<p>i agree with macgruber, show passion in whatever youre doing. but if you want to make sure youre doing clubs related to ILR, join clubs like debate or the school government and stuff. that will help.</p>
<p>thanks Mcgruber, I meant did you have any EC or work recomendation letters? Or were your recomendations all from teachers?</p>
<p>I do have to make my point about this. In my case, I’m very passionate, involved, and accomplished in music - my main EC, and I stressed that in my application. It didn’t work. My mistake was in stressing in too much and not focusing enough on why ILR is right for me. Ian flat out told me before I applied - “it’s nice to have talented candidates, but we need to know you’ll be good for ILR.” So yes, by all means show your talents and dedications, but keep your field of study first in your application. My app was essentially about my background in music and interest in ILR, not the other way around. I’m downplaying the music stuff this time and getting involved in ILR stuff.</p>
<p>i had a meeting today with one of the profs writing me a rec. i’m getting nervous again 
how far are all of you in the app process in terms of getting letters and forms and stuff sorted out? anyone finish their essays yet?</p>
<p>and dragon, no pressure, i just remember you worked so hard to get to cornell so if you had any input, it would be greatly appreciated 
but of course it’s up to you.</p>
<p>@TFN
I had two letter of recommendations, I had a Cal I professor and a Chem I professor. I suggest you sent at least 2-3 letter of recommendations only. More than 3 will just overkill your application. And I also suggest that you all of your applications to come from professional professors that knows you the best and will write about your good positive worth ethics and characters.</p>
<p>As far as ECs, you should do things in which you love and are interested in. At the same time, you should do things that also relates to your major. When I applied, I diversify my ECs. For example, to show that I wanted to be a doctor, I participate in Relay for Life, to show that I love to commit my time to the community, I was in the Student Sharing Coalition, to show what I believed in, I was in the Bible Club and etc. So diversify your ECs and it will show your a well rounded person.</p>
<p>@ironicallyunsure
Thank! Um… I do have a very good suggestion in making sure that you tailor your essays to match Cornell’s character. I suggest that you look at Cornell’s mission statements, the College’s mission statements, your department’s mission statements, and your major’s mission statements. And make sure you HIT MOST! of those points. It’s another way of showing that you have some sort of fit in their college. So when you write your essay, keep in mind of their mission statement. And of course, make sure you do well this fall semester.</p>
<p>If anyone got any questions, I can do the best of my abilities to answer them as well.</p>
<p>what’s this i heard about deferrals?</p>
<p>does this mean they defer you from one semester’s applicant pool to the next one? or does it mean you are accepted for one semester, but due to spot restrictions, you would have to enroll the next semester? or does it mean they reject you and just ask you to reapply the next semester?</p>
<p>also, do only the contract colleges defer applicants?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I know ILR defers. You are accepted, and so long as you don’t fail classes and keep up above a 3.3 GPA, you can join Cornell the next semester.</p>
<p>i think all of them except maybe AAP defer. it’s rare for CAS to defer, but i’ve heard of it happening. and i know at least one person who has been deferred from each of the rest of the schools. it means that you come to the school next semester and you pick if you want to work, take classes, or travel during the semester before you come.</p>
<p>-currently at a college in australia
-finished schooling here
-fluent in both english,korean and conversational in japanese (learnt it for six years)
-have yet to take the SATs in oct.
-gpa of 3.25 currently…
-been at 2 colleges…cornell would be my 3rd one if accepted
-currently at my uni, im a student ambassador and i write for the college paper.
-i want to major in east asian studies.
-wana be a journalist covering stories from east asia.
-have done some volunteer work in korea- teaching piano and english to the poor
-piano; learnt it for ten years with formal exams and concerts, and participation at high school.
-at cornell,i want to get ino=volved with different journals and also the college paper.
-also applying to 6 other colleges in america…nyu,barnard, northeastern, boston, etc etc…</p>
<p>do i have a chance?
also my gpa might seem low, but in australia, the program is pretty rigorous…and only about 5 to 10% get a gpa of 3 and higher…</p>
<p>any comments plz?</p>
<p>ihatemonash, CAS acceptance is a really low one, but best of luck to you. id just stress the GPA and work on getting that wayyy higher, atleast a 3.3</p>
<p>ihatemonash, most of the schools’ websites say not to apply unless you have at least a 3.3. bring up your gpa and then try, but CAS is one of the hardest colleges to get into.</p>
<p>@ violaghost and ironicallyunsure: thanks for the info! aw man i would loveee to be deferred, if not accepted directly. it’s basically just as good. but as would make sense, it is also extremely difficult to receive and is rare</p>
<p>i saw the deferment as a blessing in disguise, because as much as i’d love to go NOW in the fall, i have NO money hah. now i have 4 more months to make money. my band and boyfriend also appreciate the extra time too 
:P</p>
<p>yeah i wouldn’t mind a fall deferrment. i already have way more credits than i need. at the end of fall, i’ll have around 80 and i’m a rising sophomore. i would definitely use that time to work or travel. probably both.</p>
<p>Same. I don’t know what I’d do with a deferred though. I’ll also have 80 credits by the Fall, and I don’t want to just drop 20 of them in order to transfer.</p>
<p>At the same time, not to think too far ahead, but I wouldn’t want to graduate from Cornell in the Spring '13, one semester too late.</p>
<p>well if we’re deferred we’d be right on time. we can only take 60, and that’s junior standing, so we’d still be out may 2012. i don’t mind dropping the 20 to graduate from cornell, so i don’t know. i took a lot of classes to show that i could handle a heavy courseload and still get good grades.</p>
<p>Is there a maximum amount of credits that you can transfer with? What do you guys mean by dropping credits?</p>
<p>I know ILR takes a max of 60 credits. If you have more than 60, they won’t transfer - in effect, it’s like you’ve never taken the classes. You loose all the time and money you’ve spent on them.</p>
<p>So are the credits that are not able to transfer not included in your GPA? Can we pick and choose the courses we want to transfer?</p>
<p>No, you don’t get to pick and choose. To begin with, not all courses transfer. So, if you’ve taken some obscure class on “East-Asian Pottery in the 17th Century” that has no equivalent at Cornell, they won’t be able to give you Cornell credit for it. Most intro courses (macro & microeconomics, statistics, intro science, etc…) do transfer though.</p>
<p>Transferring credits has nothing to do with your GPA. The GPA Cornell takes into account for your application is your current GPA - grades from all your courses. When you transfer to Cornell, you will start over with a brand new GPA, so the GRADES from the courses that DO transfer don’t matter once you start over.</p>
<p>Hope that makes sense.</p>