Study Week
So it appears that I haven't posted anything in over 2 months now. It's really hard to believe that the semester is just about over now. Study week is next week, and then I have 4 finals the week after, and I am home free!
Early decision applicants should be getting their decisions within a couple weeks. Best of luck to all of you. As for regular decision, the application deadline is coming up soon, so it's time to get all your materials together and send them off. If you need help with anything, just shoot me an email at ak566@cornell.edu.
As for things going on in the campus, the Engineering Career Fair Team has managed to get more than twenty companies signed up for the spring career fair. After last year's debacle, we're really hoping for a great turnout this year. On the sports side, Cornell basketball is once again kicking butt.
So I guess I'll leave it at that. I'll try to be more regular with my posting, but then again I've said that about a million times :/
Once again, best of luck, and don't hesitate to ask me any questions.
Appy
A brand new year!
Hey all, I hope all of you had a great summer! I had an internship at Motorola in Horsham, PA over the summer that lasted for three months. It was pretty fun and I learned a lot, but more importantly, I networked with a lot of people. I went for a technical internship, because while I am an Operations Research major and would like to work in business, I feel that having a strong technical background is very useful. At least that's what people tell me. Prior work experience in a company setting should hopefully also help me land a co-op this year (I'm planning on doing the co-op program here at Cornell).
The co-op program is what makes Cornell unique from many other schools. In this program, students find 2 semester long internships with the help of Engineering Co-op and Career services. The co-op is usually staggered. That is, a student completes the first half of the full time co-op in the fall semester of their junior year, returns to Cornell in the spring, and returns to their company in the summer to complete their internship. Students must stay at Cornell over the summer before their junior year to complete the fall semester classes. Upperclassmen who have done the co-op program have all said it was an amazing opportunity to work for two full semesters at a company. Also, many of those students tend to go back to the company they co-oped in. For more information about Cornell's co-op program, go to:
http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineering-coop-career-services/co-op/index.cfmI'm sure many of you now are making decisions about colleges, and I certainly hope Cornell is on your list. For early decision applicants, your application is due in about a month, so make sure you get all your documents, application mateirals, essays, and SAT scores in. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to email me at arc_appy@yahoo.com.
All the best and have a great start to the year!
Aparajith
Off for the Summer
Hi everyone,
Aparajith is off for the summer. In the meantime feel free to check out some of our summer blogs:
MarcoSeanJillHave a great summer!
Jill
Congratulations!
I guess the title of this post speaks for itself. Congratulations to everyone who has gotten accepted into Cornell Engineering. This is an amazing accomplishment and you should all be very proud of yourselves.
So In guessing many of you are in quite a predicament now. You must be wondering, "Why should I choose Cornell over some of the other schools I have gotten into?" I think I can sum up all the reasons in this song: "We Didnt Go To Harvard", by the Cayuga Waiters, an a Capella group here at Cornell. The link for the song is below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Rjk1WGHp8
In all sincerity though, I think Cornell is the best school out there. We are the Hottest Ivy, according to Newsweek. We have an amazing co-op program, and plenty of research opportunities for even freshmen. Our basketball team went to the NCAA tourney for the second year in a row (and got crushed in the first round for the second year in a row), our hockey and lax teams are really good, and to cap it all, we engineers have a pretty damn good social life (until exams come knocking on the door).
Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting a lot about all the different aspects of Cornell that make it great. I will focus on the different majors, co-op and research opportunities, academics, athletics, clubs, and social life at Cornell. Stay tuned for more!
If you have any questions, just shoot me an email at arc_appy@yahoo.com.
--Appy
Low Rise 7
Hey guys, I'm actually updating my blog within 2 weeks of my last post, which is kinda a miracle. I had two prelims last week, and my comp sci prelim is on march 5, so iv got plenty of time for that.
As I have said earlier, I live in Clara Dickson Hall, but lately, I have been spending time with my friends in Low Rise 7, a pretty chill dormitory on North Campus. Instead of working on a comp sci project with my partner Jasdeep Hundal, we play ping pong and get distracted by the new Lonely Island album Incredibad, with hits like Im on a Boat and Like a Boss. Anyway, Jasdeep and others in Low Rise 7 are rather upset about my last post about how Operations Research is the best major. You see, Jasdeep and our friends Gautam, Harry, and Frohman are all ECE (electrical and computer engineering)majors, and they are demanding that I give equal justice to their major. This is what they do:
1. Play around with circuits
2. Blow up circuits
3. Rebuild the circuits
4. Make them cooler
5. Ball Out
6. Move on to cooler stuff like Microprocessors (VLSI) and complicated power subsystems
7. And other stuff that I do not understand at all
I still think Operations Research is way better, but if you are looking at ECE, you will be doing the above 7 things, and probably some more stuff.
Well, enjoy. Im about to go play an epic best of 5 ping pong match, and then go to Bear Necessities, the local convenience place.
--Appy
New Semester: A time for change
Well, so much for updating my blog every couple weeks... its been a couple months since I've last updated. Shame on me! Sorry once again, and Ill promise for the millionth time to update my blog as often as I can.
Well, I am a month into the second semster, and believe it or not, my prelims are coming around next week. Yipee! I have a linear algebra and engineering stats prelims next week. My computer science prelim is in the first week of March, so I have time to study for that (aka procrastination). I guess I should share with you guys my courseload this semester.
Once again, Im taking 5 courses. They are: Linear Algebra (Math 2940), Engineering Probability and Statistics (EnrgD 2700), Object Oriented Programming (CS 2110), Intro to Philosophy, and a writing seminar about the Spanish Reconquista, which I find very interesting. Anyone who wants to affiliate as an Operations Research major must take Linear Algebra and engineering Stats, and since I really want to major in OR, I decided to take both of those courses this semester. This means that next year, I will officially be an OR major! I took an intro to OR course last semester, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I find Operations Research to be the perfect bridge between engineering and business/finance. Essentially, it is applied math, statistics, and computer science and its applications in financial/managerial/industrial problems. Anyone with interest in finance or business should consider this major. Also, you do not need to take any chem/physics after your third semester, and as I harbor a rather strong hatred towards those subjects, my decision to be an OR major is most beneficial to my mental health. I love math, stats, and comp sci, and I have always wanted to work in consulting/finance, so Operations Research was my choice. I actually applied to Cornell because of its OR program, which is one of (if not the) best in the country.
I think I've mentioned the words OR and Operations Research enough, so Im going to allow you guys to do some research on your own and find out about this awesome major. If you have any questions, fire them at me and Ill get back to you ASAP.
Also, within a couple months, Cornell will be sending out its decisions regarding regular applicants. To all of you: KEEP YOUR GRADES UP!! Slipping in your grades can only hurt your admission status, so do not slack off, even though many of you would probably want to (I know I did :) )
Well, I think I'll leave it at that, and sign off now. I should be paying attention to my philosophy lecture now, but laptops have a way of distracting you when you do not want to hear another word about Rene Descartes and his Causal Principles.
--Appy
Semester One: COMPLETE
I just completed my first semester, and lets just say that Im glad its over. Ill go into detail later about everything in my first semester later this month. I also said in my previous post that I would talk about clubs and organizations at Cornell, but I think its better if I discuss it later on, as there are more important things I want to get to in this post.
Firstly, I would like to congratulate all the early decision applicants who got accepted into Cornell. This is a great achievement, and you should take some time to celebrate this. However, as soon as your winter break is over, its time to hit the books again. Even though you have been accepted, Cornell has the right to rescind your acceptance if you:
1. slip in your grades
2. get into any sort of trouble with the school
3. get into any legal trouble, etc...
Its your responsibility to keep your grades up and not get into any trouble. Im sure most if not all of you will not have any porblems with this, but Im just giving out the warning.
To anyone who got deferred: there is still time to show the admissions officers that you truly want to go to Cornell. I would strongly suggest calling the admissions office and talking to an admissions officer about your application. You may have to bring certain grades up, or do some extra work, or maybe even do some volunteering for an extracurricular activity. Whatever the case, keep in touch with admissions officers, because it shows your interest. If you have any questions about any extra stuff you personally can do, Id be glad to help out.
Finally, the regular decision deadline is fast approaching. Regular decision applicants have about a week to wrap up their applications and send them in. I'd strongly advise going through these steps before submitting the application:
1. PROOFREAD EVERYTHING - yes everything. Make sure all information is accurate. If there are any short answer questions on the common applications, make sure you answer them completely and to the best of your ability. Most importantly, proofread your essays multiple times. Have multiple people read over your essay, becasue different perspectives are very helpful.
2. Make sure you have completed the Cornell Supplement Application and the Engineering essay
3. Make sure your school has sent your transcripts and recommendation letters to Cornell
4. Make sure your SAT score report has been sent
5. Ensure that any other intangibles regarding your application have been taken care of
If any of you guys have questions regarding your application, please let me know immediately, or call the engineering admissions office. I will be checking the blog frequently for comments, so I will get back to you guys ASAP. Also, you can email me at
arc_appy@yahoo.com if you have personal questions regarding your applications.
Best of luck!
Appy
