Can't Get into cornell... how about HUMANECO?

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<p>can I get in…to human ecology? I was plannign on applying to polii sci, only to find out that cornell didn't have one, but i AM interested in policy and management in human ecology. </p>

<p>The below stuff is a coy adn paste out of the regular chances thread, so maybe while you’re at it you could evaluate my [nonexistent] chances at the other colleges.</p>

<p>Well right now I have this lingering feeling that I’m only getting into merced [confirmed] and riverside
So here is where I applied to</p>

<p>All of the UCs [Berkeley, LA, SD, davis, merced, SB, SC, riverside, Irvine]
UChicago [Early Action]
Northwestern [debate might help]
USC [scholarship deadline, will this make it harder for me to get in?]
Georgetown [foreign service…so not happening]
Cornell [Human ecology, I’m into public policy]
CMU [Humanities and social sciences]</p>

<p>Stuff:
SAT: 2100
Math: 750
CR: 700
Writing: 650</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chem.: 680
Math 2c: 710
Lit: 640
US history: 660</p>

<p>APs:
Chem.: 4
English language: 3
US history: 3
Scheduled for this year: Biology, Economics, US gov& politics, English literature, Comparative politics</p>

<p>Community college classes:
Critical Enquiry and Reasoning: A
Trignometry: A
Public speaking: A</p>

<p>In progress:
Morals and politics (philosophy),
Comparative Politics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Lots and lots and lots of speech and debate
Speech: 5 hours per week 35ish wks/yr
Debate: 10 hours per week 35ish weeks year
Tournaments: average at 12 hours per day 40-50 days/year [weekends+Friday or Monday]
Have attended Summer Camps for debate
Language outside of School: Hindi, 5 hours per week. (doing since second grade)/ Graduated Program at HS language equivalent to level 5/6 (literature analysis) junior year
Karate [since second grade] about 5 hrs/weeks
Beginning Internship with State senator in jan, 2007
Volunteering [rather meager]: Local Temple 4 hours /week, 36ish weeks/year. Only senior year. Library volunteer 2 hrs/weeks, 20 weeks/yr. Only junior year</p>

<p>Awards:
- Many Regional Student Congress Awards
- Northern California women’s karate champion [last year]
o Many other Karate awards
- Individual Event quarterfinalist at national caliber tournament
- Second Place at Public speaking nationals
o Many regional public speaking awards
- Debate captain at school, and undefeated and elimination round participant debater</p>

<p>Interested in: Policy and management, International Relations, Political Science</p>

<p>But here it is. The one that will probably get me rejection letters: gpa: uw: 3.28ish. weighted: 3.7ish
-have had extremely demanding course load [one of the most demanding in fact]
Rank not assigned [as far as I know]
Go to one of best high schools in California, and in top 50 for the united states</p>

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<p>you wouldnt happen to go to MV would you? anyhoo. i think youre alright. the gpa shouldnt affect you THAT much if they know you had a stiff courseload. you have excellent ec's and awards. basically just show a lot of passion for public policy and cornell in your essays and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Are you implying that HumEc is easier to get into than other schools/ colleges at cornell?... with that sort of attitude, you deserve to be rejected...</p>

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<p>No...I don't, that's what i have been told. And that's not my attitude.
actually i posted this somewhere else, but i'm applying to human ecology but i don't want to look like i'm doing it as a cheap shot thing because i really want to go there, no other dept interests me as much in Cornell because this is the only one with policy.</p>

<p>So i was wondering whether i have shown a commitment and background to anything that relates to public policy, because i really don't want to look like I’m applying there to get in. Anyways, i figure that the other colleges with higher admission rates aren’t easier, rather the pool is just self selective</p>

<p>Oh…and I think the rhetoric of my post was a little screwy now when I look at it, usually privates with colleges with an arts and science emphasis refer to them selves as [insert school name here] college. For example, Georgetown college.</p>

<p>So I understand that cornell has a different name for that college, but uh…sorry for flaming you? Haha. Don’t worry, with a GPA like mine I don’t think any school is easy/er to get into…</p>

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<p>PAM is the most competitive major at Human Eco, so don't apply the easiness factor of Human Eco here.</p>

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<p>CAS has a government major which for all intents and purposes IS political science.</p>

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<p>PAM = hardest major in Humec? Not Biology & Society? Or even Human Bio?</p>

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<p>the government major at CAS is quite a bit different from PAM at HumEc... the PAM major is very adaptable between the fields of economics, politics, and sociology...</p>

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<p>how about public policy in industrial and labour relations?</p>

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<p>its another good option... as is city and regional planning at AAP... but both of those are specific (to labor and urban issues, respectively)... PAM, in my mind, is general enough to work for a variety of post- cornell options...</p>

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<p>that's very true, i thought my college plans were so set until i tried to choose a major in Cornell haha</p>

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<p>i know exactly what you mean highereducation haha...</p>