<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this.</p>
<p>I have a lot of business-related extracurricular activities and a business award from my school because I have also taken all of the business classes offered at my school (3 full-year courses). I was originally interested in studying business, but my focus has shifted to studying economics in CAS. Now I am really passionate about economics, and I will be applying ED to CAS with an indicated interest in econ. </p>
<p>My only concern is that the adcoms will think I am planning to transfer to AEM (I'm not), and using CAS as a back door because I am out of state, which makes it harder to get into CALS. If I write a very compelling CAS essay, do you think they will believe me?</p>
<p>I was involved in an engineering program in high school called Project Lead the Way, however, I hated engineering and decided I wanted to do medicine. I had the same hesitation as you because I applied to Human Ecology and I thought that they might think I was trying take the easy way in and then transfer to engineering. I was still accepted nonetheless and have no intention of switching to engineering. Just make sure your essay is focused on economics and i think you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>ok, great! thanks for the quick reply.</p>
<p>Despite other posts on this board where you’ll find me emphasizing the difference between economics and business studies, in reality they overlap, and typically lead to similar careers. I would not expect Cornell adcoms to differentiate someone coming out of high school who is expressing interest in economics and someone interested in business and thus think they are meant for different programs. After all, AEM is called Applied ECONOMICS and people in both majors generally take courses in each other’s departments.</p>