Should I bother applying as a transfer to Cornell?

Transfer Students
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<p>When I had applied for college, I did terrible college research. My college research was so poor, that I had applied to colleges I had no chance of getting into, but I thought I had some chance back then. And so, I got rejected and now I am attending CUNY Hunter College. I had decided to apply for transfer, and I used this summer to do actual college research. Here are my stats</p>

<p>Male Asian
HS GPA: 3.6-3.7
AP: 5 in Calculus BC, 3 in US History
SAT: 1990 (620CR, 770M, 600W), 750 Math Level 2, 780 Chemistry
EC: Scrabble Club, Chess Club, volunteering at the library</p>

<p>I want to transfer to Cornell CAS in Fall 2011 as a math major. Cornell offers 5 year dual degree of BA in Math/BFA in Art, which I would really want to take but I can't really find the program anywhere else. Cornell also has the language I want, Vietnamese Language, which I really want to take but it is a rarely offered language. With that, I also chose CAS because I am interested in so many different subjects, such as art, economics, math, music, and physics. But learning from what happened in the past, I am not really confident enough in my stats to be competitive enough for Cornell CAS, especially my SAT score. So I do not want to want to apply if I am just not good enough. </p>

<p>Other colleges I am thinking of applying to are Amherst, Swarthmore(my brother graduated from Swarthmore), and Haverford. I think all of them are SAT optional for transfers. Unfortunately, I need financial aid. I have an EFC of 0, so I think that really limits my options.</p>

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<p>Im guessing you are a freshman at CUNY Hunter? Im not sure about your chances at Cornell but I think you should try to make the most of it at Hunter for now because you have to stay there till May. Just get the grades in your college classes (with a tough workload) and hope for the best, you can’t change your past.</p>

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<p>i wouldn’t apply to cornell CAS as a sophomore transfer. if you stick it out for 2 years and get a 3.8+, then it may be possible. as for amherst and swarthmore, i think it’ll be even harder to get into those</p>