<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'd really appreciate it if you could suggest which college at Cornell would be right for me. I am just starting to learn about the university.</p>
<p>I don't want this to turn into a chance me thread, so I'm not posting my stats. I would rather give you an insight into who I am as a person:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
volunteered at the library, nursing home (quite common experiences, but the nursing home had a profound impact on me)</p>
<p>lab research at a university (will enter Intel)</p>
<p>editor-in-chief of my school newspaper</p>
<p>'Special' classes:
AP World, AP US, AP Gov't, AP Math (not sure which one yet), journalism, science research, AP Psych/Russian lit (haven't gotten my schedule yet, but one of those for first term of senior year), college class in sociology (loved it), humanities college class, college class about the israeli and palestinian conflict</p>
<p>I'm interested in a lot of things, so a lot of colleges at the university appeal to me...but I'm not sure which 2 I should apply to.</p>
<p>I would appreciate any and all help. Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think you provided the right information.</p>
<p>There’s a big difference between what you like to study, and what you want to do with your life. </p>
<p>I personally enjoy studying liberal arts; I’m planning on taking a large portion of my classes in government, philosophy, English, history, and economics. I’m also planning on going into either business or law, or some combination of the two. </p>
<p>Now I’m not trying to insinuate that you have to study what you want to go into, but the reason I’m calling attention to this is because I don’t see a lot of conformity in your extracirriculars/interests. </p>
<p>You’re obviously interested in journalism, but going to school for journalism, or even a major in communications, won’t give you a lot of versatility career wise if that’s not something you can see yourself doing.</p>
<p>Based on what you have here, if you’re set on applying to Cornell I would apply Arts and Sciences, take a year or two to see what you want to do, and then pick a major/transfer into another school.</p>
<p>I would try for A&S with CALS or HumEc as your secondary.</p>
<p>Thank you for the suggestions. JWright, that was what I was thinking, too. Roneald, I’m considering premed, which I can do at more than one college at Cornell. All I have to do is take my premed classes, and then I’ll be set. This is why I’m putting more of an emphasis on what I like to study - I really love to learn, and that will be my primary focus in college. </p>
<p>I know my ECs are all over the place, but I really do enjoy all of them. I’m just interested in a lot of things.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that’s a bad thing at all; on the contrary I was exactly the same. I was just saying that most of your extra’s are things that are going to be hard to study in college because a degree in that field is very limiting (eg. journalism). </p>
<p>If you have decided to do pre-med, then I would say A&S would be your best bet, just because you’ll be able to knock out those prerequisites and still have room to take classes in whatever you want.</p>