Howdy Doody CC. Hope you all are doing well this morning.
I was rejected from Cornell ILR as a first-year applicant (surprise surprise). However, I made some allies in the admissions office and with some Alums and I figured I would take a stab at applying as a transfer student (ILR is among the most transfer-friendly of the colleges at Cornell).
Cornell ILR does not consider Standardized test scores from their transfer applicants so I have omitted those details (frankly, they’re quite embarrassing.)
Current Stats:
School: Wells College (small liberal arts college in NY, #168 in NLAC rankings)
Major(s): Economics and Philosophy
Minor(s): Political Science
GPA (Fall 2018): 3.675
Courses/Grades (Fall 2018):
ECON101- Intro. Macroeconomics: B
ECON102- Intro. Microeconomics: A
PHIL240- Ethics: A-
WLLS100- Wellness & Lifelong Learning: A (required freshman seminar)
MATH111- Calculus I: W (I had a research opportunity that required me to drop 4cr worth of classes, this was the only one I could drop. However, this withdrawal won’t show up on my transcript since I am taking it in the spring)
Additionally, I will be submitting by transcript from my local community college at which I was dual-enrolled during high school;
HIST201- US History I: A+
HIST202- US History II: A+
BUS201- Business Law I: A
ENGL101- Academic Writing II: B+
GPA (Cumulative): 3.85
Courses (Spring 2019):
POLS360- The US Judiciary
INTL151- Intro. International Relations (Taught by some big-wig in the field of Political Economy, works for the UN, cool dude)
MATH111- Calculus I
MATH151- Elementary Statistics
ECON306- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON290- Internship in Economics (4cr. Research internship, helping write a book with a renowned ecological economist)
Extracurriculars:
- Founded a harm-reduction group on campus that provides safe-use information and a designated driver service
- Assisted/Participated in a conference for the International Society for Biophysical Economics
- Economic Research in the field of Ecological Economics which will culminate into a book published by Springer
- Reads about a book a week (not sure if this counts as an EC)
- Tutor in Microeconomics
- Tutor in Macroeconomics
- College Democrats
- College Republicans (did both, I’m an independent so it’s nice to have perspectives on both sides)
- Writing an introductory Microeconomics text for non-econ majors that will be freely available online
- Model United Nations
Academic Honors:
Presidential Scholar (One of the schools highest scholarships, 2nd or 3rd highest idk)
Deans List
HIGH SCHOOL STATS:
School: Small, Rural, Public
GPA: 2.9-3.0
Rank: 26/43
EC’s:
Rotary Club (Treasurer)
Cornell University Upward Bound (TRIO program)
Volunteer at the local public library
Tutor in Business Law
Tutor in US History
Tutor in World History
Team manager for modified girls volleyball
All-County choir
Any critiques, tips, or comments are highly appreciated!
And good luck to all you Cornell transfer hopefuls!