<p>oh well I talked about my situation in 2 essays. I guess Ill just pray and relax.</p>
<p>excactly..its out of your hands</p>
<p>do you think though that my chances will be slightly higher because of my situation and low income?</p>
<p>low income absoutely not..why would a school want to pay out more money - especially for a student who is not very qualified..they would rather save their financial aid packages for students that they want to convince to come to Cornell...and although your situation is terrible..they wont accept you because of it..a lot of people go through hard times (more than you would think)</p>
<p>I think everyone that is going to give you an opinion on your chances has already done so. And what exactly is your "situation" that would increase your chances? People keep asking on these boards if being low income will help their chances or make up for bad SATs or grades. These schools are need blind so unless you tell them somewhere else, they don't know about it. And I don't think being low income will explain low stats or anything unless you are working a lot to help support your family and your grades suffer a little from that.</p>
<p>Yeh I have taken up 2 jobs to pay for the finances and medical bills. My grades have slipped, but not much.</p>
<p>I also mentioned the welfare status in an essay.....</p>
<p>Well just wait and see what happens then. You'll probably get close to a full ride wherever you go so be happy about that. And you've already gotten accepted at other schools so just keep a positive attitude about all the places you've applied to and go to whichever one feels best in April.</p>
<p>Some person on this board was recently accepted to one of the land grant colleges with a 1820 SAT. It seems like all the land grant colleges care about is residency and grades/class rank. I don't understand Cornell.</p>
<p>ye man I am shocked too. SO THERE IS HOPE BECAUSE I APPLIED TO HUMAN ECOLOGY!</p>
<p>anyways, I am not hoping for anything really. I tried my best on the app and sent in w/e I could to help sway my decision. I applied to HEOP so hopefully I qualify for that. </p>
<p>Sorry for being ridiculously annoying in the Cornell Board. Ha Ha Ha Ill promise ill stop.</p>
<p>At least, looking back on it, you know you did the best you could.</p>
<p>ye thats true</p>
<p>cornell needs to break off from SUNY...</p>
<p>I hate having to explain the situation to every moron who thinks im going to a SUNY school :(</p>
<p>ye but it is still the cornell name</p>
<p>look at my second to last post in the "Cornell and SUNY" thread. It's a good thread that clears up alot of the ambiguities of the relationship between the two schools.</p>
<p>i feel that I aimed too high despite applying for heop. Oh well :(</p>
<p>do you think cornell would be upset if I sent in additional material? Will sending additional material strengthen one's chances of admissions?</p>
<p>some schools specifically tell you that they don't want you to send a resume if you can't list all your activities on the application, e.g. columbia. i don't remember about cornell though, it was common app with a supplement but i do remember sending a resume. also with the heop/eop, i got in and i'm about to attend it this summer. when i went for the interview, it scared the daylights out of me since it was with the assitant dean of admissions, not with the usual alumni. she told me that they only accepted like 15-20 students into the program and 175 nationwide so it'll be hard to make yourself stand out. if you do apply and get an interview, try to make a personal connection with her and lots of eye contact, show some spunk and personality and why you deserve to be there out of everyone else applying for heop/eop. by the way, my SAT combined was 1970, math 660, verbal 590 and writing 720/12 so 1270/1600 and rank was 16/923 so don't be so worried that you don't have a chance. someone with a 1210 and 22/923 ranking got in also you never know unless you try</p>
<p>if you look at the profile for cornell's most recent class, you will see that your sat's are not too far off. unfortunately, little info is given on composite scores, but you can see that approx the same amount of low 700's on sections are admitted as 600's.</p>
<p>Just apply. If you have something that stands out, they will take you. Cornell does specifically state on their site that they are NOT all about scores. They look for people who can bring "something" else to the campus.</p>
<p>lol well thanks for the suggestions guys. Unfortunately I did not make it into Cornell's heop because my parents previous income was supposedly high. However, they offered me a guaranteed transfer!!! I also got HEOP to NYU, which truly shocked me. They were both respectedly my 1-2 choice and I can attend both . Thanks for all your help. I truly appreciate it!</p>