Cornell Transfers for Fall 2009 - Decisions and Stats.

Transfer Students
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<p>Please REFRAIN posting in this thread until the decisions come in in late April/early May.</p>

<p>Please post your decisions and then your stats in the following order:</p>

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<p>Current school & year:
Applying to: (School at Cornell)
Current College GPA:
Final HS GPA:
SAT/ACT/SAT II scores:</p>

<p>Interview: (if required, did it go well?)</p>

<p>Relative strength of essays (topics, if you are accepted and wish to share particularly strong approaches):
Relative strengths of recommendations:</p>

<p>College Extracurriculars:
HS Extracurriculars:
Summer jobs/activities:</p>

<p>Reasons for transfer, as conveyed by the essays:
Hooks - applications strengths and weaknesses:</p>

<p>Any other info/comments:</p>

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<p>Once more, please DO NOT post anything until the decisions come up and continue all the Cornell-related discussion (housing, deposits, etc...) at the Cornell thread. This thread is for future applicant use only, and I would love for it to stay neat and organized.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Current school & year: Harford Community College
Applying to: (School at Cornell): CALS Biological Science
Current College GPA: 3.8!!
Final HS GPA: 93-94ish uw
SAT/ACT/SAT II scores: DID NOT SENT!! I LOVEU CORNELL!!</p>

<p>Interview: (if required, did it go well?)</p>

<p>Relative strength of essays (topics, if you are accepted and wish to share particularly strong approaches): I wrote my love for Cornell, how terrific Transfer day was! How I met Cornell students that cared about ideas and the world. Wrote about my friend’s death and how it inspired me to become a doctor! My Love for Relay For Life!!
Relative strengths of recommendations: LOVED IT!! My professor gave me a copy after I have sent my materials!!!</p>

<p>College Extracurriculars: A LOT
HS Extracurriculars: A LOT
Summer jobs/activities: had summer job</p>

<p>Reasons for transfer, as conveyed by the essays: I did not fit well in my school.
Hooks - applications strengths and weaknesses: again look at relative strength of essay.</p>

<p>Any other info/comments: I HOPE I GET TO SEE U ALL ON THE CORNELL CAMPUS!!! I LOVE CORNELL!!! DONT LOSE HOPE!!!</p>

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<p>How did you get your decision so quickly? I envy you! :smiley: CONGRATS!</p>

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<p>congrats !
you transfer from a community college ? that gives me hope :)</p>

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<p>nyc_dream1, I think I read somewhere that 1/3 of CALS students are from community college! (I think it is from the transfer info Cornell sent us.)</p>

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<p>This Thread is for stats. There’s another topic with 1,000 post for discussion ;)</p>

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<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE refrain from POSTING ANYTHING OTHER THAN STATS ON THIS THREAD!! Keep it CLEAN of conversation. If you want to talk about Cornell, go here:</p>

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<p>^ you did it again</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Current School and Year: Arizona State, sophomore
Applied to: Cornell ILR
Current College GPA: 4.0
Final HS GPA: 3.4
SAT/ACT Score: Did not send</p>

<p>Interview: Think it went pretty well. Lasted about 30 minutes, talked about past experiences, college, why Cornell/ILR etc…</p>

<p>Essays: I thought they were pretty solid. For all future applicants: spend a lot of time on these, they are very important. I talked about my extra currics, internships, and interest for the social sciences and how that all related to ILR.
Hooks: Essays and my letters of rec.</p>

<p>-Really happy I got in. For future applicants, do research about the individual school you are applying to and write a really engaging, personal, and clearly written essay. Also, make sure you secure solid letters of rec. </p>

<p>Recommendations: I had three and have confidence that they were good. One from a college professor that I had for two semesters, one from a high school professor, and one from an internship. </p>

<p>College Extracurriculars: Community Service Organization, Young Democrats, tutoring.
High School Extracurriculars: Not much. Varsity Baseball for two years.
Summer Job/Activities: After college freshman year, had a summer job and a summer internship from the U.S Congressman in my district. He wrote a recommendation for me.</p>

<p>Reasons for transferring: Really had an interest in what the ILR had to offer, conveyed that I had built up essential skills that could be applied to a study of the workplace.</p>

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<p>Additional Comments: Thought my essays and recs were key. Really happy with my acceptance. If you were sub-par in high school, don’t lose hope. I was pretty lost after my senior year but I worked hard in college and luckily found this opportunity.</p>

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<p>Current School and Year: Binghamton, freshman
Applied to: Cornell CALS
Current College GPA: 3.42, midterm report: 3.86
Final HS GPA: 83.5
SAT: 2300
Essays: My essays were pretty well-written, the topic was unorthodox however.
Hooks: I had a lot of science research, I won lots of awards at science competitions and math competitions too
And don’t be depressed if you guys ****ed up in hs, you can always make it up (in my case i did)
i’m glad i got into cornell but its not the end all be all, i actually have a lot of reservations at leaving bing (i was doing research with a great professor here) but i guess i’ll go :slight_smile:
good year for my family, my sis got accepted to princeton!</p>

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<p>Just to ask - can we select the SAT scores that we send to them? I got a 760 on my BioM that i am particularly proud of and would probably help my case (thinking that bioengineering could be cool), but I don’t want them to see my low SAT … </p>

<p>I really wanted to get into Cornell for freshman year, but I guess my EC weren’t enough =/ Any tips for me to trying again? (Not getting my hopes up this time though)</p>

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<p>TheMan777,</p>

<p>I hate to break it to you, but you are clearly not intelligent enough to be at Cornell, if you cannot follow the simple instructions for this thread. DO NOT POST COMMENTS HERE!!!</p>

<p>P.S. Although I just did–sorry, it was for good reason. ;-)</p>

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<p>congrats BuRtOnBoArDeR!
btw when did you take the sat? cuz i think i should re-take it…</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Current school & year: Six years at a community college: 2 very part time, 2 in a culinary program, 2 in academic courses.</p>

<p>Applying to: CALS. Junior transfer applicant.</p>

<p>Current College GPA: 3.59 (including culinary courses. The academic GPA is about 0.1 points higher.)
Final HS GPA: Heck if I remember! 3.3-ish?</p>

<p>SAT/ACT/SAT II scores: Verbal: 610, Math: 550. (It was six years ago… I wasn’t planning on applying to any schools, and did not prepare for the test…)</p>

<p>Relative strength of essays: In my common app essay, I wrote about a specific experience during culinary school which catalyzed my desire to pursue a career in food science. In the Cornell supplement essay, I wrote about how my interest in food science has been shaped since then, and what my specific interests in the field are now. I said I thought Cornell would be right for me, because I would be able to both find expertise there on the topics which are most interesting to me now, but that I would also benefit from the high quality general food science curriculum which I have lacked access to at my community college. Both essays were sincere, had typos, and were pushing the word count limit. It was very hard to fit six years of food science fascination into two 700 word chunks.</p>

<p>Relative strengths of recommendations: Three recs. Written by a science professor, an english professor, and a culinary instructor. All, I hope, positive. </p>

<p>College Extracurriculars: Only things relevant to my interests, which are only things relevant to my major.</p>

<p>HS Extracurriculars: I did not list anything about highschool in my app. I did not see the relevance to my application. Not that I didn’t do anything in highschool; I did. It was just so long ago…</p>

<p>Summer jobs/activities: I’ve worked in food service for a long while. Most recently, during this year that I’ve been attending school only part time, I’ve held a science-oriented position in the food manufacturing industry, which has been very educational, and relevant to my major. </p>

<p>Any other info/comments: I could never in a million years have planned the past six years ahead of time. The advice I would give to more recent high school graduates is to start looking for something you really are interested in. Once you find it, the hard work it takes to achieve what you want will be much easier than if you are just taking classes because it seems like you have no other option. Do whatever you want, but do it with conviction.</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Current school & year: First year of Espiritu Santo University, a local Ecuadorian school
Applying to: (School at Cornell) AAP
Current College GPA: 93.9
Final HS GPA: 98.95
SAT/ACT/SAT II scores: 2100, Math I 710 Math II 690</p>

<p>Interview: (if required, did it go well?) I sent in a 3 page written interview (which the aap itself suggested me) talking about my passion for architecture, what I’ve learned in the past year at college, my love for reading, music, theatre, a bit about living here, my family and my hopes for the future. I was really proud of it, actually.</p>

<p>Relative strength of essays: Personal Essay about J.K. Rowling and her influence on my life, I thought it was really strong. On the Why Cornell I talked mainly about how I loved the architecture program combined tradition and innovation. And the reasons for Transferring something similar and why Cornell appealed to me, and how I would be able to take advantage of the extra things it had to offer compared to the school I was in now. I think all 3 of them were really good.
Relative strengths of recommendations: I loved my recommendations. I sent in 3 High School ones and 2 college professor ones. Some of them weren’t that long but they worked.</p>

<p>College Extracurriculars: My school doesn’t offer extracurriculars?
HS Extracurriculars: Choir, Math and Physics Team, Tutoring, community service. Again, ecuadorian schools don’t really offer extracurriculars. Personal activities included graphic design and music, guitar, voice and piano
Summer jobs/activities: Design and Music Courses, mostly, no job experience</p>

<p>Reasons for transfer, as conveyed by the essays: It’s been always been in my plans to transfer, and I talked about what attracted me to Cornell and how this past year has prepared me for it.
Hooks - applications strengths and weaknesses: Um, I sent in a pretty strong portfolio with all my Architectural Design projects, drafting, free drawings, paintings and some extra models. I’m also an international student (from Ecuador), but I think one of the biggest issues and what worried me that most was that I applied for financial aid. I have to wonder if they would had accepted had I been able to pay for the school.</p>

<p>Any other info/comments: Congratulations to all who got in! If I don’t get in any of my top schools I’m considering applying next year again, I’m hoping a whole year can make a difference.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Current school & year: Top 50 University.
Applying to: ILR (Junior Status)
Current College GPA: 3.94
Final HS GPA:3.6 uw
SAT/ACT/SAT II scores: SAT: Did not send, but in the 1800’s. Sat II’s: both in the 600’s. </p>

<p>Interview: It was average. Only talked about 20-25 min. Nothing special.</p>

<p>Relative strength of essays (topics, if you are accepted and wish to share particularly strong approaches): I feel this is why I got in. My essay was very specific to the major and I took a risk.
Relative strengths of recommendations:I saw one of them and it was average. The other one i did not see.</p>

<p>College Extracurriculars:Mostly volunteer work, but I feel this was a strength.
HS Extracurriculars:Did not mention in app.
Summer jobs/activities:none.</p>

<p>Hooks - applications strengths and weaknesses: Weakness was definately my high school record. I’m sure I would have never gotten in out of high school.</p>

<p>Any other info/comments: I’ve been on this site for the last two years and it has been definately helpful. You can find a lot of good info about schools on here. Secondly, I think that you should take a risk in your essay because everybody who applies has a great gpa. There is no significant difference between a 3.7 and a 4.0. The only way the admissions officers will remember you is if you stand out with your essay. Take a chance and be honest.</p>

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<p>hey how did you guys find out the decisions? on the website or mail or phone call?</p>

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<p>shuang, if you want to find out things like that go to the fall 09 transfer thread and ask there. this is for decisions ONLY. all of that information is available on the more recent pages of that thread.</p>

<p>sorry, viola. but how many times has this happened?</p>

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<p>good question shuang!</p>