Official Spring 2012 Cornell Transfer Thread

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<p>Hello all prospective transfers, the deadline is almost upon us. The application is due on 10/03/2011. Please post all your stats, ask questions, and let us cry of happiness or sadness on each others shoulders once decisions are released.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>My stats</p>

<p>High School:
3.1 gpa
city wide debate champion
editor in chief of newspaper
student council
480 math, 570 reading </p>

<p>College:
-University of Houston - member of Honors College
-GPA **: 3.9 after taking remedial math, college algebra, intro to stats, geology, english 2, history 1 and 2, poli sci 1 and 2, psychology, and an honors speech course
retook SAT this January 500 math,600 reading (I guess I'm not a good test taker...)
-ECS*: Debate, Student Film Maker, Student Government, Lobbyist for Higher Education in Texas, Student Programming Chair, intern for entertainment corporation
-Volunteer: Debate/Speech judge for High/Middle/Elementary students, debate mentor for urban low income high school students, speaker/mentor for high school students at risk for dropping out, assistant for music director at Latino art center (teaching kids music), founder of neighborhood cleanup initiative
-URM: Yes
-Applying to *: CAS</p>

<p>I'm honestly pretty negative about my transfer chances, retaking that SAT was a bad move considering my low score and I've been taking relatively less intensive courses but CAS does say that they are looking for students who took a broad liberal arts base course load on their website so they might like me.</p>

<p>What do yall think?</p>

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<p>Lol I already made my own chance thread but as this is the “official” Spring 2012 Transfer Thread, here’s my info:</p>

<p>High school
GPA - 2.0
SAT - N/A (not needed for transfers)
EC’s - participated in shooting, directing, and producing about 500 tv productions at my high school, track and field soph year, and a shot a community service documentary my senior year - overall, I was not a very good student in high school.</p>

<p>CC Stats
GPA - 3.9
EC’s -
VP of fundraising for PTK
Treasurer + Vice President of my business club
raised $1000 for the American Red Cross for the Japan Earthquake victims
spearheaded a ton of PTK stuff
currently interning at an insurance company in lower NYC (for about year now)
deans lists
Mu Alpha Theta
recipient of the Robert Sydney Needham Scholarship
nominated for the All-USA academic team
Honors Program</p>

<p>Applying to: CALS - AEM major</p>

<p>@robertrulez, when I visited Cornell and spoke with an admissions dean, she specifically said that Cornell looks at trends, whether those are negative or positive. In both of our cases, our trend is dramatically higher - who knows how that will play. There was a student at my community college who had a 1.8 GPA in high school, came to cc, then it was a 3.7 (lower than mine) and he was accepted to Cornell as a bio major. Like I said - who knows :)</p>

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<p>Oh lol sorry deadhead. We’ll see, I havent even started my essay yet but I have some time left. Cornell would be ideal because I am really tired of city life and I really desire that small town college experience but my safety is UT Austin which isn’t a bad choice any ways.</p>

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<p>yay spring transfers!!</p>

<p>High School:
4.0 GPA
national honor society
national spanish honor society
national art honor society (secretary)
XC all county honorable mention
AP Scholar
volunteered at summer camp for children with special needs
720 math, 690 CR, 670 writing</p>

<p>Vassar College:
3.7 GPA </p>

<p>Peer counselor for college 24/7 counseling hotline
Public Art Collective
summer camp counselor</p>

<p>URM: Yes?
Applying to : CALS Communication!</p>

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<p>what do you guys think? </p>

<p>High School:
3.3 unweighted, 5.1 weighted.
SAT: 1800, 580 man, 580 reading, 640 writing.
ACT: 26
Varsity Volleyball Captain three years in a row. All-county second team selection
Assistant coach for my high school’s girls volleyball team
Cross-country runner
Mu Alpha Theta
Amnesty International
Vice-President of Spanish National Honor Society
POSSE Scholar Nominee and semifinalist
Worked 25 hours a week as a server at P.F. Chang’s throughout high school.</p>

<p>College:
4.0 GPA so far. This is my first semester.
Taking Calculus, General Chemistry, Macroeconomics, and an introduction to Engineering course. Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>Anyone who has submitted their application already, have you received an ApplicantID yet? I sent my Common Application with payment on September 2 and I have not received anything.</p>

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<p>Jadey, what makes you want to leave Vassar? Jw.</p>

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<p>Jsec how do you know you have a 4.0 if it is your first semester? From what I understand, if you transfer during your freshman year, schools look at your high school record. If you transfer during sophomore/junior year, Cornell primarily decides on your college record because you have college work under your built and it shows how you can handle it.</p>

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<p>I’ve been getting mixed messages on the whole “transfer spring semester of freshman year” thing. I emailed them and got a very ambiguous response.</p>

<p>Anyone have an answer to this? I will probably just call admissions tomorrow I guess.</p>

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<p>@zazzle99 - I agree, I would not transfer after my first semester if you are worried about your high school grades. The longer you wait, the more diluted your grades will be.</p>

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<p>Just to add to the thread, I’m applying for Spring admissions at the ILR school. Is anyone else?</p>

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<p>I actually just wasn’t sure if Cornell accepts spring freshmen transfers? I called and got transferred (pardon the pun) several times, and I still didn’t get a straight forward answer.</p>

<p>Long story short, I applied for Fall 2011, was accepted, couldn’t go…and now I want to transfer there.</p>

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<p>Zazzle99 - <a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/node/832[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/node/832&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So are we really the only people on here applying for spring?</p>

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<p>deadhead654-Thank you! I could not for the life of me find that particular explanation. I called, and they were very short with me, wouldn’t let me explain my situation. I think I’m going to apply for Spring transfer. I know I can’t wait until Fall to transfer out, and the worst they can do is reject me.</p>

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<p>I’m not going to be applying for transfer until Fall 2012, but here’s what I’m working with:</p>

<p>Applying to: Cornell CALS (comm), also G-Town, Dartmouth, Harvard, and TxTech (full-ride fall back)</p>

<p>HS GPA: no idea. Graduated in 1998, but I know it was mediocre at best. Had a couple of AP classes (French, Euro Hist) but nothing to write home about. When I go and pick them up I’ll update.</p>

<p>SAT - 1080 in 1997
ACT - Considering taking in December; getting low 30s on the practice tests. Writing section shouldn’t be a problem. Basically, I don’t know if I need it, but I should do well enough to where it wouldn’t hurt me either. Just gotta get that math score up…</p>

<p>College: Brookhaven CC, Dallas TX
GPA: 3.75 at the moment, hopefully 3.80+ after taking my last few classes.</p>

<p>ECs:
PTK chapter president 2010-11
PTK Texas regional VP 2011-12 (first time in my chapter’s 32 yr history!)
Numerous service and leadership events attended 2010-2012 (through PTK)
Planned programming for 3 regional conventions for 300+ honor students as part of a team (PTK)
Starting a new club on campus devoted to CC completion
MC for the Brookhaven Speech competition for the last 2 years</p>

<p>Awards:
All-Texas Academic Team 2011
Coca-Cola Silver Medal Scholar</p>

<p>Additionally:
Work 40+ hrs a week
Rec letters from my PTK advisor who is the president of the faculty presidents in the Dallas Community College District and taught me, and working on getting one from the Chancellor of the DCCCD as well. Just got a new college president, but I’ve met with him a few times and should have a good relationship by the time I need a letter from him.</p>

<p>I really like that Cornell accepts transfers into the general undergrad population. I don’t know why, but something just doesn’t sit right with me about schools like Columbia GS and Yale’s Eli Whitney. Just because I’m 31 doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t want to fit in with the gen pop.</p>

<p>Finally, a note to all of you: DON’T EVER LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE NO CHANCE. I get so tired of seeing people shoot kids down on this website. Unless they work in the admissions office at the college you want to go to, THEY HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE as to what your chances are! Shrug it off, use the haterade as motivation, take their username down, then message them with your acceptance letter when you get it. If you want to go to Harvard, apply to Harvard. Maybe you get in, maybe you don’t, but if you don’t I can promise you it’s not because some dude on a msg board said you wouldn’t. Rant over. Keep Calm, Rock On.</p>

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<p>Be careful with Dartmouth, from what I understand they are very big on fit and test scores. Also, they are not to kind on granting transfer credit to community college courses (this information can be pulled from their website.)</p>

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<p>My friend who applied to Cornell as a transfer for Fall 2011 admission to ILR was notified of his acceptance in the beginning of May, even though the expected decision date was noted at May 15. Does this mean we may be notified in the beginning of December or is it not rolling? Anyone have any thoughts on this?</p>

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<p>We are notified in November or approximately 4-6 weeks after the deadline
( October 3rd)</p>

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<p>Is it okay if I send in my supplemental materials before the CommonApp? I want to make some last minute updates on my essays before I submit them online.</p>

<p>Good luck everyone, hope to see you all there in the Spring!</p>