<p>Hello everyone 
I’m a junior in high school, and I’m seriously considering to apply to Cornell ED next year because:
It has an amazing engineering department
It has a great campus
It is an ivy (I know, it shouldn’t matter, but, come on, who doesn’t like prestige?)
But most of all I like the opportunity to have an independent major
I would like to major in Biotechnology or something closely related.
Since Cornell doesn’t offer a degree in biotechnology, but offers the independent major, I could create my own major by taking classes in both Biological Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
But I’m not sure if an independent major looks good to grad schools and future employers. Does it show initiative?</p>
<p>its not the best idea, if only because a particular college will read your application, and you will need them to advocate for you. As an independent major people may not focus on the scope of your interests, but pigeonhole you as wishy washy, since they read so many applications, and you’ll be left out. On the other hand if you say you want to major in X, you stand a greater chance of having a professor of X say, “hey I want to teach that kid” and push for you.</p>