Chances? HumanEC

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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Hey guys, I’m a current junior at an extremely competitive high school in the northeast. I am interested in the policy making major in the school of human ecology at Cornell. I wanted to see if you guys had any comments on my chances of getting in being that human ecology is slightly easier to get into than Arts & Sciences.

-I got a 32 on my ACT
-Last year, my GPA was 3.714 (rather low, I know, but I showed a huge transition the next year)
-This year, my GPA is a 4.2- I am taking AP gov, AP US, AP Spanish, and next year will take AP Psych, AP Macro, AP Language and Composition, and AP European History.
-I will most likely graduate in top 20% of class
-I am on the debate team, the model congress and UN teams, and do community service in town.
-If I expressly demonstrate that I am interested in the school of Human Ec. for the policy major and show I have done much with politics throughout my high school career, do you think I have a chance? I know it is definitely a reach and I would obviously apply ED, but let me know what you think…Thanks!

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good luck man im on the same boat

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the PAM being easier than CAS part is still unclear to me…im not sure

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a tip! try to cater ur essays so that they’re extremely specific and they show you have a clear goal that only PAM can provide. Writing about general politics and what u’ve done would be very broad . on that logic,the admissiosn officers will think, why not apply to CAS government or ILR?? try to apply your ECs in model UN for example to specific goals u’ve done and community work and then ur key.

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@HereToTransferr Thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely take that into account when I apply.