<p>I thought about it and reapplying is out of the question. After completing this semester, I have a total of 79 credits. I’ll probably take around 15-17 credits for the upcoming semester, which will leave me with around 94-96 credits upon matriculating to Cornell in the fall, assuming I get accepted. Due to Cornell’s residency requirement, I’ll have to complete 60 credits there, which will leave me a year behind. The only way I wouldn’t lose so many credits is if I were to take a semester off, which isn’t going to happen since that would look really bad for law school admissions unless I have a verifiable excuse. So its just not worth it to lose so many credits. There’s far too much to lose (credits as well as more money which has to be spent on the tuition for that extra year) and not enough to gain (a cornell degree, which won’t really matter since the importance of one’s undergrad degree would be mitigated by their law degree if they adhere to that litigious path.) I’ve always thought that the ends must justify the means in order to embark on a path to complete any matter, so I’ll continue with my philosophy in regards to this situation since marginal gains are lower than marginal benefits.</p>
<p>I just don’t like the overtly diplomatic answer that Ian gave me. It really makes me feel as though there was something wrong with my application, but he’s trying to pacify me by not stating the problems which the committee had with it. Ian seems very cool, but I’m not sure if he’s the type to tell applicants about the errors which were found within their apps (maybe viola knows?) I just take his argument to be very specious since I’m unaware of his policies regarding talking to rejected applicants. Although the economy could have played a role in my rejection, I feel that there must have been something more substantial which kept me out of the acceptance pile. I know it couldn’t have been fit since Ian himself said my I was a pretty good fit with the school. I also seriously doubt it was the essays since they’ve been met with critical praise and no one had any complaints about my ILR essay (a GT from last year’s pool even said it was much better than what he wrote and that it left him speechless.) I have a problem with accepting the fact that such a broad topic played a major role in my rejection. I have a feeling that I’ll see the numbers for this applicant pool pretty soon and they’ll be comparable to last spring’s, leading me to believe that there were unstated problems with my app. The same thing happened with Brooklyngirl last year, since she was told by Ian that they only accepted 9 applicants, when I know that the true number was around 22 out of 44. Of course, brooklyngirl did seem to have a problem with numbers (no offense to her) due to the fact that she continually stated that her gpa was a 3.4, 3.5 and a 3.6 all within the same semester, so Ian may have told her some different numbers. Then again, those nine could have been the true number of accepted applicants while the others were just GTs, so the number of acceptances may have fell this year while concurrently being inflated by GTs.</p>
<p>Sorry for bothering you guys with my soliloquy. Its not that I have a problem with the rejection. Its just that I have a problem with taking a loss without knowing how to improve upon myself. If I was really ousted due to some macro-level issue which was out of my control, then that just really sucks.</p>
<p>But, it was kind of like an unofficial GT? They basically told me in the letter that I’m a good fit for the college and I just need to take more units and finish the pre reqs. They enclosed a sheet with all the pre req information. They told me to reapply next semester.</p>
<p>I only had 31 units done after having like a 2.8 in high school, so I’m not really all the surprised.</p>
<p>but for the record, a 4.0 officially doesn’t mean anything to Cornell :)</p>
<p>Thanks East. It’s alright, I didn’t really want to go in the Spring the more I thought about it. Too much of a hassle. Good luck with Shememory.</p>
<p>Riley. sorry to hear that it didn’t work out for the time being. I am sure you will get in next semester! What were you applying for again? CALS?</p>
<p>so what do we all think ILR look for in their applicants now? do you still think its the applicant’s fit to the school itself, rather than just grades?</p>
<p>East, I found that soliloquy perhaps one of the best and most varied vocabulary-filled paragraph you’ve wrote on CC, ha. Either way, sorry that you’ll be too far over the limit for Cornell next fall…I’m positive you’ll snag Emory. If you don’t, I have absolutely no idea what these schools were looking for, because you’re like a dream transfer student. Excellent grades, courses completed, essays, and extra glitter on your app. Frankly, I’m also a little peeved at why Ian hasn’t given you a proper response. </p>
<p>And sorry to hear the rejection, Maclen, but that’s pretty good of Ecology to give you that more personalized response. Yeah, as transfers I seriously think HAVING ALL pre-reqs they ask for completed is one of the most important points of your application. It’s weird that that would matter so much, seeing as most other universities just say oh well you completed this instead, so you can just take that when you get here. Nope, not Cornell. Hope you decide to reapply, bud.</p>
<p>As for the rest of us, still waiting for our roommates on the housing to appear, all my suitemates still say ‘empty’. In addition, for all of you on here that just applied for housing after having been accepted, tell us what you get here or the FB group so we know where everyone is chillin’.</p>
<p>Guys, got a quick question Today I checked Emory’s self service. I went to the email addresses part and apparently Emory has given me an official email. It is now changed to be my preferred email, and its type is campus. What does this mean? Do universities give applicants official email addresses?</p>
<p>here’s the thing the appemail is new, I got it today. What they give applicants is a Netid which you use to check your opus. Today I went online and they attached my NetId to an emory domain. I checked the policy for admitted students and they said to use your netid to enter Emory’s learnlink. I did and I was successful. </p>
<p>Here’s the Emory Email policy:</p>
<p>Email is the primary medium for official communication with students at Emory University. You have been assigned an official Emory Email Address by the University. Students are expected to maintain their accounts and check their email regularly so that new mail will be properly received and read. Certain communications may be time-critical. While students may forward their email from their official Emory Email Address to another address (e.g., ■■■■■■■■■■■■, @aol.com), the University is not responsible for the delivery of email by other service providers.</p>
<p>So its official, went to Emory College of Arts and Sciences website. I checked the Transfer FAQ. </p>
<ol>
<li>What is my e-mail address at Emory?</li>
</ol>
<p>Every student enrolled at Emory will receive an individual LearnLink email account for his/her use while at Emory. Newly accepted students may retrieve their network IDs and passwords at <a href=“Web Login Service”>Web Login Service. For additional information, visit the University Technology Services Web site for New Student Accounts.</p>
<p>^I know have my official Netid and I have a bunch of stuff on my individual learnlink account. I can’t believe it. Now I’m waitng for Vassar (which btw accepted 5 out of 70 students who applied). The only thing that bums me out is that I found out this way bah! lol That happens because of stupid nosiness lol Apperantly, applicants use the learnlink as a test. If they can get in, they were accepted. Yeih :D</p>
did u apply to any other schools</p>