State: Maryland - Out of state
Major: Nutritional Science
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
5.70 Weight GPA
3.92 Unweighted GPA
1540 GPA
Subjects: Math II (740) and US History (710) — kinda low
14 AP classes
Recs are decent, essay is decent (pretty personal)
Extracurriculars (The ones listed on common app):
-Johns Hopkins University Neuroscience Internship
-Weight-lifting/Gym
-GBMC hospital Internship/volunteering
-Club Soccer
-Volunteering as teacher assistant in Chinese and art class
-Piano Trinity Level 8
-Varsity Badminton
-Key Club
-FBLA - Won awards for E-business, parliamentary procedures, and hospitality management
300+ hours of community service
Also, just a question. What does the contract school mean? On the diploma, does it say Cornell or SUNY - does it being a state-funded school take anything from its status? Thanks!
"On the diploma, does it say Cornell or SUNY "
Well it definitely says Cornell, whether SUNY also appears anyplace on it I don’t know, I don’t have one.
But one doesn’t need the diploma to tell. The contract colleges give out B.S. degrees, The college of arts & sciences (an endowed college) gives out BAs. (engineering and architecture give out BS’s too, but nobody is wondering whether those grads went to a contract college).
".does it being a state-funded school take anything from its status? "
Not per se. After all Dyson is/was part of CALS and has great repute these days.
What takes away a bit from status is if a particular college there has relatively laxer admissions standards- regardless of SUNY affiliation. Historically it happened to be the case that the contract colleges were a bit easier to be admitted to. And THAT fact did have some impact on their respective reputations, among some people. While the easiest of all, (by the numbers) to be admitted to was the hotel school, which is not SUNY affiliated. And the Hotel school also did suffer a bit of a reputation hit, among some people.
So it isn’t merely the fact of state affiliation. IMO.
Not that I think it matters, but my son got his diploma from a contract college this year, and it does NOT say SUNY on it. The contract colleges aren’t part of SUNY, though they get some minimal funding from New York State. Students take courses with others from the entire university, nobody is just taking classes in one college. So while each college may have different admission standards, when you are in a classes with students from all colleges, the curve treats everyone the same. Many courses are cross listed in more than one college/department, students taking them together. Therefore you are getting the same education. Diploma would say Cornell Uni College of Human Ecology.
If you did not grow up and attend HS in NY, then contract college means nothing to you.
If you are in NY, then you get a discount…but not a huge one.
It is signed by the university President and by the “Dean New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences”
This is a sample diploma by a frame company, I think, and I can’t swear it is accurate.
It looks just like mine. But on mine the signature on the lower left is “Dean College of Arts & Sciences”
(from memory, I actually don’t know where it is just now to verify).
I should add that, to the extent that some people may “ding” the reputation of some of its colleges,
The attributed difference is relatively small. It’s not like these people are considered anybody’s village idiots. They are all strong colleges in their own right, and each are among the best of their kind.
Be aware that transfers aren’t guaranteed, you need a minimum GPA, and certain coursework to be considered. Apply to the college that best suits your interests now.
Cornell is Cornell regardless of which college. As noted above, “contract” means that some of the schools receive NYS money and have reduced tuition for instate residents. It means nothing for OOS. One of the hardest majors for acceptance is in a contract college so it doesn’t indicate selectivity either.
