Transfering to ILR- Advice Needed!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Currently, I'm at a Community College in California.</p>

<p>Basically, durring high school I got a 2.68 GPA. Traumatic things happened to me including my dad getting very ill, my family moved many times as well, forcing me to change high schools 4 TIMES! Everyone called me, including my family a lazy bum, failure to the family, because I got such a bad GPA.</p>

<p>I am now living with relatives, going to a local community colleg in cali. I'm not even close to finishing but seeing how things are going now, I will probably graduate with a GPA in the 3.8-3.9 range, honors scholar, and Phi Thetta Kappa member.</p>

<p>Everytime I mention Cornell, they laugh at me, and tell me to stop dreaming, because they think there is no way I could get into an Ivy League school.</p>

<p>I am currently in the first year of community college, plan to transfer for junior status into ILR.</p>

<p>Can anyone give me some advice on what I should be doing extra curricular wise, that will help me when application season rolls around. Also, do I even have a chance in hell?....or am I going to end up as my aunt puts it, "A failure going to San Jose State."?</p>

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<p>Well, definitely don’t let your relatives attitudes persuade you that it is impossible… keep working hard, try keeping that GPA high, and perhaps start volunteering, interning, or anything that would add to your EC’s… also try to explain, in your essays, the situations that kept you back in hs and how they’ve effected your life thus far…
If you have the motivation and the passion, I’m sure you’ll have a chance! good luck :)</p>

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<p>You should definitely ignore those mean comments or use them to push you forward. If you get a great gpa at community college there is a possibility you can get in. You just need to show other factors that make you special. If you got a job internship at a place that could help. I'm trying to think of things that you could do soon that could help and right now I'm thinking high gpa, passion of Cornell and ILR, and maybe an internship could help. sry it's late and i was up early so I blame being tired on not thinking of other things lol </p>

<p>Best of luck! Keep pushing!</p>