<p>I have engineering as primary, and CAS as alternate (Physics). My interests in engineering and physics are so similar. Should I assume that the admissions people read both essays, one after the other, and therefore know what I said in the physics one while reading the engineering one? </p>
<p>I can explain why I chose engineering over physics as primary in about 2-3 sentences, otherwise I would just repeat lots of stuff. Did anyone else have this problem?</p>
<p>Actually I had a question sort of relevant to this topic.</p>
<p>I applied to HumEc primary (HBHS) and CALS alternate (Bio) and I was wondering if the HumEc admissions officers would also read my CALS essay? Would applying alternate to CALS hurt my chances for HumEc admission?</p>
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I was wondering if the HumEc admissions officers would also read my CALS essay?
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<p>Yes. It is possible that they would. It is answered in the FAQ section in the Cornell's viewbook or the application instruction pdf file. It is highly possible that they would read both. I know FOR SURE, that they have access to both essays.</p>
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Would applying alternate to CALS hurt my chances for HumEc admission?
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<p>No.</p>
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I can explain why I chose engineering over physics as primary in about 2-3 sentences, otherwise I would just repeat lots of stuff. Did anyone else have this problem?
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<p>You should assume admission officers would read both essays. However, it is acceptable to have some repetitions.</p>
<p>quite honestly, i wrote the same essay for my primary and alternate schools. exact same - except the name of the college/major i was applying to was different.</p>
<p>it doesn't really matter because barely any of the applications actually get sent to the alternate schools - and adcoms barely have enough time to read through all of the required essays, much less read an EXTRA essay that they don't need to read. although, i did apply RD if that makes any more of a difference (it shouldn't).</p>