<p>I have applied to the Hotel School for Fall 2009.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>I graduated from Kingsbrough Community College in Brooklyn, NY with an A.A.S with High Honors.
College G.P.A: 3.78
Major: Tourism & Hospitality Management
Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society- May 2006
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Alumni (C-CAP) -June 2002
Currently working at Fairfield Inn By Marriott- Received Employee of the Quarter in October 2008.
Sent in Letter of Recommendation from my General Manager.</p>
<p>Was President of Kingsborough Christian Club
Treasurer of Italian-American Club</p>
<p>hey joechef, your stats look great! i think you definitely have a great shot. work experience and college gpa look solid.</p>
<p>mind if i turn this into a hotel school transfer thread? </p>
<p>College: Currently a sophomore at a SUNY School
GPA: 3.51 (All junior and senior courses taken as a freshman and sophomore)
Awards: Merit Scholarship, Outstanding Student Award
ECS: Self-Released a debut CD on iTunes as a solo artist, president/co-founder of the economics club at my campus.
Work Experience:Full summer intern as an IT specialist for an architecture firm in Manhattan (40+hours a week), 2 years working at a local restaurant (bus person, server, to line cook), and a summer working at my uncles restaurant in California (bus person, runner, line cook). Currently a tutor for macro and accounting.
Other info: My sister is a pastry chef in the city :D</p>
<p>REAPPLYING (applied for spring, rejected)
College: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
GPA: 3.31 (many upper-division classes)
Major: Wine and Viticulture, Minor: Food Science
Dean’s list, various merit-based grants
Founder of Mustang Restaurateurs Club, Member of Vines to Wines Club
6+ excellent LOR from professors, 1 LOR from previous restaurant, 1 LOR from masters alum
4+ Hospitality high-end positions with focus in restaurants
Submitted four clear, insightful, progressive essays. Integrated hotel school faculty.
SAT: 1700
HS GPA: 3.55</p>
<p>Everyone’s stats looks really impressive. I am glad that I am applying as a transfer rather than a freshman. The acceptance rate is much more in our favor since there isn’t too many transfer applicants that apply according to the Fall 2008 hotel statistics.</p>
<p>Everyone’s stats look really impressive. I am glad that I am applying as a transfer rather than a freshman. The acceptance rate is much more in our favor since there isn’t too many transfer applicants that apply according to the Fall 2008 hotel statistics.</p>
<p>So basically 1 out of 3 chance or getting in. I’ll take that vs. the freshman acceptance rate or roughly 21%. It just comes down to the work experience and the academic history of your college to make you stand out.</p>
<p>For sure. Since it’s rolling admissions, I think we should be hearing back soon. I submitted my application Feb 15th, I’m assuming the earlier you submitted your app the earlier you hear back. It’s crazy to think that i should expect a notification within the next couple of days/weeks. My confidence level keeps going up and down. Idk :-</p>
<p>Yeah, I know what you mean. I submitted my application way back in November as well the interview. The hotel admissions office said that my application was complete and it is cuurently being reviewed by the admissions committee. Even though I got accepted into both Penn State and Purdue, I feel that Cornell has the best program for Hotel Management</p>
<p>It went really well. I met with an older alumni who has his own private law firm. He said that I was the first one that he ever interviewed in Texas. Since I work at a hotel, I was well prepared for the questions that he asked me. He also graduated from Cornell several years back so he said that is was much easier to get accepted and the application process wasn’t so arduous. The interview lasted a while, about 1 hour and a half. We met at a starbucks since he loves coffee.</p>
<p>Within those transfer statistics, however, guaranteed transfers (GT) are included. We can guess that about HALF of fall transfer students are either GT or internal transfers. </p>
<p>This last spring semester, the term I got rejected for, only 5 external transfer students enrolled in the Hotel School… my friend forwarded me the welcome back letter. It read something like, we welcome 22 students from other Cornell colleges, and 5 external transfer students. </p>
<p>Obviously, there is more room for external transfers for fall semester, but GT’s and IT’s are given priority.</p>
<p>Do you guys think re-applying will have a positive bearing?</p>
<p>Oh, cool. Well then it’s in our favor. But still, that leaves a 25% chance for men according to last year’s fall stats. I feel like my GPA is way too low to get in, but I am hoping they’ll recognize how passionate I am about the hospitality industry.</p>
<p>Again, do you think re-applying will weight positively or negatively, or neither?</p>
<p>I would think it’s either neither or positive. It can’t hurt! They will see you as persistent in wanting to get it. If you applied again, your obviously not a quitter, and that’s a good thing </p>
<p>I drove up to Ithaca for my interview (5 hour drive yeesh). I met up with an HR rep for the statler hotel and it lasted for about 45 minutes. Personally, I think my GPA is very low while i don’t have enough credentials to back it up, but I applied with hopes. Regardless, we will hear back soon enough. I think my essays were great so i’ll pull for that. Cal, how did you submit four essays? Don’t they only accept 2? (3 if you include the extra curricular)</p>
<p>Thanks guys, you give me hope. I applied to the hotel school for freshman ED and got deferred, and then rejected. No waitlist or guaranteed transfer or anything. So much for all the love and effort I put into you!! But I definitely want to transfer. I’ll study business wherever I end up going, and try to look for related work experience. I’ll never give up, freaking Cornell!!!</p>
<p>Well, I used the supplemental materials box to write an essay about Jordan LeBell, a very well-known food scientist who teaches at the Hotel School, and how eager I was to take his course. In addition, I submitted all new essays with my fall transfer application as directed by the admissions faculty. I noticed on the “application tips” that they encourage us to write an essay about something we are passionate about in the common app transfer essay, and then in the supplement essay, write about reasons for transfer. My personal essay was about web design as a modern art form, and how such skills would be excellent prep for certain classes. </p>
<p>I also sent an extracurricular activities update about founding a campus club, and one essay explaining a “C-” grade that I received during my fall quarter. I have not received any other C’s in college, and had pretty good reasons (mother was ill). Hopefully this is enough!!</p>
<p>I know that the application status site says transfers will be notified in mid-april, but everywhere else it says rolling to June 15. My whole app was finished by february, with the exception of my updated transcript, because I was waiting to finish my winter quarter grades (deans list with 3.575). Early application=early decision??</p>
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