transfer to wharton from cornell hotel school

sun6360
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:27:55 +0000

I’m currently a freshman at Cornell and I really want to transfer to Wharton next year.

Current School: Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration
GPA: Don’t know yet… Won’t be that great though…

Courses I took/will take:

Introduction to Hotel/Food Operations
Financial Accounting (One of the requirements for junior transfers)
Business Computing
Freshman Writing Seminar
This one credit entrepreneurship lecture class.

Will take in spring:
Organizational behavior
Management Communication
Microeconomics for hospitality industry
Calculus 1 (one of the requirements for sophomore transfer)
Introductory Macroeconomics (If i do not take it over the winter)
Intermediate Microeconomics (If i do take macroeconomics over the winter)

Will take over winter:
Introductory Microeconomics
Introductory Macroeconomics

Extracurriculars: (will get more involved during spring)
Cornell Hotel Society
Korean Student Association
Working at the hotel on campus
Will be interning at Westin over the winter.

High School:

Unweighted GPA: 3.5 (B~B+)
Weighted GPA: 3.8
*upward trend

SAT:2270
Writing: 800
Math: 780
Reading: 690

SAT 2’s:
Math 2: 750
Math 1: 720
Lit: 600

7 APS:
Macro and Micro Economics, Stastics, French, English (Literature, Language), Physics B.

Experience:
-Internship at a restaurant.
-Worked in a bakery/cafe
-Worked in another restaurant.

Extracurriculars:
-I founded Culinary Club at my school. - President
-National Honor Society
-French Honor Society and French Club- Secretary
-Debate Team- Judge
-Peer Leadership
-Religious Christian Group

Community Service:
-mission trip to El Salvador, volunteered at festivals, events, center for mentally handicapped, tutored, served at events.