Cornell AEM Transfer Student, Please Chance!

tony3boy
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:41:51 +0000

Hi I hope to transfer to Cornell AEM in Fall 2012 as a transfer student from Community College. My app isn’t complete yet, but here is my progress so far. I will chance back! Please chance!

College: County College of Morris (Will get associates degree in Business)
3 Sciences courses at Ocean County College
State: NJ
College GPA: 3.93+
HS GPA: 3.10
Classes: All Required Prerequisites AND recommended courses will be completed for AEM before applying. Taking Chinese 1 and 2, and will take Calc 2 in the spring. Took Honors Composition II and General Bio I and II and Chem I. All A’s, 1 B in precalc which won’t even transfer. Total Credits completed: 47
SAT Scores: Horrible, Not sending and doesn’t apply (I hope)
Major: Business Administration/Entrepreneurship Concentration
Essay: 9th and 10th grade of HS I went to a school for kids with behavior issues. I thrived, transferred back to district, and my essay will reflect my accomplishments today. (still in the works)
Reccomendations: Definitely going to get one from the President of my College, and I could get many more from top college officials.

Work Experience:
• Music Made Easy: April 2009-Present
o Sole proprietorship devoted to beginner Piano and Guitar lessons. Have maintained over 15-20 students over the past 2 years.
• Chermak Studios: April 2009-Present
o Substitute and guitar teacher on weekends.
• Zandy’s Acres: June 2011- Present
o Intern as a project manager to help start-up a non-profit organization devoted to housing war veterans. Was recommended by the President of the County College of Morris to help lead this venture.
0 Merrill Lynch- Intern- July 2011- Present
Haven’t started yet, but I can’t wait!

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Student Government Association (SGA): 2010-Present
• Elected Student Government President in June 2011
• Served as a senator from September to October
o Passed motions on College activities, and was immediately promoted to oversee the Senate (President Pro-Tempore)
• Served as President Pro-Tempore: October to June 2011
o Received scholarship to represent the Student Government at the ACUI region 3 conference at Princeton University
o Ran bi-weekly hour senate meetings to discuss and resolve student issues and fundraising opportunities around campus.
o Managed the first annual Morris County Volleyball Tournament and annual “Pep Rally” which the money was donated to a scholarship foundation. Raised $1,000
o Presided at board of trustees meetings, commencement, college council, tri-county leadership conferences, transfer summits, judicial board, state legislators and diversity awareness meetings to represent the Student Government.

SAPB (Student Activity Programming Board): 2010-2011
• Served as Treasurer and maintained a budget over $250,000 for student activities and presented the financial statements at weekly meetings.

Young Entrepreneurs of America Club: 2011-Present
• Co-founder and Vice President. Young Entrepreneurs of America is devoted to financial literacy, the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, leadership, and fundraising.
• Developed and hosted the first annual Morris County “Call of Duty” tournament

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society: June 2011-Present
• Awarded “Member-at-Large” executive board position.
Alpha Beta Gamma Business Honor Society: 2010-Present
• President of the Rho Chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma’s two year business honor society.

Awards/Recognitions
• Deans Honor’s List: 2010-2011
• Won “Distinguished Leader Award” along with the "Sherman L Masten Award” for being a student leader and maintaining higher than a 3.75GPA.
• Won the “Bonnie Green Memorial” scholarship which recognized by the Randolph Board of Education in recognition to exceptional actions, strength of character and academic achievement. June 2010
• Received $500 Academic Accounting/Business Scholarship for John L. Ezyske Scholarship
• Nominated in Who’s Who Among America’s Colleges and Universities
• Featured in the Daily Record, Asbury Park press, Daily Journal, and Courier News for a spotlight called “Two-year Colleges Look Smart.”
• Featured in a CCM “Virtual Tour” Spotlight and personal story write up in semiannual CCM magazine.

Other special skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher.
• 10 years of formal piano training 3 years in guitar, and 1 in singing.
• Served as a church retreat music minister and team leader to over 60 high school students in December 2010.
• Singer in “Traded Memories” as a singer, single and album on Itunes music store.

Cornell is #1. I’m also applying to
NYU
UPENN (SUPER REACH WITHOUT SAT SCORES!)
Villanova (Maybe)
Georgetown (Maybe)
Lehigh
Penn State
Univ of Maryland
TCNJ
Rutgers
Binghamtom
Syracuse
Fordham
Brown