<p>“This space can be used for your alternate choice college essay.”</p>
<p>Is the alternate college essay required for Cornell?</p>
<p>It says “can” so I would assume it’s not required</p>
<p>No, that’s only if you do the thing where you apply to one college but list a second as your alternate choice. For instance, you can apply to Engineering but list Arts and Sciences as your second choice… Then you would write an alternate choice essay for Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>It is required if you are using the alternate choice option…</p>
<p>required, for sure, if u r using alternate option</p>