<p>just received my letter! it’s not a big envelope… the size of a greeting card.</p>
<p>Congradulations!! Once again!
Seriously, I wish all the best for you @ cornell.
Hope to see you @ cornell? 
Thanks for sharing</p>
<p>Those accepted to ILR for the fall of 2012.
Can you please post your stats?
Thanks.</p>
<p>I got a phone call from Ian this morning to let me know that I’m in! He said they haven’t gone through all the applications yet and I don’t know if it’s standard to be notified via phone call so I wouldn’t be the least bit worried if you haven’t heard back yet. I’ve yet to receive my official letter - he said it should be coming in the mail later this week. I was really excited to hear from him, I’ve dedicated all my efforts to getting into ILR and have been waiting anxiously. I wish you all the best of luck and hope to see you all there.</p>
<p>“same here” to everything you just posted, emveebeeare…i hope we can all rejoice at Cornell this fall</p>
<p>I’ll post my stats when I get home. I’m so excited for everyone- we’re going to learn so much!</p>
<p>Congrad you guys!
Best of luck!</p>
<p>SUNY CC
Transferring in as a Jr.
3.55 GPA (upward trend: 3.1, 3.66, 3.75, 4.0)
A ridiculous amount of ECs (just like everyone else)
2011 SUNY Chancellor’s Award in Student Excellence
Phi Theta Kappa</p>
<p>Community Service: over a thousand hours in the last two years. I was a part-time, volunteer community advocate for almost a year, so I clocked a lot of hours with people in court. </p>
<p>My high school stats are awful. I dropped out in 9th grade and started working. I got my GED and at 19 decided I wanted a real education. I have worked my a-double-s off these last few years learning to read, write, and communicate at a college level. I have heard that doing poorly in HS works against you, but I truly feel that they understand if your home life doesn’t facilitate academic success. Ultimately, it matters what you’re doing now, and what(if) you’ve learned from what you didn’t do then. </p>
<p>I worked on my essay (650 words) for 3 1/2 months. I talked about my life, work, and academic experiences and tied them to job satisfaction and the importance of understanding what motivates people. I also discussed my work with my CC’s Student Assembly, and how I’ve tried turn the concept of “losing,” or “mistake-making” into learning (you win or you learn). I implied a lot, like my knowledge of the program. I, obsessively, read course descriptions and job duties of ILR grads and found ways to tie the basic concepts to my goals and academic interests. </p>
<p>I don’t have the best stats, by far, but I know this program is the best fit for me and I think I communicated that well. They say ILR is all about fit, so instead of giving up when people said my GPA was too low, I used my strengths to make my application as competitive as I could. It was rough reading everyone’s stats on here, and when I offered my info I was said to be a “long-shot.” Well, this long shot got in, and that’s all that matters to me. I wish everyone the best of luck, you are all amazing, hard working people, and I have no doubt that you deserve this opportunity to follow your dreams. </p>
<p>See you round the clock tower.</p>
<p>Congrats @emvee and lillydrenn!!</p>
<p>Congrats LilyDrenn. Your story is inspiring and you really deserve your acceptance. Have a fantastic two years at Cornell. I hope to see you there</p>
<p>Thanks, Clint. That’s very kind of you to say. I’ll see you there and we can all celebrate together!</p>
I just applied for the second time. I met with Ian this fall. I moved from Michigan to take classes at TC3 and transfer into Cornell. I am stressing so bad, two of my teammates (I plan on wrestling at Cornell) just got accepted, but they applied for CALS majors. I need some good news!