Re: supplemental essay for Cornell

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I appreciate your input. I wasn't sure what to tell him. 

On Dec 29, 2013, at 6:55 PM, "Robert" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote:
>> 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 
>> by?and linked to?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.)