Please Chance Me! Cornell SHA

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Race: Asian American
State: New Jersey
Current Grade: 11 (incoming senior)
Rank: 39 out of 300
Current GPA: 4.1 (weighted since my school doesn’t do unweighted)
SAT: 2240 is my highest (Combined: CR - 650, Math - 800, Writing - 790)
ACT: n/a
Intended Major: Hospitality Administration (Cornell SHA)

Freshman Year Classes:
World Civilizations Honors
Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
Japanese I
English I Honors
Concert Band
Life Skills

Sophomore Year Classes:
U.S. History I
Algebra II Honors
Chemistry Honors
Japanese II Honors
English II Honors
Wind Symphony (pretty much the same thing as Concert Band)

Junior Year Classes:
U.S. History II
Precalculus Honors
Physics Honors
Japanese III Honors
English III Honors
Wind Symphony
(I wasn’t able to take any APs because I had no space in my schedule due to Wind Symphony)

Plan for Senior Year:
Economics
AP Calculus AB
AP Literature
AP Japanese
AP Computer Science
Wind Symphony

Work Experience:
10th-12th: Kumon
11th: Waiter at a sushi restaurant
11th: Managerial Assistant at a dumpling factory

Internships:
Korean American Civic Empowerment (9th - 12th)
Hotel (yet to be announced which hotel) (11th summer)

Activities:
Hand in Hand Club (10th, 12th)
Chinese Club (10th)
Japanese Club (9th-12th)
-Secretary (10th)
-Vice President (11th)
-President (12th)
Glee Club (9th; got disbanded)
Tri-M Music Honors Society Club (10th-12th)
-Secretary (11th)
-Vice President (12th)
Marching Band (9th-12th)
-Received Varsity Letter Junior Year

Extracurricular Activities:
ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music; music program recognized by the Queen of England)
-Completed all Grades 4-8 (there are eight grades)
Volunteer for KACE (Korean American Civic Empowerment)
-Received 100 hours of volunteer (9th - 12th)
-Got the Presidential Award (9th - 12th)
EdX Berkley (Online Course: Principles of Written English)
EdX Cornell (Online Course: Introduction to Global Hospitality Management)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Course: Crafting the Essay)
Civic Leadership Institute
-Received 50+ hours of volunteer
Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University Equinox (Course: Mini MBA)
NJMEA/Region I Band (9th - 11th)
Bergen County Band (9th, 10th)

Awards:
Honor Roll (6 times out of 9)
1st Place in Orlando Saa Foreign Languge Poetry Recitation (Intermediate Korean)
1st Place in Orlando Saa Foreign Language Poetry Recitation (Advanced Korean)
Honorable Mention in Orlando Saa Foreign Language Poetry Recitation (Advanced Japanese)

Cornell SHA is my first choice school and I’d really hope to get into the School of Hotel Administration. Please! Please chance me!

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Solid app. Nice scores, GPA, etc… Good ECs as well. SHA is one of the easier ones to get into, but it doesn’t help being an ORM… Use your essay to prove you aren’t a lemming (or an academic robot who does nothing but study). Chance: 65%

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^ SHA definitely isn’t an easy school to get into. In fact, it has one of the lowest acceptance rates within Cornell.

I think you have an extremely solid resume, I would just recommend getting into more hospitality related extracurriculars. For example, interning at a hotel or working at a restaurant.
You’re definitely on a great path!! Good luck to you :slight_smile:

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With a strong essay and interview describing what you have learned from your work experience and what you hope to accomplish in the hotel school, you will get in.
Chance: 90%
(I am a current sophomore in SHA)