SpacePope

Hey! I need to know what makes cornell engineering unique so I can write a good supplemental essay. I really want there to be something unique and cool about cornell engineering, so I can write about how cornell is the only university with that attribute, while pretending that that attribute is something I care deeply about. I tried looking on my own, but I really couldn't find anything truly unique: seems like Cornell is just like the other good engineering programs w/ the research oppertunities and the professor taught classes and whatnot.

ImTheHost

if u can't find anything, then don't apply ... how ez is that

ILUxpssh

^ Agreed. Please don't apply. Especially, if you have to pretend that you care about Cornell. Apply to the other good engineering programs.

ZFanatic

Carnegie Mellon. Lol.

But look at professors pages and things like that. I GUARANTEE you will find something cool about a professor. I was fortunate to be able to eat dinner with one and basically wrote my essay about that.

mariambaby3

The work that never ceases.

monydad

Cornell engineering offers a comprehensive engineering program, with breadth and depth of courses in all the major areas of the field and with strong preparation for engineering practice, as well as research and entry to other fields.

It is part of a large diverse and top-quality university, consequently the breeadth and depth of available, high-quality course offerings and areas of study outside your major are huge, and there are opportunities for interdisciplinary studies.

Due to the variety of areas of study at the university, the undergraduate population there is a heterogeneous group, with highly diverse interests. But it is large enough so that you can find your own niche of like-minded individuals.

Engineering is traditionally a somewhat male-dominated field, however engineers are only 20% of Cornell's undergrads. In the dorms the student population runs 50-50 Male-female.

Ithaca is a pretty hip city, the dynamics of a college town with 20,000+ students makes for a lively atmosphere. The natural beauty of the surrounding environment and the Finger Lakes region can be breathtaking. Fall is spectacular, Spring and Summer are very pleasant. On the downside, the Northeast winters are well in evidence there, and one may be more exposed to it there than at schools with smaller campuses.

The Ithaca metro area is 100,000+ and there are some big cities (Syracuse, Rochester, Binghamton) an hour or two away, but no major city is very close. This would be a bigger deal if you were not living in a college town with 20,000+ other students, and if you had less work to do.

katmandoo

if you wont bother to go online and do a little research, how will you be able to handle the Cornell workload?

det_A-lambda=0

This is something you really need to think about; choosing colleges is truly a big decision. It would be to your benefit to do your own research, perhaps visit Cornell, and decide for yourself what Cornell engineering means to you, and why it is unique to you. This doesn't necessarily have to be about some professor's research or even the College of Engineering. As long as you can communicate a genuine desire to attend Cornell, and can provide solid justification for choosing its engineering program.

Personally, I think very few top engineering schools offer the intellectual breadth and diversity that Cornell does. After all, there are seven undergraduate colleges, and the course handbook is as thick as a phone book.