<p>I applied ED, but i was wondering if a 28 (super scored, 27 without superscore) will be good enough for a CALS non AEM or bio major? i just got my score today!</p>
<p>no. sorry.</p>
<p>You have a shot but unless your a urm or athlete or major legacy its not that good. The old range of 28-32 is actually inacurate. An adcom told me the new real range is 31-34 but they havevt updated it in a while with the avergae being a 32-33. Only like 20% of students submitted the act btw. Persoanlly I only submitted my act like you as a 33 beats a 1390 any day.</p>
<p>Oh and if you are applying as an agg major and have the credentials to back it up then you probobly have an ok shot me thinks versus aem and bio.</p>
<p>cheers,
Mike</p>
<p>thanks mike</p>
<p>yeah, mike pretty much hit it dead on. I applied with a 28, but then got it up to a 31. Got a GT, and am planning on using it</p>
<p>What's a GT?</p>
<p>guaranteed transfer</p>
<p>What is the point of having guaranteed transfer? Is it just another way to superficially lower Cornell's acceptance rate?</p>
<p>GT which is mostly offered to NY students is a formal acceptance for the next year because space (mostly for the contract schools) is limited. The usual requirments are you maintain a 3.0+ gpa or better taking certain requirements and you are guarenteed admission.</p>
<p>hope that helps
Mike</p>
<p>Thanks but I still don't understand. If space is limited, why don't Cornell just accept a set number of students each year. Since they use GT every year, the GT from last year will take up spot for this year. The cycle then continues. Why not accept everyone at the same time? I still see GT as a way to superficially lower admit rate.</p>
<p>No its becuase soph year many students tradtionally study abroad up to 40% i think of ilr students thus vacating the school.</p>
<p>Admitting the students in the first place would also serve the purpose of filling up those empty spots. There is no difference between a transfer student spot and a regular student spot if transfers are admitted consistently each year. In essence, the university is just admitting less students in the first place when they could be admittin more. (by getting rid of the GT).</p>
<p>every freshmen is guaranteed housing, and there is only a limited number of spots in housing, so the entering class number is limited by the spots in housing.</p>
<p>sophomore year and beyond, there are more spots for housing due to apartments, west campus, and fraternities and sororities, allowing for the university to accept people as transfers.</p>
<p>A 28 ACT with a 4.0 yes you have a chance, if you don't have a 4.0 well I would agree with the above posters, it's a long shot.</p>
<p>Hi, I am appplying regular decision and I was wondering if I sent Cornell 2 ACT scores would they take the best from each subscore and get a new composite like they do for the SATs or No? Without I have a 30 and without a 31.
Thank you</p>
<p>^ I was in the same situation as you, with the same scores, haha. I just sent them both, it can't hurt. For future reference, start a new thread when you have a question.</p>