Re: supplemental essay for Cornell

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Flora  <http://profiles.yahoo.com/flora>
 > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:50:48 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > Hi Robert, 
 > 
 > I would like your opinion. Xander must submit an essay for the common app, but 
 > a supplemental for some schools.He is applying to Cornell. Cornell requires a 
 > supplemental Writing Supplement Submission. As you know, he is very interested 
 > in artificial intelligence, but says that he is not interested in engineering. 
 > Below is the essay question for Cornell. What do you think?

Looking at http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/academics/departments.cfm ,
it says that Computer Science falls under "engineering", and the AI Dept
falls under http://www.cs.cornell.edu/research/ai .  So, answering the
question as if you were addressing or had interest in working on a
particular AI project would be appropriate, I think.  There's a link to
the Robotics page for Cornell there.

I have to admit that the projects listed on http://pr.cs.cornell.edu seem
pretty uninteresting to me.  Something like
http://www.google.com/search?q=kurzweil+nanobots seem more interesting to
me.  Or, maybe robots that clean toilets or pick fruit.

 > Tell us about an engineering idea you have, or about your interest in 
 > engineering. Describe how your ideas and interests may be realized 
 > byâ??and linked toâ??specific resources within the College of Engineering. 
 > Finally, explain what a Cornell Engineering education will enable you to 
 > accomplish.  (Please limit your response to 650 words.)