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First-Year Application Tips

Thoughtfully prepare for and approach the application process..

The Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) Undergraduate Admissions staff offers our first‐year application tips to help you thoughtfully approach the application process and present an application that reflects you as a person, a scholar, and a community citizen. Be sure to also review our First-Year Admissions Requirements . 

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First Year Application Tips

Choosing a college/school and major requires that you understand your interests, consider your academic strengths, and are well-informed about your options. This is especially true for the College of Human Ecology.

• Make this your own college search and exploration of Cornell University, even if you have family, friends, or others in your community who attended or are familiar with Cornell University.
• Families, we hope that you will support your student(s) as their interests develop, deepen, and evolve.
• Watch our recorded  College of Human Ecology information sessions .
• Spend time with our major-specific fact sheets , curriculum sheets , and viewbook *.
• Join us for our information sessions . Note that faculty appointments are discouraged unless you are interested in our design-based majors.
• Reflect on how the College of Human Ecology's mission resonates with your values; how the family of majors, which informs the perspective of the academics, will complement your primary academic interests; and how the coursework requirements parallel and expand your interests.  
• Test your pre-professional interests through volunteer and work experiences. Consider what you enjoyed/valued about those experiences and how you might grow through further exploration.
• You can also join us for one of our CHE Live (online) Events . 

*Download the  College of Human Ecology Viewbook  version that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. PDF is 45MB in size.

A thoughtful, college-specific, and Cornell University informed approach to the Supplemental essays makes for a more compelling application.

For the College of Human Ecology's Supplemental question, your response should show us that your interests and aspirations align with the College and your choice of major.

• Carefully read and respond directly to the College of Human Ecology (CHE) supplemental admissions essay prompt. Copying and pasting essays from other applications is efficient but not effective.
• Address how the College of Human Ecology can help you examine your interests, support your goals, and create purpose. Knowing what motivates your interest in and connection to the college and your chosen major helps us better understand your candidacy.
• Reflect on and prioritize the experiences – academic, extracurricular, work, and volunteer – in which you have participated and that make CHE a compelling and meaningful choice. Or you may explore a human-focused, community-based, organizational, or systemic challenge you've been a part of that our programs could help you address. This approach can inform how you write the supplemental essay.
• Write about the aspects of the College of Human Ecology's education and perspectives that appeal to you, not just the specific classes, clubs, and opportunities of interest.
• We are less interested in the job title you want, than in how you plan to use our programs to support the impact you want to make.
• If you apply as “Undecided,” identify the specific CHE majors you are considering and how they will help you explore your intellectual interests.

Design supplements are required for applicants to the following majors.  Applications to these majors without the required supplement will not be reviewed.

• Design and Environmental Analysis
• Fashion Design and Management (Fashion Design and Fashion Design Management options)
• Fiber Science

These supplements are required in addition to the materials needed to complete the Common Application. These materials must be submitted by the Common Application deadline for critical evaluation by department faculty. 

• Carefully review the  design supplement instructions  for the major/option of interest, as these supplements are unique to the programs and require written and creative work.
• Submit the design supplement, in addition to the Common Application, by the deadline that corresponds to your application timeline.
• Draw on your creativity in all components of the design supplement. 

The admissions committee considers your academic rigor, preparation, persistence, trending, and growth when reviewing your transcript. 

• Competitive candidates, regardless of major choice, pursue the highest level of coursework available at your school, particularly in math and science.
• Competitive candidates earn very strong grades. 
• We understand that coursework offerings at your school might have been impacted by COVID-19. Check with your Guidance or College Counseling Office about how those impacts will be communicated to admissions committees.
• Complete advanced level (Advanced Placement; International Baccalaureate; etc.) Calculus and core science work (Biology, Chemistry, and/or Physics) if they are available, regardless of your intended major. Elective science courses in lieu of core sciences are not compelling.
• You can provide a statement regarding coursework choices and/or grades that are not consistent with the points above via a statement on the "Additional Essay".
• Apply yourself to your schoolwork throughout your senior year. The required senior mid-term grades, as well as the final grade reports for accepted students, are of critical importance. Accepted students who do not maintain the academic momentum presented at the time of application will be contacted by the Admissions Committee.
• Accepted students need to consult with the Human Ecology Admissions Committee before making changes to your senior course load.

The Admissions Committee is interested in how you use your time in your school and in greater communities, what engages, informs, and tests your academic interests, and how those pursuits are connected to the college. 

• Thoughtfully prioritize your extracurricular activities. Make choices around how you spend your time based on the dimension that extracurriculars add to your life and perspective. Multiple page lists of activities/résumés are not helpful.
• Remember that leadership is more about how your commitment and contribution leads to impact than just a title.
• We encourage you to find ways to test your possible career interests. Know this can take shape in a variety of ways. Be creative around how you find those opportunities, as they are often more accessible than you think.
• Reflect on what you learned about communities, institutions, people, and organizations as a result of your activities. Consider how those reflections might inform your approach to the supplemental essay.
• Research experiences can be presented as an entry on the Common Application listing or on a résumé. Should you want to include more information you can submit a short (100 word) overview of your research topic with a focus on the most significant aspect of it as a learning experience, why it matters, and/or how you were supported in this work. Research abstracts are not helpful.

Letters of recommendation help the Admissions Committee understand your maturity, self-motivation, initiative, character, and role in the classroom and community. 

• Carefully consider who to ask and how that letter may support your candidacy.
• Ask a science or math teacher to submit a letter on your behalf especially if you apply to one of our natural science-based majors.
• Limit submissions to the number of letters required in the application instructions.
• Use your best manners to request a letter of recommendation and to thank the letter writer afterwards.
• Our faculty and academic departments are focused on teaching, advising, and conducting research as they work with our current students. Please do not contact our faculty/academic departments during the college search or admissions process.
• Information about CHE research -- faculty projects/labs and undergraduate involvement -- can be found online .
• The “Additional Information” section of the Common Application is best used to contextualize your academic record, address a circumstance that might have impacted your performance, or clarify a specific aspect of your application. Please do not use it to include a second personal essay.
• Email the CHE Admissions Office with questions about academic programs, the admissions process, career development, and student life.

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COA’s newest academic building, the Davis Center for Human Ecology, opened for classes for the 2021 spring term.

Designed in collaboration with architect Susan Rodriguez and Maine-based OPAL (formerly GO Logic), and constructed by local builder E.L. Shea , the Center is one of the most distinctive buildings on Mount Desert Island.  “Our team has worked hard to design a building that could only be here. One that is derived from this unique intersection of the natural world and the study of human ecology,” Rodriguez said at fall 2021 convocation. “Our goal has been to create a place that truly fits COA… more of an experience and a framework than a building, one that supports the vitality of campus life and the broad array of study. Ultimately a place of learning and a structure that lives up to the environmental stewardship and standards of this institution.” Constructed to the stringent German Passive House standard of energy efficiency and indoor air quality, the Center will consume 80% less energy than a comparable code-compliant building. The building makes extensive use of low-embodied carbon and locally sourced materials—including a nearly all-wood structure and wood fiber insulation—which radically reduce its lifecycle carbon footprint, effectively neutralizing the environmental impact of its construction. The Center will save and sequester over five million kg of CO2 in its first 50 years with responsible and renewable material and passive house-level energy use, according to architect Tim Lock of OPAL. In addition, all windows feature innovative bird-friendly glazing to mitigate bird collisions. In addition to the Davis Center for Human Ecology, the reimagining of north campus includes expansion of Gates Auditorium to include an experimental theatre, renovation of the existing Arts & Sciences building, and construction of a new Welcome Center, which will house the Admission office and a new gallery. $22M represents all costs associated with all new constructions, renovations of existing spaces, a $1M maintenance fund, and a $1M operating fund.  Learn more.

November 1, 2021: Davis Center for Human Ecology featured in Architectural Record , alongside six other innovative designs from around the world (read more).

Special thanks to: Kate and Andrew Davis Susan T. Rodriguez Architecture • Design OPAL E.L. Shea Builders and Engineers Revision Energy

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Intriguing origins of the College of Education and Human Ecology

Uncategorized / by Janet Ciccone

More than one hundred years ago, seeds were sown

“The seasons pass, the years will roll.” These well-known and loved lyrics from “Carmen Ohio” characterize the longevity of The Ohio State University.

Nowhere is that longevity more apparent than in what is now the College of Education and Human Ecology.

More than 100 years ago, the university’s President William H. Scott said to the Board of Trustees that there are “no courses adapted to women.” Yet that year, 1887, 13% of the university’s students were female.

Finances, it was said, prevented an immediate response. But in 1895, President James H. Canfield recommended that the Department of Domestic Economy be created. Ohio State became among the first universities to join the national movement for what was later called home economics.

The College of Agriculture added the words Domestic Economy to its name. Land-grant university funding made it a reality. Perla Bowman (later Gibbs), hired in 1996, began teaching courses in September.

Teacher preparation courses arose about the same time. President Canfield was inspired to be one of several instigators. He asked for the establishment of the Department of Pedagogy in 1895, and it was created.

In 1906, the 77th Ohio General Assembly passed legislation committing Ohio State to “including a teacher’s college of professional grade.”

Seventeen months later, the Department of Pedagogy became the College of Education under the leadership of William W. Boyd, dean.

Home economics achieved college status in 1983. The driving force behind that change was Professor Lena C. Bailey. She became its first dean.

More details appear on the college’s history page about historic personages and milestones across the years,

The following two historic figures contributed to the evolution of education and human ecology at Ohio State.

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