Cornell Hotelies, HELP!

<p>i'm an upcoming senior this year, and i've been interested in cornell's hotel school for AGES. could you please look at my scores and tell me if i have any chance at getting there?</p>

<p>GPA:3.8
rank: top 13%
SAT I: 800 V, 750 M, 700 W
SAT II: 790 Lit, 660 Math IC (<--should i retake it?! a lot of people i know who go to ivies get 800's)</p>

<p>EC:
Marching Band- 5 years, and i'm drum major (head honcho) =]
School Newspaper- 4 years, editor in chief this year
Church volunteer teaching- 4 years
Church acting group- 4 years
NHS this year
Karate- 4 years</p>

<p>Work:
waitressing at a chinese restaurant
(i'm getting a job soon hopefully at the hilton. hopefully)</p>

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<p>if there's anything i should work on...please help!</p>

<p>scores are solid, so you are okay in that department. However, they are very big on experience and personality so make sure you come off strong in your interview -- sometimes this is the most important part of th eapplication</p>

<p>i totally disagree. read a book... most colleges barely even consider interviews. They just make alumni feel good about themselves and "assure" worried parents that personality is important, which, in the case of the interview, it is not. </p>

<p>But who knows, maybe Cornell's hotel school is different.</p>

<p>then you don't knwo what you are talking about because Cornell hotel schol is notorious for weighing the interviewing process substantially</p>

<p>hence, the </p>

<p>"But who knows, maybe Cornell's hotel school is different."</p>

<p>but wait...my counselor keeps telling my that my grades aren't good enough, becuase the 3.8 falls into the weighted category. he also tells me to keep take french next year, to give me three years of a foreign language. is that really neccessary? will cornell reject me if i don't have exactly 3 years or more of that?</p>

<p>they won't reject you just because of that. But only 2 years of a foreign language does look very weak on a college transcript. Suffice it to say that most ivy leaguers take 4-5 years of another language.</p>

<p>You should definitely retake the Math IC. I think you have an okay shot right now, but if you improve your math IC, then you should be almost a sure shot assuming you have a decent interview.</p>