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Replies to: Cornell Fall 2019 Transfer Thread
In regards to when to complete and send them. FAFSA seems not to be an issue to be done BEFORE applying/ finishing the application. Not sure about cornell but tried with other schools and they prefer sending documents and other materials AFTER you send your common app. Again not sure if that will be the same for the CSS profile but something worth mentioning I thought. Cheers and GL everyone!
High School GPA: 3.85 UW/4.28 W (doesn't rank but probably top 12%)
ACT: 33
Current College GPA: 4.0
High school ECs: mock trial captain, big mock trial awards, founded non-profit, debate, some really good leadership positions/did important things with these positions, some other stuff
College: Leadership in student government, 20 hr/week internship, may do research next semester, still running non-profit
Essays: Really good at these, so hoping they'll be great
LORs: Should be good. Have high As in the classes of the professors I'm asking for LORs from. One of the knows me really well because of my research interests and I participate a lot in the other class
- 3.6 GPA
- Phi Theta Kappa and honors program
- Works 3 jobs to pay for school
- 19 year old african american male
- Intern at a healthcare policy analysis firm on Wall Street and have written research that has gone out to investment
banks and private equity firms.
- Work and volunteer as an EMT
- Top essays
- Top LORs from my honors econ and political science professors, the CFO of my firm who's an alumni, and my
mentor who is also an alumni on one of the advisory boards.
I also met with the senior associate director of admissions for humec and we talked for over an hour and connected really well. I hope I get in!
Age - 31 Year Old Non-Traditional Student
Race - Native American/ Caucasian
GPA - 3.75 (De Anza)
Credits earned AA Honors Degree - 120 college credit hours earned at De Anza in 6 quarters
EC+Achievements
De Anza Honors Program
Dean’s List for Academic Achievement
Phi Theta Kappa
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
Humanities Mellon Scholar w /University of San Francisco and De Anza.
VA volunteer for mental health and assistance for VETs
Local Sunnyvale Community Services Volunteer for 2 years developed contacts to push 0 waste initiative at several local grocery stores in Cupertino and local communities.
Volunteer At Momentum Mental Health care in Palo Alto
Neuroscience Club at De Anza CC
Master Gardener specializing in bio dynamic systems for agriculture, including 10 years experience developing Several self sustainable off the grid, green energy, properties in Northern California.
High School - Diploma / Graduate 2005 - History/ Gaps
In my childhood I was diagnosed with severe Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
Overcame disabilities and started taking advanced classes at Space Center Houston Texas in 7th grade
3.5 Gpa Honors + Dual Credit Classes
started College at 16 years old in my junior year of high school in 2003
Moved out of parents house at 17 to start taking classes and for my own personal growth.
At 18 years old I became very disenfranchised with the education system in Texas and obtained from college in 2006.
Found myself in some Legal trouble and was placed on probation from 2006-2008 for partying and DUI.
Successfully Complete probation In the year 2008 And moved to California
I attended 1 quarter of CC at HCC in 2008 and immediately moved to California when I completed the classes
Started a consulting firm in 2009 specializing in bio dynamic systems for agriculture, and self sustainable off the grid green energy properties.
Successfully developed green properties with closed loop Input system for agriculture
Manufactured and Developed numerous methods to enhance the biodiversity for biological solutions for conventional agriculture.
In February 2017 I was in a very bad accident and left with a severe concussion resulting from a serious fall. Over the next few months I experienced severe PTSD and psychosis stemming from the fall. My family and I decided that for my own personal health I needed to take time off and I moved to Cupertino California to recover from the injury. In August of 2017 about 6 months after the accident I decided to take a chance and I enroll in the local college at De Anza CC. Within 3 months I found myself extremely enthusiastic about learning for the first time in honestly 15 years. Challenging the Banking Method most of my classes opened me up to a new world of existential thinking and this sparked a fire in me.
Fall 2017 - Spring 2019 Over the next 6 quarters i accumulated 120 hours of credit and on a path to double major participating in multiple honors and scholar programs and local community services.
Story is much more complex but those are my basic cred...
Best of luck to all and go for it you miss every shot you do not take!!!
Current school: top 20 private university
Race: white and Native American (Cherokee Nation)
Gender: female
Home state: Ohio
ACT: 35 composite (36M, 36S, 34E, 34R)
High school GPA: 4.936 weighted
Class rank (high school): 1/305
College GPA: 4.00 (no honors program available as freshman, but I took a very full course load with notorious premed weed-out classes)
High school ECs: competitive gymnast from 2008-2018 (stopped due to torn achilles), varsity cross country runner (HS), private viola lessons, peer tutoring, Key Club treasurer
College ECs: Figure skating club president and founder, Women in STEM club member, tutor for Varsity Tutors, nanoscience lab research job
Intended major: Materials science and engineering
Awards/honors: Junior Olympic gymnastics gold medalist, three-time Junior Olympic gymnastics silver medalist, two-time Junior Olympic gymnastics bronze medalist, US national gymnastics champion, US national gymnastics bronze medalist, fifteen-time Ohio state gymnastics champion, six-time Ohio state gymnastics silver medalist, six-time Ohio state gymnastics bronze medalist, Ohio High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete award, valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude latin honors, University of Cincinnati Behavioral Science Award, Ohio Soybean Association Research Award, Anderson Hills Educational Foundation Scholarship, Dean's list, and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Fraternity.
Hooks: Junior Olympic gold medalist and US national champion in gymnastics, had to provide for family due to long-term medical issues last fall and winter while balancing school, ECs, and applications
Reasons for transferring: my current school does not have an engineering department, emphasis on undergraduate research involvement, students are passionate about more than just their school work
Best of luck to everyone applying!
@sstayingpositive I am also confused about this. What I am most likely going to do is use the documents page of the common app to submit my personal statement and then tailor my supplemental essay specifically for Cornell. But I am not sure what the "right" way is.
Applying to Cornell Transfer from Lehigh University (in the business school).. Don't think I'll get it but its worth a shot. Applying to ILR. Not submitting my SATS, I was a previous reject from Cornell, hoping my Freshman Fall is going to help out. On track for a 4.0 this semester with my mid-term report
High School GPA: Not sure, full IB diploma, low 6 average, with not a great senior spring.
College GPA: 3.71
Calc w/ Business applications -- B+
Intro to Real Estate -- A
Econ 029 (got credit for earlier classes) -- A
English 001 --- A-
Business --- A-
Lots of ECs, NYC charity work, run my own business,
Also do I need a personal essay along with the supplement? I'm only applying to cornell and saw no where to put in a personal essay
College GPA: 3.83
English I: A
English II: A
Biology II: A
Microbiology: A
Genetics: A
Chem I: A
Chem II: A
Organic Chem I: A
Physics III: A
Honors Into to Ethics: A
World Civ: A
Calc I: B
Calc II: B
current courses:
Research Experience in Biology
Organic Chem II
Physics IV
Yoga (yes, I'm required to take a yoga class to graduate community college lol)
My high school grades are the same, Bs in honors math and As in everything else.
I don't do a lot of ECs with my school because I spend most of my time either at work or tutoring. I wrote my essay about why I chose to be a biology major and what makes Cornell the best fit for my needs. I heard such great things about Ithaca!!!