<p>How’s double majoring?</p>
<p>It’s fine if you can manage it. Some double majors complement themselves better than others. This is true of any university though, not just Cornell. The more overlap between them the better.</p>
<p>Can I transfer to Cornell from British schools like Imperial College London,and UCL?</p>
<p>What grade should I apply and when?(I know how to prepare for that but I just have no idea about the timing)</p>
<p>I am going to be a undergraduate student in ICL and I was just rejected by Oxford:(</p>
<p>I didn’t apply for either British or American universities because of limited time.
I decided to go abroad very late(As you can see my English is not proficient enough, right?)</p>
<p>My major in ICL is mathematics with statistics for finance.
I’d love to be in the mathematics institute in Cornell.
(If not appropriate, can you suggest me another course in Cornell?)</p>
<p>If there will be credit loss, I have my A-levels to compensate for them.</p>
<p>I am sorry I mean I didn’t apply for both schools from UK and US.</p>
<p>iaminsecure:</p>
<p>Yeah, you can definitely transfer from British schools. You can go into Cornell as a sophomore or junior. I transferred in as a junior. Imperial College of London is still a great school. You can’t go wrong either way. You’ll also likely be paying less than at Cornell. Still, I encourage you to apply as a junior transfer. You have time to get a solid GPA still. I’d recommend looking into AS Econ, CALS AEM, and ORIE in Engineering. </p>
<p>Read more about how it works for internationals here: [International</a> Students | Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/international-students]International”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/international-students)</p>
<p>I also encourage you to reach out to Cornell. In the meantime, feel free to message me and/post here on how you’re progressing. Let me know if you’re ever on-campus and I could introduce you to people within programs you’d be a good fit into.</p>
<p>" Some double majors complement themselves better than others. This is true of any university though, not just Cornell. The more overlap between them the better."</p>
<p>Every university/college I know limits the overlap courses. Most, from my experience, only allow two(2) courses. If you have more than two, you have to take additional courses or are not allowed the double major.</p>
<p>OK, so I am extremely nervous about apply to Cornell. You said to ask you anything so here goes.</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are if I have the following stats.</p>
<p>Academics:
Transfer student from Community College in Texas
52 semester credits (68 after Spring 2013)
3.94 GPA
Member of Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa
Recipient of Scholarship for Business Students</p>
<p>Extra Circular:
President of Student Government
Public Relations Secretary for Phi Theta Kappa
Full-time employment as a Sales Associate at At&t</p>
<p>The kicker is though, is that I have never taken the ACT/SAT.
And high school grades were pathetic, but as I noted in my essays I did not take high school seriously. I have since discovered what it means to value an education and I hope that it shows in my GPA. </p>
<p>What do you think?
Also, I am applying for the Economics degree with a minor in Environmental Science. The following is my “unofficial transcript.” Please tell me if my rigor is not good enough or if I am lacking anything.</p>
<p>What I am insecure about is the fact that I have not yet taken Calculus or a Foreign Language. Am I over-thinking it, or is this important?</p>
<p>2013 Spring:
Principles of Managerial Accounting (In Progress)
Biology Non-Science Majors II (In Progress)
Environmental Biology (In Progress)
Principles of Microeconomics (In Progress)
Elementary Statistical Methods (In Progress)</p>
<p>Fall 2012:
Principles of Financial Accounting (A)
General College Biology I (A)<br>
Principles of Macroeconomics (A)<br>
Western Civilization to 1660 (A)
Great Religions of The World (A)</p>
<p>Summer 2012:
Functional Approach to College Algebra (A)
Business Computer Applications (A)
English Composition II (A)
Introduction to Sociology (A)</p>
<p>Spring 2012:
Art Appreciation (A)
Drawing I (A)
United States Government (A)
Intermediate Algebra (A)</p>
<p>Fall 2011: (Withdrawal due to work conflict)
Business Computer Applications (W)
General Geology II (W)
United States Government (W)
Intermediate Algebra (W)*</p>
<p>Summer 2011:
Principles of Management (B)
English Composition II (W)
Beginning Algebra (A)*</p>
<p>Spring 2011:
General Geology I (A)
Concepts of Physical Activity (A)
English Composition I (A)
PreAlgebra (A)*
Business and Professional Communication (A)</p>
<p>Hey, how do dorms (mainly Freshmen dorms) work? By this, I mean, do you get to choose which building you want your dorm to be in? Do you get to choose which floor you want? Do you get to choose which dorm you want? Do you have to pay more for, let’s say, a single than you would for a double or triple? When do you actually pay for dorms?</p>
<p>Unless you want to live in Balch (all-female dorm) or a Program House/Residential College, you fill out a survey about your habits (hours you keep, cleanliness, etc.) and select whether you prefer a single, double, triple, or quad. You can also request a roommate if you would like. The earlier you fill out the application, the earlier you “queue up” for your preferences. You cannot choose a specific dorm or floor. <a href=“http://housing.cornell.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://housing.cornell.edu</a> explains a lot about the options available.</p>
<p>morrismm:</p>
<p>Oh? Did not know this. I am not double-majoring. One major, but am also pre-med. Though I have friends who double-major and their majors do have a lot of overlap which works for them apparently. I have one who is doing Math/Econ and he has a fair courseload amount and is looking at graduating early. He always told me that both majors complement each other well and that there is a lot of overlap.</p>
<p>Ineedananswer:</p>
<p>You sound a lot like me when I was a transfer applicant. I never took the ACT/SAT either. I had about two withdrawals, didn’t take high school seriously, and also transferred from CC. You should be fine. Just know that AS Econ is likely to be competitive. I would encourage you to try and add Calculus into this semester if you can, simply because you will be a transfer applicant and the freshmen that you stack up against would more than likely have covered Calculus in high school. It would probably make sense then to have that covered before going in, right?</p>
<p>I didn’t look too much into the data, but apparently the class of 2016 had one of the lowest admit rates at Cornell with an overwhelming amount of applications. Perhaps someone on here would know where to find some more recent data, but here is some history of the admit rates into AS from 1990 to 2011: <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000146.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000146.pdf</a></p>
<p>You have the right GPA and extracurriculars here. Know that in AS Econ though a lot of the work you’ll be doing is calc-based. Since you’d be a junior studying Econ, you’d probably be studying an intermediate-level economics courses your first semester. Use this as a fair estimate here: <a href=“http://economics.cornell.edu/undergrad/math_page.pdf[/url]”>http://economics.cornell.edu/undergrad/math_page.pdf</a></p>
<p>Cornell won’t just be evaluating you as an applicant, but your ability to do the work. AS is a bit of a reach. If you were to ask me for example if you were to get into ILR I’d probably say yes (also something to consider, taking econ courses on the side potentially). My recommendation is to keep in touch with admissions and people in the AS Econ department about their recommendations for coursework. Show them what you just showed me. When I applied to Cornell, I applied confidently, knowing I had all my prerequisite coursework down cold, stellar essays reviewed by my family, friends, girlfriend, and I had a good GPA. The admissions office gets A LOT of applications as you well know. They’re finding reasons to disqualify people for admissions. Half of the battle is this: Don’t give them one. The rest is good luck, and anything else you can add to complement your application. I visited Cornell twice before I gained admission. The whole “demonstrated interest” possibly helped. When I was an applicant, I also read this, and applied a ‘few’ of those tips. [If</a> you really want to know how to get into Cornell… - Cornell University - Epinions.com](<a href=“Shopping Online at Shopping.com | Price Comparison Site”>Shopping Online at Shopping.com | Price Comparison Site)</p>
<p>Feel free to message me/post here again if you want to follow-up during the application process. Best of luck.</p>
<p>for someone interested in business (everything from ib to consulting) is ilr good for job placement? i like the curriculum and the freedom it allows. after doing some research i saw the core of ilr is roughly the same amount of classes id have to take to meet the cals reqs (science) for aem. if i used the majority if not all of my electives to take classes in aem and hotel and maybe cas econ, would that be a good idea? i mean i feel like having ilr instead of aem will help me stand out in the job application process and i feel it will have a less cut throat environment as most ilr kids will want prelaw or hr. would it be a good idea to stay in ilr if i want finance/consulting? or should i try to transfer into aem?</p>
<p>Try to transfer into AEM definitely.</p>
<p>(also with my ilr major i would be doing a double minor in business and economics if that makes a difference)</p>
<p>Unibames-- complementing is one thing, overlap is another. Overlap is when a course counts for two majors or a major and a minor. Most schools will not allow students getting two credentials (two majors, a major and a minor, etc) for the exact same coursework. </p>
<p>Complements are different. My S was a physics major at Colgate. He had to take many math courses to study physics. A few more math classes and he was able to earn the minor in math too. There was some allowed overlap, but he had to take additional math classes, not required by the physics major, to earn the minor.</p>
<p>My older daughter double majored in math and econ. She was allowed to double dip on some econ courses. On the other hand, she had to take “harder” or more math oriented econ courses in order to have them fulfill math requirements. Yes, at Cornell one could take courses which could fulfill multiple major requirements, at least for math/econ.</p>
<p>Oldfort can you please take a look at my aem vs ilr question ^^^</p>
<p>BreakingGrace - I don’t know much about ILR, except for many students are pre-law. My younger kid is pre-law in CAS. Her focus is to preserve her GPA, so it is hard for me to imagine that ILR students would be more relaxed than other students. From what my older kid has told me, it is not that easy to get into AEM classes, AEM students have priority. On the other hand, many similar courses could be taken at other schools, like the Hotel school. By staying with ILR, it is not going to make you stand out or prevent you from getting a job in IB or consulting. If you want to go into finance, I would encourage you take few relevant courses to show your aptitude for finance(accounting, securitization)/math (probability and stats)/CS (any programming course, data analysis). I am just going on the record that I do not believe in UG business school, and AEM is one of the easier majors at Cornell.</p>
<p>^
What about Gladwell’s Law? Won’t undergrad business students be substantially more prepared?</p>
<p>Be more prepared for what? Anything you need to know for the mundane work in IB can be learned on the job. What can’t be learned on the job is critical thinking.</p>