Can people who got accepted to cornell CAS write their stats here

Transfer Students
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<p>I want to go to cornell cas, and would like to better understand my chances of getting accepted. Also, write what school you're transfering from.</p>

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<p>I applied for transfer in 2008 from the University of Southern California.</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.9
HS GPA: 3.8 UW
SAT: 2200 - 790 (CR) 670 (Math) 740 (W) 12 (Essay)
SAT II: 720 (US Hist) 620 (Math 1) 710 (Lit)</p>

<p>-Gender: Male
-Ethnicity: Puerto Rican</p>

<p>-Recommendations: Stellar. I was told by two professors that their recommendations would be glowing. (History and Music Theory professors.) Also sent in supplementary recommendation from music director/conductor of the Maryland Symphony.</p>

<p>-Statement: Very strong. I want a broader approach to my musical/intellectual education and have already exhausted my options at USC, as I had finished every undergraduate orchestral conducting and theory class offered there. I needed more rigorous courses in said areas and wanted more interdisciplinary options. Very few music electives available.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>-Conservatory caliber cellist. Sent recording.
-Orchestral conductor</p>

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<p>nybrian, I was wondering the same thing.
I’m going to try again next year if I was rejected this year. But the one thing about Cornell CAS (and all of the Ivy League CAS’s) is that I get the feeling they’re very elitist and want to only accept transfer from other Top 25 schools who have excellent standardized test scores and a 3.8+. I thumbed through the 2009 Spring Transfer thread and people with 4.0s from CC’s and 60 credits were getting rejected.</p>

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<p>there is cornell accepted stats thread for fall 2010. a lot of this cycle’s applicants on CC were rejected though</p>

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<p>yea, i know melon, but the thread has like 4000 posts in it</p>

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<p>no i mean there is a thread separate from that with only accepted stats, so far 3 people have posted</p>

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<p>@DreamingBig
I think sometimes the term “elitism” is overused. </p>

<p>There is a reason that Cornell’s admissions officers for the College of Arts and Sciences is so hesitant at accepting applicants from community colleges. An objective difference in academic rigor does exist between the curriculum in a community college and a top university. </p>

<p>The admissions officers want to make sure the student will be able to handle the course at Cornell before offering an acceptance. </p>

<p>People who can get 4.0 at community college may not be able to get a 3.5 (or 3.3 in some places that adopts grade-deflation) at a top university. Similar comparison can be seen between an A from a remedial program and a honors program, or an English as Second Language version and an AP version of a course. Sometimes people at top universities get lower GPA because they dared to explore challenging classes at the beginning of the college years. Such experiences could actually allow them to learn from past mistakes and become more adaptable to future challenges.</p>

<p>I personally think that a less perfect transcript from a rigorous program can tell more about a candidate. After all, we shouldn’t encourage an unhealthy trend for people to go for cheap A’s from easy and soft courses that teach little.</p>

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<p>What about past high school stats? Is there any history of students with average or below average secondary records and exemplary college records being offered transfer admission?</p>