<p>I am trying to transfer and my situation is not very typical so I wanted some of your opinions even though I am going to apply anyway.</p>
<p>I am in SUNY Geneseo now, it's supposed to be the best SUNY schools and I'm a sophomore now. I was also an international student but just got an immigrant visa so I am now a permanent resident. I am trying to transfer to Columbia and Cornell.
Otherwise:</p>
<p>SAT:
Maths:600
CR: 570
WR: 570</p>
<p>GPA (after 3 semesters): 3.97
TOEFL: 111/120
French native speaker and studying Spanish</p>
<p>Activities:
Treasurer of the French Club
Member of the ski club
Also, Phi Eta Sigma honor society member.</p>
<p>I am an Econ major and one of my professors think I am going to get in Columbia and Cornell (I'm applying to these two schools) and my councelor think that it's not that easy...
Basically my case is weird because my GPA is high and my SAT's very low so I don't know how much they take the SAT into consideration for a junior transfer, especially since I didn't go to a bilingual school in France (I was in a very good public high cchool though ) and I didn't have time to study for them. (The French system is such that you have 30 hours of classes a week...)</p>
<p>I frankly don't see any possibility of a successful transfer with SAT's that are that low irrespective of grades unless you sought admission to a contract school. With your economics interest, that would not offer you the best avenue but could be worked around in ILR or Hum Ec by taking all your out of school classes in Econ. Go for it, though, and best wishes.</p>
<p>I won't submit my SATs to Cornell (they dont require them) and my recommendation letters should be good. One if from my Geography professor that LOVED a research paper I did. He actually put it as an example on his website and talked to it in front of the class, saying that he wasn't expecting that at an undergraduate level but more at a graduate or PhD level!! (my roommate is taking the class so she told me that) and another letter is from my Econ professor (he taught me stats and intro to micro, got A in both.) and he did his bachelor, master and PhD in economics at Cornell! :)</p>
<p>P.S: I want to go into the Arts and Sciences school</p>
<p>Make certain that you write a convincing essay on why you would like to attend Cornell and the opportunities you would take advantage of, once there.</p>