<p>Yeah, I figure I'll start another one. I won't be on half as much this time, but I figure it'll be nice to keep in touch with people.</p>
<p>Post your thoughts, stats, where you are from and where you are applying. As always, best of luck.</p>
<p>To those who haven't seem my old thread, I applied to Cornell as a freshman for CAS and then consequently as a fall transfer to ILR. Over my freshman year of college, I did pretty extensive research on Cornell (which is how I realized that ILR is right for me) and pulled my grades up high. I was really hoping to make it, but it didn't work out for me. I was pretty disillusioned, since I put everything I had into the application, but I figured I may as well give it another shot. My stats are as following.</p>
<p>HS GPA: 87/100 (3.3-ish)
College GPA (over 2 semesters): 3.83
College GPA: hoping for a 3.8 - 4.0</p>
<p>ACT (doesn't count in transfer admissions): 31</p>
<p>Recs: Good, as far as I know.</p>
<p>Essays: I am going to revise the ones I used for my previous transfer app heavily to make them more goal- and career-oriented.</p>
<p>Common app about a summer music festival I did and how it helped me define my educational needs and the value of a diverse, passionate college community</p>
<p>Cornell supplement was very, very specific, about how I got to know Cornell and the people I met, how different it was from my own college (only an hour and a half away), and how much passion and opportunity I discovered. I spent too little time talking about my fascination with the ILR curriculum. I feel I should have spent more time on that.</p>
<p>EC's:
1. Conservatory-level violist. Two full music festival scholarships, three Carnegie Hall performances, principal in many orchestras, first violist in HS's history to perform a concerto. (8 years)
2. Composer, concert and film - several performances and independent collaborations with film-makers.
3. Fencing team - HS captain. (4 years)</p>
<p>Some minor work experience - camp counselor over the summer, waiter.</p>
<p>150 hours of volunteer service at Carnegie Hall.</p>
<p>Collegework:
21 Credits first semester, + orchestra, chamber music, writing music for university TV station and collaborating with the film department to write soundtracks for their students.
20 credits 2nd semester.
20+ credits 3rd semester.</p>