Guide/04 School-by-School Supplements
Cornell Supplemental Essays 2026–27
Cornell's 2026–27 college-specific essays (Arts & Sciences, Engineering, CALS, Human Ecology, ILR, Brooks, Dyson, Nolan, AAP, and more) after the university-wide essay was dropped.
For 2026–27, Cornell dropped its university-wide essay. You now write only the essay(s) for the undergraduate college you're applying to: 650 words for Arts & Sciences, AAP, Dyson, Nolan, ILR, and Brooks; 550 words for Human Ecology; two 350-word essays for CALS; and two 200-word essays plus four 100-word short answers for Engineering.
Because you apply to a specific college, your essay has to show a real fit with that college. This guide shows how...
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What’s in this chapter
- 1What each college asks
- 2What Cornell is really looking for
- 3How to approach the 650-word essays
- 4Engineering's short answers
- 5The trap: applying to the "easier" college
- 6See it on the page