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PAMELA TAN: Hello. My name is Pamela Tan, and I'm the deputy director of admissions at Cornell. Thanks so much for learning more about whether Cornell could be a good fit for you. In this video, I'll be sharing information about the University overall and specifically about the incredible array of academic offerings we have. Now, I always like to start here when talking about Cornell. Over 150 years ago, our founder Ezra Cornell said, "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." This is something that resonated with me when I was researching colleges. I loved that at Cornell it didn't matter that I was a woman, that my parents were immigrants, if I needed financial aid, or if I was to be the first in my family to attend college. Again, from the very beginning, Cornell opened its doors to any qualified person, regardless of their gender, race, socioeconomic status or ideology. But it was the concept of "any study" that rocked my world when I was at