<p>congrats cncl!</p>
<p>Thanks! Just waiting for case for Cornell now</p>
<p>Congrats CNCL
I applied to the chemical engineering department. I just can't wait to hear from them! good luck to the rest of us!</p>
<p>I called yesterday to find out the status of my application and found out that they forwarded my info to the CS department, which is what they do if you don't get into your first-choice major. I applied originally to the ISST major which has never had a transfer before, so that might be part of it. As well, my grades weren't wonderful (all B's) but that's only because my school right now is riduculously hard and I don't know if Cornell realizes it. I called in to my main contact in Engineering Admissions so I can find out exactly what happened.</p>
<p>irishsweeti, keep us updated... I was also interested in ISST and am curious about them never having a transfer ISST student. What year are you? Could it be because there were too many missing pre-reqs (if you were applying as a major)?</p>
<p>What is your current school?</p>
<p>I'm a freshman at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. It's this tiny engineering school out in Terre Haute, IN. It's been ranked the #1 engineering school for undergrads for the past 7 years by USNews.. and therefore, it is an extremely difficult school. I currently have straight B's on my transcript for the most part and I feel that that was my biggest deterrent for admissions. Cornell is looking for mainly straight-A students, however, Rose is very competitive and getting straight B's here is like maintaining a 4.0 other places (please don't think I'm a snob; I know my grades aren't great but frankly there's a reason). </p>
<p>Since it's a relatively new program and they've never had a transfer into ISST before, they don't have a "recipe for success" as they may for other majors. Rose is on the quarter system, so I actually have more classes under my belt than your average freshman transfer has. However, I am missing a vital Info Science class that Cornell requires all freshman ISST majors to take, and the woman that was my main contact for Cornell told me that that could also hold back my admission as well.</p>
<p>Here are my stats otherwise:</p>
<p>High school:</p>
<ul>
<li>3.8 UW / 4.2 W GPA, Honor Roll for 8 quarters and High Honor Roll for 3 quarters (senior year)</li>
<li>1380 SAT / 710M / 670V</li>
<li>SAT IIs - 600W / 590Phys (yeah I know that's bad but that's before I got really into Physics) / 770 Math IIC</li>
<li>5's on both AP Calc AB and Physics B</li>
<li>Tons of ECs, including Treasurer of student council my senior year and Track Captain junior and senior year, French Honors Society for 2.5 years</li>
<li>Worked at an ice cream parlor / cafe for 3.5 years, about 10 hours a week on average</li>
</ul>
<p>.. that's just basics for HS.</p>
<p>As for college..</p>
<ul>
<li>3.29 Cum GPA, 3.38 first quarter (Dean's List), 3.15 second quarter</li>
<li>Active in Chi Omega Fraternity, song and spirit chair</li>
<li>Track and Field, team member (thrower)</li>
<li>tutor at the Homework Hotline, a free service for middle / high school kids to call for math and science help</li>
</ul>
<p>I also had great recs from the 2 non-college people I asked, and my advisor.. well, I'm not sure if he had nice things to say (I really don't know him and he doesn't really like me, long story).</p>
<p>I thought my essay(s) was pretty good..</p>
<p>.. and I had straight B's for the midterm this quarter for the 16 credit hours I'm taking.</p>
<p>I called my main contact up about this.. when I had my interview with her, she was pretty straight-forward with me about the whole process. She knew how driven and determined I was to get into the program, but said my grades could hurt me.. and in this case, she'd remind the profs that I DO go to Rose. I hope she gets back to me tomorrow so we can discuss what happened.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else, and congrats to everyone who got in.. you deserve it :)</p>
<p>b ump</p>
<p>I have a question for the Cornell people that applied AEM. Did all of you finish your Biology requirements? My school (UC Davis) requires we take 2 quarters of chemistry before taking biology. Should I just apply Economics major under CAS then?</p>
<p>To CNCL and soccer0407 (and anyone else who may have been accepted into engineering):</p>
<p>Were you guys notified about your credit awards? Did they say anything about which year youwould begin your engineering program? I'm wondering how generous they are in accepting credits from other institutions.</p>
<p>I got rejected. It's OK, though, since I can just go to Columbia. It's just kinda weird; I thought it would be the other way around. I even got waitlisted to Duke (which is like what, #2 for BME?), but rejected from Cornell outright.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in!</p>
<p>any economics major going to Cornell next yeaR? lemme know...martinibluex, are you going to Cornell or ?</p>
<p>ten20jj,</p>
<p>I was told in the acceptance letter that I would start as a junior, nothing about credit evaluation was mentioned.</p>
<p>this has to be the saddest, most f*ed up thread ever...</p>
<p>cornell decisions truly seem to be spontaneous.
I'm scared about next year... :(</p>
<p>I am a sophomore in college considering applying to transfer into the College of Engineering at Cornell. How difficult is it to transfer into Cornell?</p>
<p>My cumulative GPA after freshman year is a 3.88, and I took classes like Calculus 3 and Honors Physics 1 & 2. I am in the Honors College at my school. I have been active on campus as an RA, a news reporter for the school newspaper, a member of Judicial Board, Pep Band, and some others. My SAT score in high school was a 1380 and I had a 3.95 GPA. I'm also an Eagle Scout and participated in NHS, cross country, jazz band, and peer tutoring in high school.</p>
<p>I would like to transfer into Cornell because of its excellent electrical engineering program...does anyone have any advice?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Joe</p>
<p>you've got some great stats...what college are you coming from?</p>
<p>got into cas but not attending. its confusing because a lot of people who were rejected seemed over-qualified, and were instead accepted to traditionally more selective schools.</p>
<p>yeah i'm very confused about everything...if I didn't like Cornell so much I'd cross it off my list. Damn you Cornell and the way you get to me!</p>
<p>yeah i wonder if there's an explanation for this year's transfer selections. one of my friends who goes to UCLA and has a fantastic record, was rejected outright but accepted almost everywhere else he applied.</p>