Cornell transfer chances??!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone! I originally posted this under the transfer section but didn't get many responses, and I'm hoping more people can offer insight. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Original post:
I'm going to be a sophomore at SUNY Binghamton (double major: English and PoliSci, minor in Business). Though I am very happy at Bing, I'm interested in transferring to Cornell ILR (Industrial and Labor Relations) for the fall 2007. I have several reasons for transferring that I think are pretty valid, all of which I plan to highlight in my transfer essay (ILR is a great combo of my current majors and minor while being less liberal artsy, I dont like the complete lack of counseling at Bing and being taught by TAs, thus far work at Bing has been pretty unchallenging, etc.).</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>high school (my school has a rep for regularly sending 10-15 kids to Cornell each year):
GPA: 4.12/4.21
Rank: 16/330
SATs: 660V/660M
SAT IIs: 740 Writing, 640 History
ECs: really good (4 leadership roles, captain varsity sport, lots of volunteer time, a job, a national business award, all honor societies), felt they were my strongest factor in applying to college as a freshman</p>

<p>college:
GPA: currently 3.75, could prob raise to a 3.8 by the spring
ECs: have a very prestigious internship with a major IB firm in their HR (human resources) department, will have an internship with a congressman in the fall, student government representative, national honor society, 2 other clubs
Coursework: fairly difficult, mostly 200 and 300 level classes</p>

<p>So based on past transfer history/experience, what would you say my chances are? Is there anything I can do to better improve my chances? How can I best approach the situation?</p>

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<p>I'd say take it to a 3.8 GPA and you're in. Cornell accepts quite a few transfer students--although next year might be tougher than most since I understand they underestimated their yield last year--and thus got more people accepting their offers than they originally expected.</p>

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<p>thanks for your help. Maybe im just not as optimistic as you (i thought cornell's transfer numbers were inflated because of guantanteed transfers), but hopefully im wrong and youre right!!</p>

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<p>im pretty sure quite a few people go from Bing to Cornell, but their transfer rate is artificially high due to GTs like you said. Bing is a solid school, so getting a 3.7 or higher should give you a shot at Cornell, though it will be difficult</p>

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<p>bump bump bump..</p>

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<p>anyone else? the good, the bad, anything??</p>

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<p>anyone who is in ILR/Cornell have any advice?</p>