<p>Hello everyone out there. I applied to CALS and I'm a senior that goes to a public high school in LaGrange, New York(it's an hour and a half north of the city). It is getting near that time and some of my friends have already been accepted. I was wondering what my chances would be. I have a 98 GPA with a total of 5 AP's, taken, and 5 Honors classes. I have a low ACT score however, with a lowly 27. I have many extracurriculars though. I'm president of the local chapter of the National Honor Society (There are nearly 200 members, yeah, i go to a big school). I was an front office intern for 2 seasons for a local minor league baseball team (Hudson Valley Renegades, if you have ever heard of them). I have recently been informed that I am in the last pool of applicants to be a front office intern for the New York Yankees. I am captain of the Varsity Boy's Tennis Team, Secretary and Treasurer of the Spanish Club and Staff Writer for the school newspaper. I plan to go to school for Applied Economics/Business Management, and my internship shows that I have already shown not only an interest, but a determined effort to enter the business sector. Now that you have heard my life story, what do you think my chances are? Don't be bitter or (on the other side of the spectrum) too kind with your criticism.</p>
<p>I’ll be frank with you. Witha score below the 25th percentile of accepted students and considering you dont have a hook Id say your chances are pretty slim unless you can really demonstrate you fit really well with your program. If you applied to AEM/BIO i’d be more worried than if you applied for say communications.</p>
<p>hope this helps,
Mike</p>
<p>have you applied to NYU? because Stern is a GREAT business school ( FAR better than Cornell’s) and you seem to fit with NYU’s stats. </p>
<p>Don’t worry if you don’t get into Cornell. I’m sure you’d go somewhere great. If you do, fantastic :)</p>
<p>why is it far better than cornells? what make you say that?</p>
<p>miktau- why do you regard a communication major lower than AEM/BIO?</p>
<p>you have a good shot… the yankees suck though</p>
<p>NYU’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business has a notable reputation. New York City is your campus. You’ve got Wall Street, banks, and many other firms that take NYU grads with their arms open. Cornell, on the other hand, doesn’t have this advantage. While being an Ivy League Institution and having a great business program, it doesn’t have the same advantages and facilities that the students can make use of. You should definitely consider Stern. I would choose NYU over Cornell for business. HANDS DOWN.</p>
<p>K, thanks. I did apply to Stern, that’s freaky (Twilight Zone theme playing). Do you think I have a better chance at getting in to NYU? And thx for the complement browmnan777.</p>
<p>You do stand a chance for Cornell, but I think you have a better chance at NYU, and NYU stern’s is highy reputable. I’d go there over Cornell any day. Good luck!</p>
<p>yes, i think you have a GREAT chance at NYU. Their averages are a bit lower than Cornell’s. I think you’d get in.</p>
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You’re way off here - AEM is actually ranked higher than Stern, and Cornell is considered more prestigious than NYU, so I don’t know where you’re getting FAR better from.</p>
<p>“What makes stern even worse off is that 75% of its students are looking to go into finance. Because each BB has an unofficial school quota (to diversify their employee composition) the probability of getting accepted is a lot lower for Sternies. However, the close proximity stern is from Wall St. and close alumni network mitigates the fierce intra-school competition; but it does not outweigh the vast array of benefits that is received from graduating from a more prestigious school.”- that’s from a thread I just read on why so many NYU students are transferring out <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/663502-nyu-sternies-why-do-you-want-leave.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/663502-nyu-sternies-why-do-you-want-leave.html</a>.</p>
<p>Stern is great, but you’re acting like picking Cornell over Stern is crazy - I have a family friend who transferred from Stern to AEM a year ago and he hasn’t noticed any differences in education quality. Also, what you’re forgetting is that Stern’s acceptance rate is different from NYU’s overall acceptance rate, which includes CAS, Steinhardt, Gallatin, Tisch, etc. The OP is hardly a shoe-in for Stern either, his ACT is pretty low (but GPA is great) and EC’s are average at best. </p>
<p>I’m an NYU student btw (not Stern).</p>
<p>I think that both colleges are great, the only thing is that NYU is very expensive, and if (key word there) i get accepted to Cornell I will go there. From what I have read here, the families that make under $60k, they will give me great funding so the families aren’t in debt. Supposedly all of the Ivies are supposed to do this (from what I have heard). I still don’t think that I will get in to either school, but that could me just being pessimistic.</p>
<p>yeah NYU’s FA isn’t that great (they recently handed out flyers stating that as a result of the economic problems, they reccommend students having difficulty paying for NYU transfer out to a CUNY lol) but from what I hear, Cornell’s supposed to be better with FA.
don’t be pessimistic, you have a shot, your stats are in the ballpark, but no one can really tell you if you’ll get in. good luck :)</p>
<p>Thanks stargazerlilies. That’s actually reassuring (no sarcasm!). =)</p>
<p>That is so NOT true!! NYU is ranked higher than Cornell’s. They’ve got a lot more perks than Cornell, although NYU is a bit expen$ive. </p>
<p>Don’t believe me? see for yourself</p>
<p>[U.S</a>. News Releases 2009 MBA Rankings, Harvard and Stanford Tie for First » Clear Admit: MBA Admissions Consultants Blog](<a href=“http://blog.clearadmit.com/2008/03/us-news-releases-annual-b-schools-rankings-harvard-and-stanford-tie-for-first/]U.S”>http://blog.clearadmit.com/2008/03/us-news-releases-annual-b-schools-rankings-harvard-and-stanford-tie-for-first/)</p>
<p>Businessweek’s ranking is not accurate. NYU’s business is generally regarded as one of the best in the world. Period.</p>
<p>Stern is better than Cornell AEM BY FAR.</p>
<p>Brownman777 - Nope. You gave a link to MBA Graduate School Rankings. The OP is not applying for Grad school in hopes of an MBA, he is applying to Undergrad for a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. So let’s look at Undergrad Business degrees - [The</a> Top Undergraduate Business Programs](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/]The”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/) Cornell is ranked #8, NYU #15 (both schools went down from last year). </p>
<p>But Rankings are not the best way of measuring academic quality, because they change year to year and are biased. Regardless, you claiming that NYU Stern is FAR better than Cornell’s AEM is a little ridiculous. There are many reasons students would choose CALS over Stern. Like I said, NYU Stern is a very good business school, but you’re acting like Cornell is so inferior it’s ridiculous to consider the 2 equals. I’m telling you it’s not.</p>
<p>I don’t know why you are so eager to defend Stern anyhow - aren’t you in High school? I’m an NYU student.</p>
<p>WHOAH!!</p>
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<li>I know ENOUGH to defend Stern. </li>
<li>I NEVER tried to put Cornell down. </li>
<li>Grad School…I KNOW.</li>
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<p>lol calm down! you kept saying Stern is FAR better than AEM and that it’s ranked higher - all I did is say no, it’s not far better nor is it ranked higher (we’re not talking about grad school, but undergrad here). </p>
<p>Are you going to Stern next year or something?</p>