Hi, I am currently working on my Cornell supplement, has this prompt:
“Describe two of your current intellectual interests and why they are exciting to you. Why will Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences be the right environment in which to pursue your interests?”
Are body language (specifically detecting lies) and criminal profiling (putting a “face” to the killer by finding his motive, the commonalities shared by victims-who he likes to target, and his personalty-smart or impulsive) OK interests to talk about in my Cornell essay even though it doesn’t have any related courses or clubs? Instead, I was planning on tying the two interests together and explaining how they lead me to major in Psychology (extremely vague). Would that work?
I would think there is plenty of Pscyhology involved in both reading body language and criminal,profiling. However, it certainly seems that your primary interest is in criminology. Does Cornell offer that? Just thinking you need to be sure that it doesn’t sound as though you want to study something Cornell doesn’t offer. If those are your primary interests, why Cornell?
I am interested in Psychology as a whole, not Criminology. I am just more knowledgeable and probably more able to show enthusiasm about those two topics because I took a class in forensics. I’m not sure if they’re expecting my primary interests either. I heard that playing chess, fascination with certain historical eras (like Industrial Revolution), etc. were all considered intellectual interests. I thought mine would fall into a similar category as well, but they aren’t as closely connected to Cornell as chess (chess club) and the industral revolution (historical courses, clubs, majors, etc.). I plan on double majoring in Psychology and Economics (behavioral economics?).