<p>I’m doing a Cornell-specific CA.</p>
<p>WAIT! Can you replicate the app like you could in first-year? I’m applying to TWO places… Sigh, why is the Common Application SUCH a party?!</p>
<p>haha you can replicate so it is all good</p>
<p>phew - I nearly peed myself in Organic Chem. Which would be fitting because we’re talking about urea. Except not.</p>
<p>So am I the only one who hasn’t even started their Supplement essay? I’ve put so much work into my CA that I never got around to talking about CALS…</p>
<p>Better question: am I the only one who feels self-conscious about my CA essay?</p>
<p>Also, I meant that we WERE talking about urea - but it’s just never fitting to pee yourself in class, or in anywhere…</p>
<p>its all good batman, we’re could mean we were or we are, so you got us either way.</p>
<p>I started and finished and am working on final drafts for both my CA and supplement. But you have until March 15th so I am pretty sure you will get it done in time. </p>
<p>and yes I am very self-conscious about mine. but i am asking a lot of people to read it for me and comments help</p>
<p>uhhh, i didn’t even get around to modifying my CA for CALS, i’m triaging my apps for brown, wellesley and uchicago. since these schools are more competitive in terms of transfer rates, i figure it’s better to devote more time to these schools right now. i’m more stressed than even last year during hs college apps, because this is my scecond chance and i really,really, REALLY can’t screw up on any aspect of my applications >.<</p>
<p>I’m really polishing up my essays too, much more than my initial essays when I was first applying. Since my scores are relatively low on the average side (2030 SATs, 3.7 GPA, so-so EC’s, as I didn’t do a lot, but what I did were pretty major), my essays have to be knockouts for me to have a chance.</p>
<p>Are you guys transferring from CCs or 4 years college. Do they favour a 3.6 from a 4 year college like U of M or a 3.9 from say a CC? </p>
<p>Any idea guys?</p>
<p>Not really sure which would be preferable, but Cornell has a reputation for accepting CC applicants.</p>
<p>I’m coming from Northeastern University.</p>
<p>haven’t even started ANYTHING</p>
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This question has been asked ad nauseam on here and the best answer I can give is “don’t worry about it.” You can’t do anything about it regardless of which applicant they may give preference to (if they do in the first place) assuming all other variables are equal (which they never are).</p>
<p>Woops. Sorry. I’m not a frequent poster so wasn’t sure that it has been addressed a lot. But thanks for letting me know!!</p>
<p>One other thing that people never consider, but is probably the single most important factor: **** dumb luck. So many people have been rejected to colleges while applicants with “inferior” stats have been accepted that it’s not even funny. </p>
<p>For example, in my graduating class, our valedictorian was accepted to Harvard, full-boat Yale, but was rejected by Dartmouth and Cornell and waitlisted at Stanford. </p>
<p>My ex-girlfriend, who was #3, was rejected by every Ivy except for Columbia, Cornell, and Dartmouth, the latter of which gave her full ride.</p>
<p>I think “luck” or chance or whatever you call it plays less of a role than you think. Certain members of certain schools’ adcoms look for certain things. There’s always a reason–it may seem like a trivial reason, but it’s a reason.</p>
<p>somedudehere we basically have the same exact stats lol. except my gpa is lower, 3.689 :(</p>
<p>I was rank 3 when i got rejected by cornell ed and rank 4 and got rejected from everywhere I applied (14 schools about including waitlists to eventual rejects) except NYU. </p>
<p>as to inferior stats, one thing is race (affirmative action) and another thing is location (hawaiian applicants aren’t as numerous as NY ones) etc.</p>
<p>Perhaps I should clarify- when I say luck, I also mean something closer to what you are saying- tiny, seemingly insignificant differences. </p>
<p>However, especially when talking about schools where 95% of applicants are exceedingly qualified, even a Perfect applicant still stands a chance of rejection, just because of sheer numbers.</p>
<p>Well, I do reckon that experience in the field of your intended major might possibly help. I’m crossing my fingers that they put emphasis on that. I applied to CALS Comm and I was a journalist/correspondent for a year and have an internship as a media policy analyst with the Singapore Government.</p>
<p>The only draw back is my high school grades aren’t stellar and haven’t gotten all the pre-req courses down pat and I only have a year of credit though my GPA is 3.8.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize that the acceptance rate for CAS is so much lower than the average for all the colleges. Also, I’m not taking a Writing course at NU, because I got a 4 on the English AP exam, which counts for credit at NU, but not Cornell. I also took one semester of Latin in HS, but only two semesters of French, when you need to have 3 years of one language. I seriously want to punch the 4-year-younger me. Looks like I’m not getting in…</p>
<p>Why so pessimistic? Give it your best shot!</p>
<p>Do you guys thinks that Cornell admissions team (particularly CALS) is very polite in their e-mails. Pretty amazed they have such high standards considering they must get loads of e-mails asking them about application material.</p>
<p>dont be so negative! none us can predict the future…stay positive and try ur best. be the mayfly</p>