<p>I am applying to Cornell’s CAS for the fall of 2010 as a government major and I just had a few quick but important questions. </p>
<p>1) the website says the application filing period is between Feb 15th and March 15th. Does this mean I can’t send my materials in before that (rec letters, transcripts, etc…)? </p>
<p>2) I am applying for the Government major, I currently have a 3.64 college GPA and mt ECs include a full time job, and a member of my campus’ poli sci club, however my transcript inludes quite a lot of business courses as I thought this was the path I would take, but changed my mind. Will this affect my chance of getting accepted?</p>
<p>3) I’ll be transferring from a community college, will this have a negative impact? </p>
<p>My rec letters are excellent and are from 1 gov prof and one poli sci prof, both of which have PHD’s, and both of which I got A’s in their classes. My essays are also spot on! thanks!</p>
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<li>people do send them in before, but i would just send them the first day if you’re ready. the reason they pick filing periods is so applications don’t get mixed (ED, RD, transfer, etc)</li>
<li>you can tell them about this in your “additional info” part. i would suggest writing about the change of major/interest in one of your essays as well because they’ll want to know why you decided to switch</li>
<li>no</li>
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<p>i’ll take a look at your essays for you if you want. you can e-mail them to me at <a href="mailto:ironicallyunsure@gmail.com">ironicallyunsure@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>Awesome, thank you! Could you also give me your opinion on whether or not my GPA (above post) is high enough to be competitive? From what I understand CALS is “easier” to transfer into than CAS. I would try for the applied economics/management major in CALS, but im not taking my bio pre req until summer :(.</p>
<p>for CAS it’s on the low end, but AEM isn’t any easier to get into. CAS’s acceptance rate is 9% and AEM is 10%, so either way it won’t matter which you apply to.</p>
<p>@ ironicallyunsure</p>
<p>I’m going to write you an e-mail.</p>