<p>Hey Kane402. Your stats look good!! Did you take all the requirement and recommended course?</p>
<p>My Stats: Applying from a top Jesuit school in NY
College/ Major Applying to: CAS, Philosophy
Entering as: Sophomore
HS GPA: 3.3/4.0
College GPA: 3.6/4.0 (after this term)
SAT: 2040(1350)
SAT II: Chemistry 700, Literature 670
Units completed: 12
Units in progress (Spring 2013 courses) : 15
Extracurriculars: Varsity water polo for my college (division I), member of a foreign youth national team, work experience, and involved in government.
Letters of Recommendation: 1 from college professor(a professor in my major) where he says I am one of the top few he has encountered and I had strong ideas/skills to bring to the classroom, etc.
Other:
I am a dual citizen, would that make any difference?</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>How long does it take for to contact you about your app info like app no or something ? Getting Worried I botched it up</p>
<p>Hi guys, I’m considering to transfer to Cornell.</p>
<p>My Stats: CMU
College/ Major Applying to: CAS, Computer Science
Entering as: Sophomore
HS GPA: 4.0/4.0
College GPA: 4.0
SAT: 2380, 2400 superscored</p>
<p>SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 800, Physics I: 750, Physics II: 800, Bio: 780, French: 730
AP scores: Took around 11 AP’s, got all 5s except for French
Units completed: 19
Units in progress (Spring 2013 courses) : 20</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: -Founded a startup with two friends and raised $150,000 in capital, won first place in two app developing contests, Vice-president of Rifle Club, Interned at Twitter as a software engineer, volunteered at a children’s shelter in Haiti, DJ’d for several venue events, placed 4th in a state-wide weight lifting competition, High School Varsity Basketball captain (Senior, Jr year), soccer captain(senior year)</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendation: 1 from a professor from Stanford (he mentored me for iOS development… says i’m one of the brightest students he had encountered), 2 from my computer science and linear algebra professor</p>
<p>Other schools I’m applying to: Stanford, Harvard (got waitlisted last year), MIT, CalTech, Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>I’m half African-American and half Mexican. I hope this might help.</p>
<p>BTW, how’s cornell’s social scene?</p>
<p>@ilikemollies</p>
<p>HOLY sh–… Your stats are amazing</p>
<p>I originally applied to Harvard and CMU. I got waitlisted at Harvard and eventually got denied. I had no other option but to attend CMU.</p>
<p>Hello everyone! I’ve been stalking CC for the better part of two years now and I’m finally ready to apply to Cornell myself!</p>
<p>My Stats: Applying from one of the better (sounds dumb but it’s true apparently) CC in the SUNY system.
College/Major Applying to: ILR
Entering As: Junior
H/S GPA: N/A Dropped out of H/S in 9th grade. Earned GED.
College GPA: 3.65
SAT: N/A
Units Completed: 42
Extracurriculars: Not many but I think they’re quality
President of Entrepreneur club (1 semester)
Founder and President of a club related to community building/social justice
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
Public Relations Director of a Young Republicans chapter in NY
Campaigned for a politician (100 hours) who is a Cornell alumni and received a LOR from him
Volunteered 250 hours at a food bank a few years ago.</p>
<p>Academic Achievements:
Presidents list (1 semester)
Deans list (1 semester)
Phi Theta Kappa (already mentioned)
Selected to Who’s who among students in American colleges and universities
Had essay published in school magazine (harder than it sounds because it was a college wide competition of sorts)</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendation:
1 from an english professor who said I was in the top 1% she’s ever taught.
1 from a math professor who talked about my math weakness but lauded my worth ethic and improvement throughout the semester.
1 from previously mentioned politician.</p>
<p>Essays: Honestly, I put my best effort forward but I think they could have been better. I basically said that I see a career path that is a step by step process for myself. I first want to be a successful entrepreneur and revitalize the community that way and later become a politician because they (obviously) have a huge say in what direction the country goes in.</p>
<p>Hook: (If this is considered one) I dropped out of H/S in the 9th grade because I had a really severe anxiety disorder that got worse with age. Ironically I eventually outgrew it I guess. This put me behind most people my age in regards to almost everything. I didn’t even get my drivers license until I was 19 (almost 20) because I had no direction and felt so worthless. I’m 22 now and I tried to explain just how far I’ve come in life. Hopefully I did a good job. Also, I’m a first generation college student…not sure if that matters.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: I have a demonstrated weakness with math. I actually started college in a remedial math course (got a C, which didn’t count towards my GPA), went up another level math class (got a C, counted), went up another level to the legitimate college level (got a C) and now I’m taking basic calculus and I’ll likely have an A at mid-term…I don’t even know. It’s embarassing for me to talk about this but I feel like I’ve come a long way and hopefully my mid-term report will show them I’ve improved. I have straight A’s in every other course I’ve ever taken in college.</p>
<p>I know I technically have a chance of being accepted but…what do you guys/gals actually think my chances are? Thanks!!</p>
<p>AxlMojo - wow, who cares if u get into Cornell. What u have overcome is amazing, and, no matter what, it looks lik u will have a college degree. Be proud and have a great life regardless!</p>
<p>hey AxlMojo! I’m also applying for ILR. I think you have come a long way and shows how strong you’ve become. I hope you the best! </p>
<p>can someone look at my stats? I posted it bout a page before but it was at the bottom so it might of been missed.</p>
<p>@ilikemollies</p>
<p>C’mon now…you know your stats are impressive. ;)</p>
<p>As for the social scene here, it is what you make of it. There is literally a club for anything you could possibly want to do here. The Greek scene is huge (but getting tamed by all of the anti-hazing initiatives). Every sport is represented by either a school or club team. In the dorms, you will know pretty much everyone on your floor. You will know most folks that are your year in your major, as you will all be taking the same classes.
The biggest events (that I saw anyway) were the O-Week concert (Avicii, if you’re into that), homecoming, fall break had a few decent parties, Halloween was pretty big, Nas was here in November, and every hockey game is awesome. Bob Dylan will be playing here in March, and Slope Day is always huge (Kendrick Lamar this year). Not to mention the hundreds of smaller parties that go on every weekend, and Collegetown is always a go-to.
Ithaca isn’t exactly the entertainment capital of the world, but there still is a pretty strong social scene around Cornell. The best part is that you can walk or take the bus pretty much anywhere. Transfers get a free bus pass their first year, so I would definitely encourage you to use it. If you ever do need to just get out of town, there are busses that leave four times a day for NYC (last I checked its about $80).
All in all, I think its a pretty good scene for being in the middle of nowhere. :)</p>
<p>Updating list…lots of AEM!</p>
<p>College of Agricultural and Life Sciences:</p>
<p>CornellBoy - AEM
Fogueira - AEM
Jk1018 - AEM
Kane402 - AEM
TauTao - AEM
Noctis0225 - Animal Science
Nerissa9224 - Biological Sciences
Zachary 8 - Biological Sciences (GT)
SMRSMR - Biology and Society
lilpsyco1 - Biology and Society
Asganga93 - Communication
Mbruns34 - Communication (GT)
nyjetsknicks - Communication
Reallyrosie - Communication
Jay327 - Unspecified</p>
<p>College of Arts and Sciences:</p>
<p>App2013 - Archaeology
LelouchFTW - Chemical Biology
ilikemollies - Computer Science
spacecommander - Computer Science
JesperSWE - Economics
wongshei - Government
ItaStallion94 - Italian
Zqasd1234 - Mathematics
Lukakach - Philosophy
Lewisstrawberry - Psychology</p>
<p>College of Engineering:</p>
<p>dylonn - Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>College of Human Ecology:</p>
<p>Yolocholo - P.A.M.</p>
<p>School of Industrial and Labor Relations:</p>
<p>AxlMojo
danielle1991
Ftypeman
ihopeitransfer
Neja101
Ravidrim
Vspecter
Stashjuice</p>
<p>@stashjuice</p>
<p>Your stats look great! Don’t worry! As with all ILR transfer applicants, it doesn’t really matter what your quantitatives are (due to the fact that you fall within the range of 3.5-4.0). I know for a fact that ILR is really big on the idea of “fit” and of course that is not something we as applicants can control. However, it seems as though you have read over the mission statement and curriculum to know that the program is all about advancing the world of work. Also, I am sure that the selection committee will favor an applicant such as yourself who has worked with so many underprivileged individuals. I know for my extracurriculars and essays, I put a big emphasis on my experiences working with exploited laborers who have been sexually abused in the work place. I even formed a club called Students Encouraging Rape Awareness on campus! (Sorry, I don’t mean to brag. I am just so proud of everything that our club has accomplished over the past few semesters) Of course without going too much into detail, I am sure you know where I am going with this. Just know that it seems like you have done your research and hope that the admissions committee feels that you are a great fit!</p>
<p>Can anyone take a look at my stats? I know my GPA is kind of low, but im hoping my EC’s will make up for it. Thanks</p>
<p>Trying to transfer as a junior into AEM from a pretty competitive state school.</p>
<p>College GPA: 3.87, 4.00 in Major
Honor’s College
Dean’s List every semester
High School GPA: 3.4
Credits: 61 by semester’s end</p>
<p>Should have good recommendations. Spend a lot of time on my essays and made them really personal. I went to the writing center at least 5 times to have them looked at and revised.</p>
<p>Extracurricular: Selective Investment Club- manage 6 figure amount of private investments along with schools endowment money. Build financial models & do fundamental analysis. Also on the debate team, community service honor society, and some other business club.</p>
<p>Hi, is a 4.0 at a community college equivalent to a 4.0 at a 4-year university?</p>
<p>@ilikemollies</p>
<p>A 4.0 is a 4.0, unless the school you’re at is on a 4.3 system like CU is. I transfered here from a CC with a 3.81, but I think it has just as much to do with ECs as it does GPA. (I used to think writing mattered more until I had to peer review other students’ writing here for a class…crazy how bad some of them are.)</p>
<p>hahaha no way a 4.0 from a CC is the same thing as from a 4 year school. Get out of here dude. The classes at a CC are sooooooo easy and the standards are very low. Anyone can do well at a CC and it doesn’t mean anything. Saying a 4.0 from a CC is the same thing as from a 4 year is comparing apples to cars.</p>
<p>Just thought of something, I actually have 2 friends studying economics. One goes to a CC and the other is at UChicago. Your telling me if they both have 4.0s they did the same amount of work.</p>
<p>@nyknicks13</p>
<p>That is not the point that mn62980 is trying to make. The point is a 4.0 at a community college is quantitatively the same as a 4.0 at any other institution. Yes, there MAY or MAY NOT be a difference in the amount of work that it took an individual to obtain that credential, but do you honestly believe that admissions officers are going to sit down and spend hours analyzing whether or not this 4.0 is credible? The point being, admissions officers understand that there MAY be a difference in workload between schools. But obviously, to stereotype all community colleges and saying that a 4.0 from one school is greater than a 4.0 from another school is absurd. The idea is that a 4.0 is difficult to obtain regardless of where you obtain it from. That is all that the admissions officers can see when they are reviewing the applications. Therefore, that is why most admissions officers end up deciding an applicant’s fate on the notion of FIT, because there is no mathematical formula to judge any applicant based on whether or not a GPA is more or less credible from any institution.</p>
<p>@nyknicks13</p>
<p>I think you’re way off base with that statement. If a 4.0 at a CC is so easy to obtain, everyone would have it. And I could take every Intro class at a 4 year and get a 4.0 or I could take every Honors course at a CC and get a 4.0. Then where would your argument stand?</p>
<p>I tend to agree. There are exceptions such as the previously mentioned UChicago, but a 4.0 is a 4.0. I think it may also hurt a student from a top school like Chicago that their desire for transferring is likely not based on lack of challenge but rather preferrence. A CC can only provide so much for a student in terms of opportunity and growth.</p>