>^actually, yes. That’s why they have their supplement essays like that.</p>
<p>Cornell’s common data set ([Cornell</a> Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/F_Common_Data_Set.htm]Cornell”>Common Data Set - Institutional Research & Planning)) states state that ‘Level of applicant’s interest’ is ‘Not considered’. So it’s hard to judge, but I’m sure applicant interest has at least some bearing. I’m also sure that people get in by only applying to one college.</p>
<p>Who knows how this whole admission thing works.</p>
<p>^that’s for survey type data. You cannot quantify levels of interest.
Of course schools care about whether or not you want to go there. The question is whether or not applying for a backup is considered showing interest.</p>
<p>@rainbow
Yes</p>