<p>Next fall I will be running a full fledged business from college. It will be a subdivision of my father's company, but none the less a business in which I am the president. I currently go to Ithaca and I want to transfer to Cornell through their AEM program (business). I have a 3.7 after freshman year and want to transfer for next spring or if I get rejected for the spring, for fall 07. The only problem is my high school grades, a mere 2.6 gpa and 1060 sats. do you think the fact that I am running a small business out of my college dorm room, would this give me an edge? given that I am a business major. </p>
<p>It definitely couldn't hurt...and your high school grades will still be counted in there decision but it won't be a huge setback...just make sure your recomms and current GPA are stellar...colleges like to see improvement in your GPA from high school to college (especially if your GPA was low in high school)...</p>
<p>I am a college transfer student so I know a little bit about what adcoms are looking for in an applicant</p>
<p>i wouldn't be suprised if a school like cornell imposed numerical cutoffs for SAT scores like what you got. I know at some schools if you complete enough college credits you don't have to submit scores.. see if you can get around it, maybe.</p>
<p>I agree, it's not your GPA from HS, it's the SAT. Business schools need to know that you have strong math skills and can write. Take again if you think you can do better. As for the business, many, many applicants run "businesses." You'll have to have impressive sales or something else that makes your business different from all the rest. Daddy doesn't help.</p>
<p>yeah when you report your business see if you can mention something like how it is a subsidiary of whatever the name of your dad's company is, instead of saying like "i run a part of my dad's company" or whatever</p>
<p>keep in mind suze that "my daddy" has nothing to do with the business. all hes got to do with it is financial backing to start it. other than that its all me. there probably is no way for adcoms to even remotely find out that it has something to do with him. so please dont that that im putting my name down on the business and doing nothing. hopefully if i express this well in essays and everything, it should help to dilute my high school nightmare</p>
<p>Do you think adcoms are dumb? Where does your average college student who is not a prodigy at HYPMS get backing to start a business? Also, don't you think you're stretching the truth by not saying it's part of a family business? Sorry, but this is an old game many try. As the MIT adcom said on another thread, they start Googling when someone claims something like this to see just how real it is.</p>
<p>what are you even talking about? just because a company does not have a website and 500 hits on google doesnt mean it does not exist. i'm not saying i'm the president of Apple right now am i? </p>
<p>first of all, since when does your dad have to have come from Harvard to be eligible to get financial backing to start a business? what kind of comment is that? my dad went to community college and made a wonderful life for himself. what does starting a business in college have to do with the ivy league and legacies?</p>
<p>second of all, if you know anything about the business world, all my father is in this case is an investor. he gave me the startup money to create the company. in no way does he handle any business. let the adcoms search around all they want, its not going to change the fact that its completely legit and under my control.</p>
<p>lastly, for you're information my company is a registered member of the new york state association of buildings and grounds. we distribute sports field equipment to schools and recreational associations. next time you want to open your mouth (or fingers in the case) and make an ignorant comment, get your facts straight first.</p>
<p>Definitely had to come back out of hiding for this. ajp87, I have my own company as well, although i didnt have any capital initially to start it. I do financial consulting...as to whether or not it will help you in the admissions process? I'm sure it will give you some leverage because it demonstrates motivation and initiative-at least, as opposed to other extracurriculars such as volunteering, etc.</p>
<p>Just from what I've read your business sounds impressive. They're not going to be looking for how you got the opportunity but what you did once you got it.</p>
<p>I think it will help, but as some other poster noted, they may simply sieve out the applications that do not meet certain threshold requirements, such as GPA or SAT. To this end, if you are serious about going to Cornell (I am ignortant of the AEM Program), you will be behooved to re-take the SAT. That's my two-cents, at least.</p>