Prospective Junior transfer ––*is it worth applying?

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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I'm currently a sophomore college-student at Montgomery Community College in Rockville, MD who's interested in applying to Cornell University. I will be graduating this May with my Associates degree in Business. </p>

<p>I'm also applying to: UMD, Emory, and UNC-Chapel Hill</p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.10 –– average GPA, didn't do well in High School. Explained in essays.</p>

<p>College Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.89 / 50 credits completed (17 in progress this semester)</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>1st Semester
-Business 101 – A
-English 101 – A
-Economics 201 - B
-Intro to Computer Applications – A</p>

<p>2nd Semester
-Intro to Psychology – A
-English 102 – A
-Introduction to Film –<em>A
-Economics 202 –</em>A
-Math 115A –*A</p>

<p>Summer Session
-Speech 101 –<em>A
-Math 099 –</em>A</p>

<p>3rd Semester
-Accounting 201 –<em>A
-Business Law –</em>A
-Elements of Statistics –<em>A
-Biology 101 –</em>A
-Anthropology 105 –*A</p>

<p>Winter Session
-Introduction to Latin American History –*B</p>

<p>4th Semester (in progress)
-Health 101
-Introduction to World Mythology
-Sociology 101
-Accounting 202
-Elementary Calculus</p>

<p>Job:
- I work 8 hours a week as a Marketing Assistant for a small consulting business that works one-on-one with small businesses to increase revenue.</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
- Client Services Intern with LIFT-DC ( a non-profit organization that works one-on-one with clients to find jobs, secure housing, scan for public assistance, and find referrals) / 12 hours a week
- LGBT Youth Working Group Member, The DC Center / 5 hours week ––<em>work to combat LGBT youth homelessness in DC
- Teaching Assistant, Byte Back –</em>taught basic computer classes to low-income individuals</p>

<p>ADVICE: I don't know whether I should apply to CAS as an AEM major, CAS–Econ, or into the ILR school and was seeking any advice. I'm interested in working for a financial consulting firm post-graduation.</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting accepted to Cornell, and do you have any suggestions?</p>

<p>As always, any help is greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>TC</p>

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<p>Yes you should apply, you have good grades in college. Just knock your essays out of the park and make sure you do the pre-requisites.</p>

<p>As for whether you should apply to CAS, CALS, or ILR, it’s really up to you; just research which school you like the most.</p>

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<p>I agree. Apply. Your post has a good tone. Seems like you’ll have a good essay. Make it interesting, make sure to answer - really answer - why you’ve chosen your career path. Get great references & beef up on volunteering. You sound like a great candidate.</p>

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<p>I think you will have good chance for all the colleges. For Cornell I would recommend you applying to either Cas or IRL. Cornell AEM is very strict on the prerequisite and it seems like you didn’t fulfill the requirement. The applicants who fulfilled all the requirements and recommendations are the most competitve applicants, so I would not recommend AEM.</p>

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<p>College rankings for finance options:</p>

<p>1.AEM (obvious choice)
2.CAS
3.ILR</p>

<p>AEM is the solid choice.I choose CAS but I have no intention of going into finance. If you have more diversified interests i.e. law/policy ILR would be great too.</p>