<p>The supplement for the college of arts and sciences asks you to...</p>
<p>Describe your intellectual interests, their evolution, and what makes them exciting to you. Tell us how you will utilize the academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences to further explore your interests, intended major, or field of study.</p>
<p>I'm applying as a linguistics major so I talked about my interest in linguistics and languages, how i became interested/my background, and how i would study this at cornell. </p>
<p>But it ended up only being like 300 words and the max is 500..
should I talk about interests like creative writing and econ? but I feel like it takes away from the specificity and direction of the essay. </p>
<p>Quality over quantity? Or should I just write more?</p>
<p>Quality over quantity! I don’t have any relevant experience or evidence for this claim, but I feel that the admissions committees who sort through thousands of applications every year (and read hundreds of essays) would be pleased with a short, simple, direct response. If you’re confident with what you have, submit it!</p>
<p>And good luck. Hopefully I’ll see you there. =]</p>
<p>My daughter was admitted to engineering ED with a 400 word essay, but there was really nothing more to say…I agree, if it conveys what you want it to, go with it! I think a shorter essay would be welcome to the admissions committee who are probably sick of people trying to keep their attention with lengthy essays. Reflect on your common app essay - how do they look as a “package”?</p>
<p>I applied as a Math major but I knew I would also take language courses (such as French or Korean) so I talked about that as well, since, you know, it fits with the College of Arts & Sciences. I didn’t feel like it took away from my essay since I really do love languages as well (dunno how passionate you feel about Creative Writing or Economics though…)</p>
<p>Hi. I was also wondering if someone could look over my answer to the same supplement question? i’m also thinking of sending it in today so it’ll be great if you could reply quickly.</p>
Cut it down to 499 for CALS. But it is all about quality</p>