Chance me for Cornell?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi, I'm applying to the AEM program as a sophomore Fall '09, please let me know what you think</p>

<p>HS GPA: ~3.3-3.4 UW
COL GPA: 3.778 after first semester, my school is in the top 50 universities
SATs: 800CR, 640M, 700W
SAT IIs: 750MBio 660MII
AP: 5 in Bio, 4 in English and Calc AB, 3 in US Gov't</p>

<p>Work experience: Oral history project assistant to a Lincoln U professor my senior year, and also a paid tutor </p>

<p>ECs:
High school:
Yearbook Club, Business Manager
Squash Club
Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer Tutoring
Did the BMW Sprint Triathlon the summer before college, training now to do that again and hopefully, eventually an Iron Man competition</p>

<p>College:
Habitat for Humanity
Tutoring
Squash Club
Investment Club</p>

<p>I went to the JHU CTY program and Vanderbilts PAVE program during my summers and interned at the NY chapter of the Emmy Awards one summer</p>

<p>My reasons for transferring is that I chose my school based on location and weather. My family is from that city and I love that city, and since I did not know what I wanted to study I figured I would go there. Now that I have narrowed my interests and want to study economics and finance and portuguese, Cornells AEM program best fits what I want to study, and location is no substitute for a stronger academic program.</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>EDIT: As far as awards go, I received Science Student of the Quarter, and a math science and tech award for the biology olympiad - our team had the highest aggregate national score. CollegeBoard AP Scholar with Honor, and I received a large merit-based scholarship at my university.</p>

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<p>if you're applying for sophomore year...they mostly look at your high school gpa which isn't as strong as they'd like. Your SAT score is within range but your college gpa isn't as high as they usually like either (3.9+, my 3.8 with honors wasn't sufficient). id say def a reach to high reach...i had a longer college history but my stats were relatively similar and i was rejected.</p>

<p>since aem is number 4 it's also highly selective. even kids in different colleges that were accepted transfer i took a glance at their stats and they were both 4.0's with really hard classes.</p>

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<p>Did you apply to AEM or was it another program in Cornell? I know the acceptance rate is something in the low teens for non-GT's, I'm hoping that my taking Portuguese and somewhat different ECs like oral history project assistant and sprint triathloning might make me stand out a little. </p>

<p>My high school GPA is definately low, but my best year was junior year and I did well the first semester of senior year, which brought my GPA up. My second semester was horrible if I recall correctly, which definately won't help.</p>

<p>GPA isn't the be-all end-all though, correct?</p>

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<p>What do you think my chances are for URichmond or Emory?</p>

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<p>nay on Cornell. Not sure 'bout the others though</p>

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<p>Anyone? Do you think I have a shot at Emory and URichmond?</p>

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<p>I think you have a shot at Emory. Emory is a excellent University in Atlanta,GA :-).</p>

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<p>Very low shot at Cornell, however I think you have a great shot at Emory and URichmond</p>

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<p>slim to none at cornell just because its RIDICULOUSLY selective and your HS gpa and ECs aren't too strong.
i'd say emory is a possibility, but still a reach.
You're in at URichmond.</p>

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<p>The AEM transfer admit rate is around 14%. I can't comment on chances but I'd advise you to give it a shot.</p>