From what I have heard about cornell biz/finance clubs, the competition to get in is very tough but once you are in - it is not cutthroat. It is very congenial.
^True
Thanks everyone for your responses. Now that my junior year has just ended, Iâve had A LOT of time to think about what I really want to do. Iâm essentially leaning towards an engineering degree (ORIE comes to mind), but also potentially CS with a minor in Business.
The College of Engineering is a lot tougher for me to get into, though, as an asian male, and it doesnât help that my stats arenât out-of-the-park excellent. Iâm basically just banking on my extra-curriculars. Weâll see how it goes.
I read that CALS, like other public universities, are required to have over 70% of their students in-state. Would this make CALS harder to get into than Arts and Science if Iâm applying out of state?
This is great- found in another thread.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/20507092#Comment_20507092
I am actually wondering for RD if put on waitlist and a spot doesnât open, does Cornell offer you a guaranteed transfer option for the following year. If not it doesnât really make any sense to me, in theory if a spot opens up and if you are on waitlist it means you are qualified and ready to start immediately (basically means there wasnât enough space but if there was they would have admitted you)âŠthe GT decisions that students have received instead of being put on waitlist, implies Cornell wants a years worth of college grades completed before you can be admittedâŠso if a waitlist doesnât create a spot, why would those students not get the GT optionâŠthis is hard to explain, but does anyone know?
@Beyondhope to answer your question, âfor RD if put on waitlist and a spot doesnât open, does Cornell offer you a guaranteed transfer option for the following yearâ : No.
IMO, itâs just all a numbers game. Not many at all get off the wait list and some students feel GT is just another cumbersome process they have to go through, not to mention having to attend another college or university for a year, assimilating to that college, and then having to begin anew again. So I donât know how many actually take the GT option. I think there is a thread on CC for the GT. You should check it out.
Chance Me:
RD to CS (Engineering)
GPA: 3.9 UW 4.5 W (Reported from my school as 97.98 UW 105.01 W)
Rank: Top 10% out of 182
SAT: 1490 (780 Math, 710 English) | 770 Biology M
Rec letters from AP Stats/PreCalc/BC Calc, AP Research/Lang, and CSP Teachers
Academics: hardest available
ECâs:
Band - 4 Years, Band Captain
Robotics - Captain of 2 different teams - Awarded FIRST Deanâs List Finalist (Only 3 in Long Island Selected)
Bowling - 5 Years, Joined team in 8th grade
2 Jobs - 1 in Junior Year and the other the summer of senior year
National Honor Society - Parliamentarian
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Essays: Talked about how I got into programming and robotics. I originally saw it at an 8th grade field trip, and fell in love. When I got to HS, the past programmer had graduated so I had to self teach myself, given only 3 months due to pep rally robot. Learned calc as a sophomore to understand the PID Concepts in robotics.