<p>TO all of you college students who are attending Cornell, what did you do to get there??? I mean grades should be good but you need more, right?? Anyways just post what you did or what got you in, that kind of thing. If you wouldn't mind.</p>
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<p>I didn't have much more than grades and test scores but I had really good grades and test scores.</p>
<p>alot of extracurriculars that showed that all pointed to one goal helped me, i think. not random ones just for the sake of putting it on an application, but ones i truly enjoyed participating in.</p>
<p>an asian disadvantaged girl who played water polo, swimming, and volleyball, plus took french and spanish, and had a killer make you cry essay that's being put into a book called High School's Not Forever.</p>
<p>cool,i have to say though that I'm not really a sports person, track and thats it. however, there was a COnversations about Cornell thingie in my area and they said that sports don't matter when you apply.</p>
<p>Work, work, work. Not helping dad with odd jobs, either. Paper route, grocery store, lousy work. A lot of it too. Made me seem like a hard worker and real down-to-earth kid who doesn't get into Cornell cuz of great local advantages. They even gave me munny for it!</p>
<p>Awesome, So How did you guys (and or girls) get into extra programs, like The Cornell Tradition, I mean, I know that you fill out the form and stuff, but Is it fun??? What do you do??? Like I said, i'm a freshman, so if you don't mind I would really appreciate the feedback.</p>
<p>they just contact you if they want you to be in it. It's not something you apply for.</p>
<p>In terms of getting in, I was a state champ in Taekwondo, started a ski club at my school that grossed over $13,000 last year, and was in my school's internationally medaled jazz band.</p>
<p>Sports for the most part wont get you in; it's about being involved passionately in a few extracurriculars. That could be a sport, music, comm. service, a job, etc. Anything that you're dedicated to.</p>
<p>This of course is on top of good grades and test scores, the better these two stats, the better your chances. The better your ECs, the better your chances of being picked over people with similar stats. If your ECs are good enough, you'll probably get picked over people with better (strictly academic) stats.</p>
<p>I also wrote a really good essay. One of the best things I've ever written.</p>
<p>Other things are out of your control. Where your parents graduated from college, etc. For me, I had 1550 and dual 800's on II's, but I was pretty worried about admission, because dad had PhD from Stanford. So if this is the case, yes, it will be harder, but you can overcome it without having to be a national or even state champ at something.</p>
<p>Cornell Tradition? I was incredibly surprised by it because even though I research colleges a lot, I never thought the Cornell Commitment was available to me. I guess I fit the profile because of doing well at my job (wrote additional essay) and I volunteered over 800 hours at church, plus I raised $3000 for Juvenile Diabete Research (through job, though). Not to blow my own horn, but this is the kind of thing that will get you in, and then get you a Tradition Fellowship. I definetely wouldn't be in the top 150 (as is for Fellow) academically, cuz I only had one AP under my belt. </p>
<p>Another thing. Show that you are trying to be better than what your school can offer. Take an independent study in something they don't offer, or try to be the first to take a certain class at your grade level. I did both of these in physics, my prospective major, and I think it was a really big factor. I didn't get pushed through the system, I pushed myself, and pushed the system in return. Besides, it was a lot of fun!</p>
<p>hi spaticus 800...what was your essay like?</p>
<p>i'm sorry, here's your r.
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