didn’t see one of these around, but curious to discuss with applicants. feel free to put anything on this thread!
Hello,
I am considering ED To Cornell Hotel School. Please chance me.
Unweighted GPA: 94.45
Weighted GPA: 98.75
Act: 34
Freshman year
Honors English Honors
Soc Studies Honors
Spanish Honors
Geometry regular
Earth Science
Band
Independent Study
Soph Year:
Ap Comp Sci
Bio Honors
English Honors
Soc Honors
Spanish Honors
Alg 2 Regular
Band
Indep. Study
Junior Year:
AP Lang Apush
Ap Stat Ap
Art history
Chem regular
pre calc regular
spanish honors
senior year I will be taking
Ap Gov
AP MAcroecon
Ap Lit Ap pysch
Ap environmental science
Spanish 5 Honors
Calc regular
band
Extra circulars: Marching Band-Trumpet Captain
Stock Market Club-President
Community Service Club- Vice President
Quiz Bowl Team -Varsity Captain
Peer Drug Educator
Freshman Orientation Committee
Sports: Varsity Tennis Captain 4years captain 1 year
Jv Basketball Captain 2 years
Writing Competitions: I have won about 5 writing competitions throughout High School. Most of them are travel based while one is history based.
Publications: I have six publications.
Topics
-travel
-economics
-Pres. Zachary Taylor
Photography publications in National Geographic and Travel and Leisure
Work Experience: I interned at my local hotel for 3 months.
I also did a marketing internship this past summer.
I worked at a local political campaign freshman year.
I also do freelance photography and have made a small company out of it. I thought my experience in the hotel experience and my travel photography and writing make me a good “fit” for the program. Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you!
does anyone know how selective this program is? i’ve looked around but couldn’t really find an acceptance rate
20% ed 10% RD
@student88888–Your figures are incorrect.
Overall admit rate for SHA for the class that started this fall was 24%. Unless things have changed dramatically, the ED & RD admit rates in SHA were very close to each other when I looked at the numbers five years ago. I do not know ED admit rates by college for any of the other schools, but the university’s ED admit rate is higher than the RD admit rate.
I’m currently a student in the hotel school. It’s less selective than the other colleges at Cornell (24% acceptance sounds about right), but nonetheless this is still Cornell and a competitive program to gain admission to. Everyone (and I do mean everyone) comes in with an edge, whether that be legacy (sibling, parents, and grandparent), their parent owned a hotel, or they’re the daughter of a Marriott Executive (yes, there is a daughter of a Marriott Executive in the hotel school). Consider that when you’re applying to. As much as merit is important to your record, consider what “edge” you can bring to the admissions table.
@do2020 you have the numbers so that’s great, but If I were you I’d focus in on your essays and also interview if you can. I think if you choose to interview that can bring new insight to your application.
@student5430 i think you meant to @student88888 ?
@student5430 Would you say the vast majority has that type of edge? I’m worried to even get my hopes up. I think I don’t have the most typical “hospitality experience” nor are my grades that amazing…
Hello, I plan to apply to Cornell ED. I would love if someone could chance me.
Unweighted GPA: 95.1
Weighted GPA: 103.2 (13/387)
ACT:33 with English being a 32 and math a 34.
Extracurriculars
Captain of Ice hockey team (9-12)
Captain of Soccer team (9-12)
Fbla Treasurer and Secretary (10-12)
Mentor for young children with English as their third language like myself (10-12).
Nhs (11,12)
Worked as an attendant at a country club/ golf course (11,12)
Worked as a busboy at prominent diner in town (11,12)
Essays
My common app talked about the struggles of learning English at 6 years old. Also the essay summarized the amazing experiences I had with others speaking 5 other languages. (8.5,9/10)
Supplement (8/10)
My recommenders are the two best teachers in the school and they are super thoughtful and considerate. (9.5/10)
State:NY
First generation college student/ American citizen
Income: <50,000
White male from a public school that routinely sends approximately 5-10 to Ivy League.
Would love to know what you guys think.
I have work experience. Is that a big plus for the hotel school? What clubs look good?
How many applications does SHA receive ed?
Current SHA student. Can tell you first hand that your laundry list of stuff you just listed means absolutely nothing. You have to have good grades, hard classes, and good scores. You either have that or you don’t there’s no bonus for having a 36 instead of a 32. After that its about industry experience/showing commitment to one or two things that actually mean something towards the hotel industry. If and when you get here you will see how true this really is.
@CCSKE443 do u know the SHA Ed acceptance rate? Also, would u mind changing me?
Did anyone interview yet?
@student88888 i did! but wondering if anyone else did as well
@do2020 I did as well. About a month ago!
Did anyone submit their application
Does SHA require Q1 grades?
Submitted mine today for Eng. What about you?