Chances to transfer to Cornell school of Hotel Administration!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey Guys,</p>

<p>I am a freshman at Emory University and is considering 2014 Spring Transferring to Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. Hope to hear some good advice from you.
I am international and I come from China. I took high school in China so GPA didn't really apply there but my academic record in high school was really good. I also applied for Cornell before but was reject.:( I think it was because I did not have a high SAT score ( 2100). I also have SAT 2 scores. I don't have AP scores.
Right now, after my first semester of college, I have a GPA of 4.0 and I hope this could prove my academic ability somehow. I am on the pre-business major track and Educational Studies minor track. But I feel that I still have less passion in business. And I think School of Hotel Administration may suits more for me. ( I mean I love Emory but it does not offer this kind of major interest.) I am not sure if I would work in Hotel Industry if I got accepted to Cornell and graduated. I might run my own business or do banking or finance, real estate. The extracurricular activities that I mainly did was volunteering, Drama ( Directing and Acting), working at an educational organization (Tutoring, Teaching Assisting). My parent are both in Tourist Industry. My mum also runs the educational organization.
Below is my resume:</p>

<p>Publications<br>
08/2008 “A simple algorithm of moment on certain probability distribution by  function”, published in JOURNAL OF GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY (NATURAL SCIENCES) 2008 VOL.26 ISSN 1004- 5570;
08/2008 “A Note to the Solutions of Solid Geometry by Coordinate Method”, published in Journal of Higher Education, August Edition, 2008, ISSN 1009-9646 CN 11- 4594 / F;
04/2008 “Welcome Back!” published in Fundamental Education Reference 8 O’clock, 4th Edition, 2008, ISSN 1672 – 1128.</p>

<p>Internship<br>
07/2011 Interning in Wuhan Abroad Education Investment Co. Ltd.
Responsibility: Teaching assistant, helping the students warm up and revision, checking
what the students have learnt, helping to prepare PPT.
06-07/2012 Interning in Wuhan Abroad Education Investment Co. Ltd.
Responsibility: Teaching assistant, helping the students warm up and revision, checking
what the students have learnt, helping to prepare PPT. Tutoring students - TOEFL, and basic English.
12/2012 Interning in Wuhan Abroad Education Investment Co. Ltd.
Responsibility: </p>

<p>Campus and Social Activities<br>
Freshman Year - Fall Semester:
Joining Alpha Phi Omega and service hour of 54.5
Volunteer Emory - Service hour - >18 hrs.
Award: Omega Award ( Service Award)
Project Lead - Emory Cares Day 2012
Project Lead - Emory's Day On 2013 - Martin Luther king Day</p>

<p>03/2012 Participating the Toastmasters Club meeting weekly
12/2011 Tutoring TOEFl
2011 Participating in the Journey of Wealth organized by HSBC;
04-06/2011 Voluntary commentator in Hubei Provincial Museum;
2010 WEMUN EXPO 2010 World Food Program, representing Greece, Series. NO: WEMUN EXPO 2010 15102314;
2010-present General Secretary of the Benevolence Volunteer Association in Wuhan Foreign Languages School;
2010-present Commissary in charge of publicity, responsible for editing Blackboard newspaper board and organizing relevant activities;
2010 Chairperson of MUN (Model United Nations) Club in Wuhan Foreign Languages School and representing Brazil;
2010 Organizing Christmas Party, dubbing Patrick in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”;
2009-2011 Participating in stage dram performance, organizing parties;<br>
09/2009-09/2011 Volunteer in Wuhan Orphanage once a month, tutoring the disabled children in English, etc. (total hours: 55);
09/2009-09/2011 Volunteer in the Wuchang Social Welfare House, cleaning, singing, reading newspaper to them (Total hours: 40);
09/2009-present Volunteer in the community, doing cleaning and blackboard newspaper(total hours: 15);
Summer 2009 Volunteer at Qiongshan District, Haikou City, publicizing the civilized
etiquettes;
12/2006 Hostess for the Christmas Party in Wuhan Experimental Foreign Languages School.</p>

<p>Certificates<br>
National Piano Ranking Certificate (for Amateurs)</p>

<p>Chance me please! I also want to know what kind of experience I could have with hotel management. It is kind of impossible for me to intern now but I would do it during this summer. I am also planning on a campus visit this Spring Break or during summer. Hope some earnest advice! Thank you.</p>

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<p>Hoping for advice：）</p>

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<p>Really wants advice. Anxious! :)</p>

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<p>Hi I applied to SHA for fall 2013 transfer and still waiting for the decision.</p>

<p>You seem like a very good student but when applying to the hotel school, you really really need to emphasize your love for the hospitality industry even if you think you want to do some other type of business.
I visited the hotel school and observed a few classes. what I can say is that their curriculum is heavily hotel industry oriented. so you should really think about if you could commit yourself to this type of business (it’s really awesome in my opinion) as SHA admission will want to see that you are the right fit before they accept you.</p>

<p>I hope this helps and let me know if you need more advice!</p>