<p>How much of an impact does legacy have on acceptance?</p>
<p>@USMC,</p>
<p>No problem. Best of luck to your future endeavors. Lastly, enjoy that paradise known as Hawaii… (I am not sure why you would want to transfer to Cornell from Hawaii)</p>
<p>@ deakkahs,</p>
<p>From what I heard, legacy status gives you minor boost. But nothing significant. If you are a borderline candidate, it may help you get in at that point.</p>
<p>@NYULawyer</p>
<p>I would love to stay here if the cost of living was manageable. It’s been an amazing four years here, just my time to move on. Another reason is that schools here aren’t as prestigious compared to “mainland” schools.</p>
<p>“Well. Engineering is probably the toughest major at any college, not just at Cornell. Yes, engineering folks tend to study much harder than others.”</p>
<p>Um…have you spoken with anyone from the School of Architecture? I was in a fraternity at Another Prestigious University that was mainly toolies. Sure they worked a lot but if you were in the A-school, it was (and by all accounts still is) just a whole other order of magnitude.</p>
<p>What is the Communications Major like at Cornell under CALS? I’ve heard that it is a useless major with little potential for careers. </p>
<p>Do you know anything about Landscape Architecture?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Hihi, first of all, THANK YOU for your thread; you have no idea how desperately I’m trying to get hold of an alumni to ask questions. So thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou :D</p>
<p>I’m an international student (I’m Malaysian, but I’m currently studying in Hong Kong) and I was wondering does my ‘minority’ (can i even be called a minority?) status affect the application? I know that there are a few Malaysian students at Cornell, but is there a quota for how many Malaysian students getting in each year? Or am I considered under the Hong Kong student category?</p>
<p>Next, I’m currently in my first year of my IB diploma (grade 11, which translates to junior year) , and I’m predicted a 33-34 out of 42 for my first set set of university predicted grades. I have also recently took my SAT’s (in which I failed rather dismally; 1780, with 640 for CR, 590 for Math, 550 for W). Needless to say, I am definitely going to take the test again in Jan 2013, and preferably under better physical conditions (I just came back from camp when I took the test, and I was literally falling asleep during each section). I am also planning to take SAT II - Biology, Chinese and Math Level II. </p>
<p>I have a couple of extracurricular activities that I have participated over the past years.
- Teaching at a local charity school for one year (grade 10; I couldn’t go this year because there were schedule conflicts)
- Teaching at a community centre for impoverished children (grade 11 and preferably for my senior year as well.)
- Head of Editing in Yearbook (grade 11)
- Joined in school theatre productions as stage manager for make-up and front-of-house manager (grade 10 and 11)
- House captain and prefect (grade 10 and 11)
- Planning to form a badminton team and a badminton club this year (my school is new, so there aren’t a lot of activities provided, and well, I’ll try to get the team leader position for the badminton team)
- I am rather strong at writing and at speeches, so I have participated in a couple of writing and speech competitions during grade 10 and 11, and one of my pieces was published in the newspaper under the top 10 finalist of the writing competition. (:</p>
<p>I’m planning to take Biology, or more specifically a genetic major at Cornell, and so far I have narrowed it down to the College of Human Ecology and the College of Arts and Sciences. With my grades and background, would you say that I have any chance at getting in to Cornell at all? My SAT’s are a bit on the low side, but I have the utmost faith that I can improve my grades to at least a 2000 and above; I can probably also get some recs from my teachers who can testify for my leadership abilities as well as academics.</p>
<p>Sorry for unloading this huuuuge pile of information on you, but I’m kinda a late bloomer and I haven’t paid much thought of getting into universities until the end of grade 10 
So you could say I’m getting a little desperate now… Once again, thank you for your help! :)</p>
<p>could you rank the most important stats Cornell looks at for your decision- things like hooks, LORs, GPA, test scores, ECs, community service, leadership, etc.</p>
<p>SAT/GPA…ECs/Leadership, Legacy, State/location</p>
<p>If I have a great GPA (4.0/4.0 and a 5.03/6.0) do you think that will make up for my mediocre test scores- 1330 R+M SAT and 30 ACT with a 34 E 28 M 27 R 30 S 11 Essay? I applied ED for CALS btw</p>