cnx1995

I am writing the essay for the art&science college and I am struggling to find a specific subject among all those subjects I am interested in.
Help please.

Carnelian17

What you read about would be an intellectual interest but reading itself wouldn't be one. Reading is how you would possibly "evolve" your intellectual interest as it says in the question

T26E4

cnx: if the totality of your intellectual interests are contained in "reading" then you're in jeapordy.

It's akin to saying you should make the track team or swim team because you breathe.

Reading is fundamental. If you can't expand upon that....

oldfort

My kid did list reading as an EC, and she wrote an essay about her love of reading. Of course she also gave some examples of books she loved and why. The essay was funny and also showed good level of writing ability. I don't think it was her Cornell essay.

When you are writing a "Why school X" essay don't focus on what a school could do for you (I want to go to Cornell because it has the best math department) because they already know what their school could do for you.

mmaatt

For CAS, the prompt says to talk about how you would use Cornell's resources to further your knowledge in the said area of interest, so it's kinda unavoidable. Of course, it should be in the broader context of your interests and their evolution

Saugus

ILR = I Love Reading

zephyr15

You can certainly write an essay about your love of reading -- One of my D's did (dealt with all of her travels and adventures, ending with the idea that she did this by reading, without leaving home). As I remember, it was creative and well written.

So long as an essay is interesting, says something about you and is well written, I think you can probably make a successful topic about anything.