<p>Here's my stats - any opinion is helpful
(I applied for this Spring at Cornell for the 1st time) </p>
<p>Caucasian Male born and raised in upstate rural NY
College - Ithaca College
Class - 2010 but I'm a semester ahead
Major - Business Admin - Finance/Management
GPA - 3.3 (had a horrible first semester but have had consistent 3.5-3.7 semesters since with 16&18 credits and more difficult courses)
-Dean's List
Essays - Amazing (have had several opinions)
Very good recommendations from tenured profs and my dean
Work Exp: Small jobs for money but interned at cousin's small private corporation in sales and finance
ECs:
-University Fed Challenge Team Participant this fall
-Junior analyst with on campus student trading group
-School Sponsored Investment Challenge
-Several multicultural event/group involvement
-Various Athletic experience - Varsity FB in High School and a lot of time spent weight training and running still
-Selective New Vision Pre-med program in High School (yeah I know, a complete 180 turn to business/econ...happened the summer before college)</p>
<p>Reasons for Transfer: I feel that Cornell is a better fit then my current school in terms of curriculum, student culture, size, diversity, and resources. The competitiveness of the students relative to IC is also very attractive. I have ambitions to be a social entrepreneur and have interests in economics and politics (IC doesn't really have a good econ portion in their business program).</p>
<p>I also have had very good contact with CALS admissions. I interviewed very well with one officer for over an hour last spring. They have since recognized me when I was last on East Hill a few weeks ago for transfer day. I knew this was important in freshman admissions...but will it help me this time around?</p>
<p>Also...</p>
<p>On average, when are spring decisions sent?</p>
<p>wow, its awesome to see another person try to transfer from IC into AEM. i too went to ithaca college with a business administration major and was spit on daily by Don Lifton in WOB (you know what i'm talking about haha). i transferred to Cornell AEM the spring of my sophomore year which was last spring. </p>
<p>theres really too much to say about my IC to Cornell transfer to put it all here. PM me with specific questions since i was in the exact same situation as you are. </p>
<p>just for the sake of giving you some insight now, your GPA is pretty low. i understand the fact that you've had an outstanding upswing, but usually schools look for that upswing to take place from HS to college, not during college itself. i like the fact that you were an analyst with the core trading consultants. that was probably the most practical experience that i had at IC. since your GPA is pretty low, you're definitely going to have to put enormous emphasis on your business experience and the essays. hopefully you were like me and were very close with a certain professor that can write you a dynamite recommendation (english professors are best since they have the ability to show who you are through words). </p>
<p>like people have been saying, if you dont have the pre-reqs, dont bother. hopefully they are all taken care of since that is one of the most important aspects of admission. i suggest making an appointment in the registrars office or with a transfer coordinator to sit down and discuss course by course and how they will transfer/count at Cornell. this is extremely important.</p>
<p>be confident, always know in your mind that you can get in. never get discouraged. on a final note, if you do end up coming over to the other hill, cherish good ol IC. i took for granted how amazing ithaca college really is, and how much i miss that place. best of luck my friend</p>
<p>Thought this would be helpful for AEM transfer hopefuls... from the November 15th Dear Uncle Ezra column:
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Dear Uncle Ezra,
First off, I'd just like to say that I think you are awesome. You are one of the many reasons that I hope to transfer to Cornell next semester. </p>
<p>I currently go to the University of Rochester and I'm majoring in financial economics. I want to transfer into the AEM program in the CALS schools, but I do not know what specialization I would like to pursue yet. Ultimately, I would like to become a management consultant. </p>
<p>I was wondering if you had any information about the various specializations in AEM and some statistics about approximately how many students choose each respected specialization. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Dear Possible Transfer,</p>
<p>The Department of Applied Economics and Management is home to Cornell's accredited general business degree program. This top-ranked broad and flexible business program features finance, marketing, and management courses with an analytical, applied economics focus. AEM's agribusiness management and food industry management secializations draw on the business program's curriculum as well as their own courses for students interested in careers in agricultureal and food industries. AEM also offers two applied economics specializations; environmental and resource economics, and applied economics. </p>
<p>In your efforts to decide on a specialization be aware that the job market in finance is seriously shrinking these days and really doesn't look that good for the near future. Think about what all of your skills and talents are and develop a specialty across fields that will enable you to stand out as a job candidate and also bring meaning and purpose to your life since your choice is based on what is truly interesting to you.</p>
<p>Good luck in your efforts to transfer. Hope to see you here soon.</p>
<p>personally its very hard to transfer into AEM even if you are at Cornell. YOu have a better shot at transfering into a more obscure major and then double majoring in AEM.</p>