Chance Me for Cornell Hotel School ED

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Chance Me for Early Decision at Cornell School of Hotel Administration

Fully dual-enrolled / Early College student. Have taken all my courses at a local community college since junior year. Will graduate with Associate’s of Business in May 2022.

White male

High school is a large public school in MD (~3000 students)

Intended major: Hotel Admin

Grades:
3.8 UW / 4.33 W GPA - only 3 B’s since freshman year

Test optional

Coursework:
Business-focused non-traditional courses since junior year: accounting, business law, economics, principle of business, stat, calc, etc. - All A’s

Average high school coursework - mainly honors

Awards:
Member of 2 selective community college honor’s societies

High school football awards (MVP / Scholar Athlete)

Dean’s List at community college

Extracurriculars:
E-commerce business owner - ran eBay business throughout high school (specified $3k /mo revenue)

Vice-president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society - largest community college honor society (at most 2-year US colleges)

Football - Varsity football 4 years

Commercial real estate intern - Junior summer

Residential real estate intern - Sophomore summer

Part-time fast food job throughout junior year - 40 hours /wk

Frequent nursing home volunteer

Essays:
Personal statement ~7/10 - entrepreneurship and different business I’ve ran throughout my life

Cornell business supplement: ~9/10 - was able to write unique essay about hotels, commercial real estate, and my experience in the industry (strongest part of application)

LORs: nothing special 8/10 - business professor and calculus professor

Schools:
Cornell Hotel School early decision - they admit by school, the hotel school having the most favorable acceptance rate

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No clue on your chances - if your experience is that strong, I’d say you have a chance. You are right - it’s the easiest school.

You are not test optional (i don’t believe). I believe they are test blind.

I think if you can show, via your fast food job, how you’ve experienced the challenges of a service industry - that could help - because hospitality is all about service.

As for your personal statement - it should be something about you - it doesn’t have to be about what you’ve done - that’s why you have an activities section.

It might be about a love of spearfishing or a love of hot chocolate or how someone in the nursing home inspired you - and you’ve started a club and gotten other kids to volunteer.

They want to learn about you - to see why you’re a good fit - rather than a listing of what you’ve done that will already be listed on your activities.

Good luck to you.

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A higher % admitted ≠ the same as “easiest”. Like ILR (which is next highest- 17% v 19%), the admissions teams are serious about “fit”- and are acutely aware that there are applicants who are using their school as a way to get into Cornell. It’s good that you feel your application essay/supplement is your strongest part of your app- it will matter a lot.

Not your question, but how is working 40 hours/week 1) a part-time job and 2) compatible with a full load of DE & a varsity sport?

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Wasn’t technically supposed to be working that many hours but we were short staffed so they let me work extra.

This was last year so all my classes were virtual, meaning I could cram all my work on the weekend.

Our season kept getting postponed throughout last school year and we didn’t end up going all-out until late spring.

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Hopefully all of that timing was clear on your app.

ILR is a reach even though you have solid academics and ECs. I can’t chance you, but it looks like your rigor may be lacking. Business focused dual enrollment classes don’t carry the same gravitas as core subject AP/IB classes.

Have you applied to some target schools? At least one affordable safety? What is your budget?

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Have you taken the core HS classes- history, English, chemistry with lab, physics, etc? What you’ve written seems very “trade school” to me and doesn’t scream college prep… no AP scores to validate your performance?

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Yes, I am taking / have taken all the core HS classes at the college level.

The classes I’m taking are more rigorous than AP/IB as they’re all for-credit (will graduate high school with 60+ college credits)

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It’s a minor point, but DE credits used to meet HS graduation requirements typically don’t count as college credits / may be subject to AP credit limits when calculating graduation requirements. As an even more minor point, CC classes are not necessarily more rigorous than AP/IB.

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