<p>college confidential's very own member, beefs, has informed me that a cornell "insider" has informed him that this year, prospective students can apply to more than one college at Cornell...</p>
<p>he, himself, did not believe so he called Cornell and asked...he was informed that this year he will be able to apply to more than one school.</p>
<p>sweet.</p>
<p>well, im really not sure what they're doing for next year (class of 2011.) but when i went up for the mvp weekend last october, admissions people told us that they were working on a system where perspective students could apply to more than one college at cornell.</p>
<p>i think that sucks.... harder to get in...they will be searching among best ppl out of all .....
and this will only increase more applicants to a school...not a good sign man</p>
<p>hmmm idk, from my perspective (applying to hotel) it does suck....because yes, they value experience in the industry and what not, but they also have lower average test scores and gpas so students may apply for the heck of it....and perhaps the hotel school may start to choose from those with the higher test scores over those with the true passion? </p>
<p>no idea. idk all i want is for the new application supplement to be up</p>
<p>I recently spoke with a representative from cornell during one of those local info session and he said that we will be able to apply to 2 schools. At first i thought it would be good but i now agree that this totally sucks. I guess, however, it will make the process more predictable (good thing) because applicants will have 2 chances to get in but it makes getting into ur top choice major much more difficult.</p>
<p>Another way to look at it is that you could possibly apply to Hotel as your first choice, and AEM as second choice. This way, if you don't get into Hotel you could still take classes in the Hotel school as AEM electives (if you got in there instead). I think some of the classes might overlap. </p>
<p>If you are really into Hospitality, then this would be another way to experience all of the wonderful classes that the Hotel School offers in case you do not get into Hotel.</p>
<p>I'm just not sure if this undermines your perceived "dedication" to the study of hospitality. This could be tricky, and it's a tough call.</p>
<p>It would seem that the specialized school applicants don't need to worry as much because for Hotel they look for experience and passion and for ILR they look for passion, architecture they look at portfolio, ect...but it's the general college people that might need to worry a little more. That's kinda cool tho...it made me a lil jealous that AEM people could apply to two while no1 else could lol.</p>
<p>My sources tell me that all of the information will be posted on Cornell's website in early July. I know some of the details, and there is already some misinformation speculated on this thread... just relax and wait two weeks for all you need to know! It's really very good news for prospective students and for Cornell.</p>
<p>hmm tahoe...interesting.</p>
<p>i suppose we will just have to wait until july! thanks for the input :)</p>
<p>Is this in any way going to have an affect on transfer admission rates?</p>
<p>It probably will. This is going to screw over a lot of people. Let's be honest, this is basically giving the upper echelon applicants with a backup Cornell college that might not be what they wanted. You're going to have a lot of people going for some kind of business or economics major that use ILR and Hotel as second college choices. I wonder if they'll even mention the inevitable effect this will have on transfers.</p>
<p>But since I'm applying to ILR for junior status for the Fall'08 semester, won't I "escape" this change? It seems as if this will primarily affect people applying for first-year admission.</p>
<p>It seems to me that this sucks for most applicants and is great for the school. I think now almost evyone who applies with a 2250+/3.9+ will get in to A school in Cornell (not necessarily their top choice) b/c they have 2 chances while fewer kids with sub 2000 SAT/ 3.7 gpa will get in b/c they have to compete with more people. THis should boost the stats of the school while making getting into Cornell more difficfult tho more predictable (even tho the same # of kids will appply and be accepted).</p>
<p>Does anyone else agree with this or am i totally off?</p>
<p>Thank god I'm already on for the ride lol</p>
<p>MNOAAA i agree. i think for the prospective students with "worse" statistics, and actually all applicants in general, it will be more difficult to receive the "thick envelope".</p>
<p>the university itself must LOVE this because although it may be more complicated (lets face it, denying a student from one school and then saying "what about choice number 2" is not going to be easy), it will make for, in my opinion, a more statistically elite incoming class.</p>
<p>basically, what is going to happen is that kids with lets say a 1450/1500 who for w.e. reason do not make the cut at CAS will be put into the CALS pool and then may get accepted. This will presumably help Cornell raise its stats.</p>
<p>Eh, even if they offered it this year, I wouldn't have done just because I probably would've needed to write an extra essay for the second college. </p>
<p>I think it's a cool process. A biology major would have several options instead of being forced to choose one college, same with comp science, and ILR/Hotel/AEM.</p>
<p>why would you go to college for hotel administration? *** is that?</p>
<p>Why wouldn't you if you want to work in the hospitality industry? Cornell's hotel alumni have a network like no other.</p>
<p>yeahhhhh hotel</p>