Chance Me to Cornell CALS AEM (Fall External Transfer RD) And UCB Haas Will Chance Back!

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Hi everyone, please chance me to get into Cornell’s CALS AEM.
PS : I’m an international student. Will that hurt me? lol

HS GPA : 3.8
Community College GPA : 3.81 (should go out with a 3.83-3.84) Pretty low, yes, I know, but I have 70 credits.
SAT : None Taken (Not needed for transfer student :D)
Toefl : Taking soon, but I should probably score around 105-115.
Previous IELTS score : 7.5 (expired, so not submitting)

ECs :
-VP Finance of UNICEF, then became the Primary VP after a year. Changed all the internal structure of the club, created a reward system, had a lot of partnership with 6 different clubs on different occasions.
-Marketing Director at the student government. Increased membership by 3 folds in two weeks, and 4 folds by the next semester. (Biggest in over 3 years). Rebranded the image of the organization and even got compliments as one of the best Marketing Director by the College Council.
-Finance Director at the Investment Club. Fundraised enough money to send our members out on field trips to a hedge fund in the city for free! Created a new internal bookkeeping system for the club.
-Tons of Volunteering, hosting concert for foster kids, halloween party, poolside party.
-Fundraised for over $1300 in a year.
-Got a sponsorship for over $700 from the student government.
-Had my own business, donated all my profits back to some orphanages. Got around $3000 in profits after two years. (the currency made it look small in here, but that’s actually really big in my country).
-Working virtually in my dad’s shipping company. Improvised their CSR program, changed the way management work, currently overseeing the new contingency plan.
-Interned in a heavy machinery company. Didn’t really do anything besides putting all the survey stats up to excel and deducing the conclusion out of it.
-Phi Beta Lambda Nationals, 2 years in a row, placed in the top ten for every category I joined.
-Phi Beta Lambda States, 2 years in a row, placed top 5 in every category.
-Honor Society for getting a high GPA.
-Went to some remote village ever since I was in middle school as a volunteer.
-Tutored Mathematics to a disabled, middle aged woman
-Volunteered in an online site as a translator, got three awards for it.
-Fluent in four languages : Chinese, English, Korean and my first language.

Financial Aid Asked : None

Prof Recommendation : probably one from my Business professor and one from either my Mathematics (top 6% in my Calculus II class) or my English teacher (probably top 5% in the class as well) or maybe from the Dean of the Business Department.

Others :
Race : Asian
Gender : F
Income bracket : ($800,000 - $1,000,000)
Hook : First generation college, came from a SEA country, um, no Financial Aid asked. Have a lot of community service stuffs that is done in a business way, fluent in four languages.

HAAS Supplemental Essay : Probably a 8-9/10. Everyone told me that it’s really good.
UC Essays : I think it’s pretty good. 7-8/10.
Common App : Starting Soon.

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guys, please do chance me T T

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Sure thing

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How the hell are you first generation collge…yet your income is 800k+

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Man, these applications are really scaring me! They are giving me and a lot of others a run for our money!
What I see lacking from a lot of these is not depth, but the idea of a central “theme”. Also, I don’t really see any athletics, but the rest of your ECs seem to make up for it by most standards. Best of luck and I would chance your 50% for ED and 25% normal. You should be proud of yourself, you probably have a 2x higher chance than most!

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Oh when I said that they were scaring me, I meant that in a good way;)

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@2020hind‌ thank you! But what do you mean by a “central theme”? Like what is overall my focus in business? :open_mouth: And omg, hahaha thank you for saying that my chances are higher than most. Sadly, I’m not in a school team, I do play golf but just as a hobby, Idk where to write that down on the applications though. :confused:

And it is possible for a lot of first gen college to be in that income bracket if they’re outside the US.

Man, I just saw your thread, dude, you’ll get into one of the Ivys! You’re a freshmen right, just apply to any major and then transfer internally, that’ll be so much easier. And with that stats, you’ll definitely get into one of the Ivys, your stats are scaring me too, so many talented people out there. I feel like my EC lacks the name. No legacy, no internship at a notable place, no SAT score.

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I really don’t know how transfer admissions work, but you seem to be a strong student overall. I think your ECs show that your into business, so I think they will like that. You don’t really have to participate in a sport or anything like that if you dont want to, but if it is your hobby, casually mention it in an essay(but bring it up naturally,dont force it).

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Well, actually, looking a bit closer, your application does show a theme…now that I think about it. And, I am a high school junior actually.

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@2020hind‌ I mean you’ll apply as a freshmen later on. lol, thanks! Idk how it’ll play out since I’m going to be a junior transfer and they say AEM is really selective for their junior transfer :confused:

@manas1997‌ Do you think my GPAs are too low? Do you think I have a chance to get into AEM?

Do you guys think I’ll at least get into UCB HAAS?

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Cornell- Low Reach
UCB HAAS- High match- Low Reach

Good Luck!!

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Cornell is really score centric so I would term that as Low Reach :slight_smile:
UCB HAAS is again a Low reach :slight_smile:
Pleasee Chancee me back :slight_smile: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1738791-chance-me-for-chemical-engineering-will-chance-you-back.html#latest

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Looks pretty good but your GPA is in the average range, Your Ec’s are more quantity than quality- nothing really stands out as a wow factor other than the fact that youve done a lot. Id say your family income might get you in since youd pay OOS fees