<p>Hey Guys,
I’ve spent some time at Cornell’s Website. Got to know about the incoming profile of freshmen (GPA/SAT etc), and also saw the statistics of transers, etc.
But I still don’t have a clear idea of my chances. Because I live in New York, I plan to get an apartment with friends if i don’t get in, and i must start on this soon, and it is quite important for me to know if I will be staying in Manhattan next year or not. </p>
<p>So I will apprecaite any feedback from those of you who made it to Cornell’s ILR as a transfer and have a pretty good grasp of what kinds of kids get into ILR as transfers.</p>
<p>Here goes my basic stats:</p>
<p>High School GPA: around 3.0
SAT: 2180
College GPA: 3.69, College of Arts and Science, NYU. </p>
<p>Brief List of Accomplishments:</p>
<li>Began to write for S. Korea’s largest English newspaper at the age of 17.</li>
<li>Published an Op-Ed The Washington Post at the age of 18. </li>
<li>My Op-Ed was featured in a floor speech given by a U.S. Senator in the Senate when I was 19. </li>
<li>Translated Barack Obama’s major speeches into Korean and also wrote about his rise to power, put all this together in a book that made it into the top 20 best-selling list in S. Korea.</li>
<li>Won one of the most prestigious writing prizes given by New York University.</li>
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<li>Lots of volunteer experience (helping inner NYC kids, etc)</li>
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<p>Professor Recs: </p>
<p>Professor 1, extremely strong. As the leader of the writing faculty, he was the one who strongly nominated me as the recipient of the above mentioned writing prize.</p>
<p>Professor 2, showed me the letter of rec. I almost cried because it was almost too good to be true (single-spaced, 2 pages). </p>
<p>Back in high school, I was rejected by 3 teachers when getting the letter of rec.
That’s how bad a student I was. But I guess I have been extremely fortunate to turn my academic life around. </p>
<p>I will appreciate any feedback. Thanks!</p>