Chance me for Cornell Please!

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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>International Student from Pakistan.
Not applying for aid
SAT I: 1410 - 750 CR, 660 M
GPA: not calculated at my school but if it were it'd be 3.87 UW
GCSEs: 11 A's
Class Rank: Again not calculated, per se. Was 8/176 in the GCSE results at my school. Definitely top 10% if not Top 5%.
My school sends a great deal of people to Ivies and other top universities each year. This year we had Princeton, Duke, Northwestern, Brown, Middlebury, amongst others. Last year, we had Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Chicago, Vanderbilt, etc.
Essay: I topped in my school in English Language, and I won the award for best essay writer so I think they'll be reasonably good, hopefully.
Recs: Will be very good, fingers crossed</p>

<p>I'm President of the Drama Club, Lead Role in the Play, done 3 years of debating, won numerous tournaments, shortlisted for national team, MUNs nationally and internationally, won the best english declamation speaker and parliamentary debator awards at school. I've been a regular freelancer for a national newspaper for the past year. Chief Editor of literary magazine.
on the school tennis team this year. </p>

<p>Cornell's School of Industrial and Labour Relations really interests me.</p>

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<p>bump! any replies would be great! :p</p>

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<p>Well I’m not a student at Cornell (yet :P), but the fact that your username is Princeton2017 would be an immediate tip off that Cornell is not your number one choice. I don’t know how strongly Cornell weights the interest of a prospective student.</p>

<p>On another note, your stats do look pretty formidable, although I would not be the best person to tell you.</p>

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<p>thanks! i appreciate the input! anyone else? please. <em>starved</em></p>

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<p>Don’t know how you’ll weigh out against other international students.</p>

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<p>whats the usual international pool like?</p>

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<p>and how is the SILR? is it easier than the rest of the colleges to get in to? will it be good for law school?</p>

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<p>SAT could be better I think it would be worth it to retake it again. And yes ILR is one of the ‘easier’ colleges to get into at Cornell but you better be sure you want to study in iLr because transferring to one of the other more difficult college like engineering and arts and sciences is no guarantee.</p>

<p>Looks like have have a pretty solid shot and it helps that you aren’t applying for aid.</p>

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<p>As cortana said, it helps very significantly that you are not applying for aid as an international. The international pool is generally quite tough but taking away that limitation helps a lot.</p>

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<p>yup, I just retook in May. Hoping for a much better score - I worked my butt off and my diagnostic scores never went below 2210, highest 2330.</p>

<p>Also, The industrial and labour relations major looks really interesting but I wanted to know if it’s possible to do the minor in public policy analysis and management at the college of human ecology with ILR major?</p>

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<p>lol look at me getting all excited as if I’m already in.</p>

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<p>SAT I - 2290 - 750 CR, 740 M, 800 W. Im happy with it.</p>

<p>Is this fine for cornell?</p>

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<p>80 pt SAT jump certainly can’t hurt your chances, congrads!</p>

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<p>thank you!</p>

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<p>also can you please answer my earlier question? can you major in ILR and minor in PAM at the CHE?</p>

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<p>Getting into Cornell ILR is certainly easier than in the other colleges at Cornell. And your SAT score seems good enough to get you there.
I got accepted to Cornell for this fall. I believe that its good you’re not asking for aid, since they don’t tend to have much funds. That should make life and the admission process easier for you.</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>yes, you may! I’m a PAM major and some of my best friends minor in PAM from other colleges. It is allowed. I will warn you, though, that the curriculum focus of this policy major is heavy on U.S. domestic issues, so as an international student you might not be able to study a lot of foreign issues. Some topics include consumer policy, healthcare policy, and education policy.</p>

<p>But, the best part about this major is that it is one of the most research-heavy major at Cornell (in terms of the social sciences), so you can apply these practical skills to learn about foreign issues if that’s your passion. I think ILR + PAM combination is a great complement.</p>

<p>Since you mentioned law school, I also want to add that PAM delves into a lot of legal issues so prospective law students are also attracted to this major. About 20% of PAM majors also go straight into law school right after graduation.</p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

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<p>hmm, what about the the Law and Regulation minor in the PAM department? is that also US-centric?</p>

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<p>If you apply early, I can’t imagine them turning you down. Regular decision you’re probably still fine, but it can depend on who else from your country is applying etc. If Cornell is your Early Decision choice, though, I would say almost certainly in.</p>