What are my chances of being accepted as a cornell transfer?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently about to start junior year at UB (SUNY) and I'm interested in possibly transferring to Cornell University. My academics could definitely be better but they're on an upward trend, I made Dean's List last semester at UB. I'm a political science major and also involved in the Daniel Acker Scholars Program. Here are my less than impressive stats:</p>

<p>Highschool GPA: 3.0
College GPA: 3.3
SAT: 1290/1600, 1920/2400. 590 math, 700 on verbal, 640 on the writing.
ACT: 28</p>

<p>I have done tons of community service and I'm a pretty fair writer so the essays will help not hurt me. I have a pretty interesting background; I was born in Ghana, moved to Northern Virginia when i was 8. I'm bilingual. Will being an underrepresented minority help me at all? Not that that would be the reason I'd want to get it but the "advantage" is similar to the 'legacies'. I'll probably be applying for the spring semester if I choose to for the College of Arts and sciences as a Government major. </p>

<p>Since I'm a Virginia resident, UVA is not out of the realm of possibilities but since tuition is free for me at UB (Acker scholar) and cost would be reduced at Cornell (family incomes around 100k, my dad could live with 10k per yr for an ivy league degree). </p>

<p>A. Do you think I have a shot at Cornell?
B. UVA?
C. Graduate at UB with about 3.6 gpa, focus heavily on the lsats and go to a school ranked higher than cornell for law school? I'm thinking Northwestern Because they seem to place a bigger emphasis on lsats even for lawschools which works out for me. My sats and acts would be higher if I took the classes and cared about them, problems I will fix for the lsat.</p>

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<p>Honestly, your chances at Cornell are quite slim with your GPA. UVA is definitely a possibility though.</p>

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<p>I think you’re right. It’s not that I have to go to Cornell, it’s just that non ivy league schools of Cornell’s caliber generally don’t offer financial aid packages like Cornell. Usually no more than 10% of family income is spent at the Ivy league. UVA might be easier to get into but I doubt they’ll offer me an aid package that could rival my Acker scholarship at UB. What would you do in my position other than ‘get better grades’ which I’ve finally decided to do. I did get a 3.85 last semester on 16 credits even while continuing my old habits.</p>

<p>I also took the sat 2s, 800 on both US history and world history. Im a pol sci major, would that help any?</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, your grades probably won’t cut it at Cornell. My advice is to stay in your current school, work your butt off, and try to get into a top three law school–with good LSATs and improved grades, you could make it to Harvard Law. Good luck!
Could you chance me for Princeton please? Thanks!
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