<p>Other than grades, good standardized test scores, community service, and other obvious factors.
I’ve been planning on applying to Cornell’s Summer College (as a junior) and am not sure if this will improve my chances.
I will also be applying to the school of ILR ED in Nov (if this makes any difference)
Thanks!</p>
<p>lots of A’s and lots of P’s next to eachother.</p>
<p>Including but not limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>being a URM</li>
<li>Founding a Country</li>
<li>Discovering the cure to a disease</li>
<li>Discovering a new species</li>
<li>solving the energy crises</li>
<li>being first-gen</li>
<li>being a nationally recognized athelete</li>
<li>being nationally recognized in anything</li>
<li>overcomming obsticles (being blind, deaf, AND raised in the inner-city helps)</li>
<li>becomming CEO of major corporation</li>
</ul>
<p>having a courseload/test scores above average for your school…</p>
<p>first gen helps? since when</p>
<p>If your last name is Trump or Buffett, the transcript will catch their eye.
Otherwise, you’d better be a first-gen Pacific Islander who lives in the inner city who overcame muscular dystrophy to win the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Yeah.</p>
<p>I guess I should rephrase this.
When I say “catch their eye” I don’t mean them saying “wow, she’s a multimillion dollar actress, we must have her in our school.” I simply mean what will separate me from the rest of the admission’s pool (or enough to give me a better chance since my grades aren’t all that outstanding), or what factors will improve my chances. An example would be going to their summer college or being a first-gen (which I am). Sorry if anyone misunderstood!</p>
<p>To answer your clarified question, please reread the posts submitted by ChandlerBing and Pomegranate. :O</p>
<p>mr/ms robinson…u already know i think…</p>
<p>are others at your school applying cornell? if so, u must distinguish yourself from them…</p>
<p>Yes, I know of two other girls who want to apply to Cornell, and I will try doing so, thank you for you input since you’ve given me the most plausible answer so far…</p>
<p>i think the summer college should help. i will be attending that as well. it helps to do well at the summer college, b/c then the professors are aware of your aptitude and you might be able to get recommendation from them. but i’m sure u already know that.
all the best :)</p>
<p>I would say that the Summer College has negligible impact. Yes, it’s great that you’re taking classes at Cornell and that you’re on the campus, but it won’t help you in admissions. What may help, however, is if you forge great relationships with professors and get a recommendation from one of them that makes you stand out in the applicant pool. By simply attending Summer College, you won’t stand out from the next person with equal qualifications who didn’t attend the Summer College.</p>
<p>i actually disagree, the summer classes indicate an interest in Cornell specifically, and while this is no guarantee to help in admissions, Cornell is supposed to strongly value “fit” so if you went to the summer class and loved it and now are applying for undergrad it might look nice…
not major though, most likely</p>
<p>it might only help in certain uniquely cornell classes…</p>
<p>for example…if you took summer college and took labor history (ILR school) and then applied to ILR b/c you fell in love with ILR by taking labor history…</p>
<p>i think doing summer college at cornell would help you MORE with applying to other colleges…i’d consider summer college at another institution if you’re applying to cornell…</p>
<p>I do think Cornell values fit. I wrote my supplement about attending the engineering diversity hosting and how I had conversations with two professors (whom I named) and how interested I was in one of their’s research (described the project) and I got a likely letter. Got rejected from 4 other Ivies, so I feel like fit is a key in their app (probably every app though). </p>
<p>The supp should make it seem like Cornell is the best school for you to attend.</p>
<p>Yeah, Cornell is huge on fit. I think the reason I was originally deferred was because my HumEc essay made me seem like too much of a liberal arts candidate rather than a fit for HumEc. I ended up sending a letter of interest describing in detail how my extracurriculars tied into the HumEc mission, and ended up getting in.
So definitely focus on the supplemental essay for Cornell, it’s extremely important. Which is why chances threads for Cornell in particular are even more difficult to evaluate, since the essay/fit piece is so crucial</p>
<p>Okay, great thanks for the advice.
I plan on writing my essay on the economy and how it drastically affected my family’s lifestyle. I’d really like to utilize this point in history as motivation for becoming a good lawyer and helping to prevent this from happening in the future. I’m sort of trying to tie this experience with ILR’s motto of “advancing the work place”. I’m new at the application process, so I’m not sure if this topic is good or not.
And congrats on your acceptance! Hopefully I will be in your shoes a year from now, haha.</p>