My chances at a Cornell transfer?

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I am an Indian student currently in my 2nd year of B.Sc in Economics at IIT Bombay (best institute in my country). I want to transfer to Cornell and I believe my essays and recommendations portray a nice strategic story. My stats are as follows:

GPA:
Std. 9th - top 3 in class
Std. 10th - 95%
Std. 11th - 60%
Std. 12th - 92% (after a drop year and an improvement exam, earlier got 70%.)
College CGPA - 9.54/10 (top 3 in class)

TESTING: (all of this taken during my 1st year at college)
SAT (new) - 1600/1600
Sat Subjects - Maths Level 2 - 800 Physics - 800
AP Courses - 5/5 in CalcAB, CalcBC, English Language & Composition, Music Theory, Physics1, Physics2, PhysicsC both

ECs COLLEGE:
National Music Composition & Production finalist
Spinnin Records Intl Remix competition RunnerUp

Finalist for National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Recognition Award
Represented my college at Regional ACM-ICPC championships

Led my futsal team to regional championship winners
Futsal National Scouted talent (our team among a pool of 50 teams)

Got Research credentials at a conference;

ECs HIGH SCHOOL:
Chess city finalist; High school winner
Football High school captain
Spelling Bee State Gold Medallist
Published author (got a story published in a collaborative effort of all schools in our city)
4th in Regional Quiz

I am mainly worried about my academic performance in my junior and senior high school years. Would it prove to be deciding? I guess the other parts of the application are good. But I can explain those bad marks. I was busy with writing the manuscript of a book which has recently been accepted by a publisher. Would that be enough to make them not consider the poor marks considering I improved a lot in college. Thank You for any replies!

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damn you have a very good profile, although I cannot possibly say anything about the decision, I can say for sure you have a very good shot at transferring in

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Thank You @akcha1801! How much of a disadvantage is my Std. XI marks and my drop year? Would that be a deciding factor? Does Cornell give much weightage to high school marks or drop years for transfers?

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@LarryGaz I, unfortunately, have no clue - I myself am applying to Cornell as a freshman. So…

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@akcha1801 Thank You for your reply. Best of luck for you application

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I wouldn’t worry too much about that one year that you didn’t do well in. You taking a break, coming back, and showing massive improvement is great. Just have a solid reason for why your grades dipped that one year, but don’t present it as an excuse either.

You could probably do more activities more relevant to what you’re majoring in/interested in, but you do have an interesting mix of things.

You have a decent chance of getting in, imo.