<p>guys i have a question. I’ve tried to complete the health form (in the newstudents website), and I still don’t get my net ID . However, it generated one and a student number. Should i leave it there or just delete it since i dont know if that is my real net id and cornell id number? Also, i did a tuberculin test or something like that at my current college. However, i don’t remember when it was, but of course, it proved i never had that disease. Do i have to leave that part blank? anyone has finished it or at least printed it already??</p>
<p>congratulations jemma!!! hopefully east will find out next good luck with vassar!!!</p>
<p>and acc if it generated one, it’s probably what they have on file for you, but that’s just my guess. my netid ended up being my appid without the app10 part in front, so maybe you can see if that’s the same with yours. i have no idea about the rest, but i should probably get a move on since it’s due in like a week. meep.</p>
<p>Congrats Jemma =) I have a friend at Emory. Her name is Sunny and she’s incredibly happy there. Guess the weather fits her, haha.</p>
<p>Is anyone here who got rejected getting ready for another round of apps? I seriously can’t seem to motivate myself to write a spectacular or quirky essay about myself. I don’t think I’m that interesting of a person >_>.</p>
<p>is anyone here taking a car up? if so, what reasons are you giving your parents? my mom is a bipolar psycho and keeps saying yes and no and i NEED my car there so can someone please give me reasons? so for now, i’ve been telling her that i can get free parking because i know people in frats who will let me park at their houses so i don’t need to buy a parking permit, which is super expensive. and then i was saying when andy and i come home, instead of buying $150 each bus tickets, we can just drive together and spend gas money. and we can bring other people home with us who can chip in since there are so many people from long island. and then whenever we need to go somewhere, we can just go and not rely on other people.</p>
<p>east89 - I totally understand your frustration as I have been in that exact same situation. I really don’t understand why Ian went out of his way to say you were a good fit in the interview but did not want to fully explain why you were not admitted. I don’t think the economy has much to do with it. That excuse is really only applicable to grad school since some people who are layed off or can’t find a job go back to school to weather the storm. At the undergrad level it would be the opposite since it is the parents who are paying for the education most of the time. See if you can speak to somebody else as Ian was not the sole decision maker. Hopefully they will be able to provide some concrete answers. Good luck with Emory!</p>
<p>Jemma - Congrats buddy! Emory is an awesome school!</p>
<p>Riley- sorry to hear that. But the comments on the unofficial GT sound promising. Definitely give it another shot!</p>
<p>Waterdept - thanks for the luck. I am going to need it…lol.</p>
<p>Who else besides myself is still waiting? How many ILR kids left? Yeezy are you going to call?</p>
<p>yeah, the economy thing sounds like a bit of bull. it might just be the lack of spots, since so many ILRies were given GTs and ILR is a small school.</p>
<p>i think i got my mom to soften a bit with the car issue, but if anyone has any input, still let me know.</p>
<p>ps i’ve been obsessively reading the orientation guide online and i can’t wait for all this stuff hopefully you guys are going to go to the non-required events because i definitely am going to most of them :)</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?” -Yeezy</p>
<p>I think it is still very much about fit. I really tried to tailor my essays to ILR and talk about what I myself can bring to the ILR community. I related my significant work, academic, and extracurricular experience’s all back to ILR. I think if you can do that, it will put you in a good position. But I think because it is about fit, that those who have the most fit and the ones the admission committee can see excel after ILR will be chosen. I think the same goes for the Hotel School. Then again, my whole approach to this could all be wrong.</p>
<p>i got rejected… from the hotel school… was really upset… still is… did anyone get accepted? i MIGHT try again…although ill be super old with alot of credits…its still up in the air…any advice?</p>
<p>Lacey. I am thinking about starting a rock band next semester. I am going to play drums, and I think I found a guitarist. Would you like to sing? Unfortunately, I only have Beatles rock band so we can only play Beatles covers. How does that sound?</p>
<p>Water, Ironic & TFN- Ian’s exact words were: “Between the large increase in applications and the fact that our available transfer spots are dropping significantly because the economy has stopped people from being able to study abroad, we are not going to be able to admit many of the applicants that we’d like to. This means that even many of our top ranked students cannot be admitted.” So it wasn’t as if he said “hey, we don’t have enough money to pay for all of you kids,” which would be complete bs, but rather there weren’t enough spots because of study abroad. I have no clue if that’s an accurate answer, and I don’t really care much at this point. It’s not a total loss for me since my undergrad degree won’t really matter much 10 years from now anyway because of my career goals.</p>
<p>Thanks for the consolation and good luck to the rest of you still waiting on decisions.</p>
<p>Just to clarify-
When CALS says their pre-reqs include “Biology 1 & 2 (labs not required)” for AEM applicants, do they want you to have taken 2 separate biology course? Am I completely screwed if I haven’t won’t have taken any Bio courses this school year?</p>
<p>Yes. According to the information I received when I was considering AEM, they want you to take two semesters of Bio. According to the woman I spoke to, your Bio 2’s pre req must be the Bio 1 you took. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>wow, they require two successive bio courses for business transfers? so i’m supposed to have chosen CALS and known their prereqs when i first registered for classes freshman year, before even being in the school i want to transfer from? what a joke.
there go my chances</p>
<p>TFN, i agree with you on your comments about personal fit to the school. so hopefully, that will work in our favour.</p>
<p>i actually called late last week, but they said a decision still hadn’t been made on my behalf. so i might try again maybe, mid-week this coming week? what about you? have you contacted them?</p>
<p>@Purple: First off, that’s part of why Cornell’s schools are so picky with transfer acceptances and their pre-reqs. They want to know that a student has really looked into and researched Cornell and they want you to prove that in your application that this school is the place to be for you.</p>
<p>Secondly, it’s totally not too late for you, just call up CALS and ask them about the AEM major. First of all, if you don’t have amazing grades and maybe some great recs. under your belt, you won’t get into AEM because it’s probably the most competitive CALS major. If you do have a solid GPA and schwat not, just ask them if you’d be allowed to take biology I over the summer, and then finish Bio II when you arrive at Cornell.</p>
<p>Especially if you’re a sophomore transfer, pre-reqs don’t matter <em>as</em> much. But, if you’re like us, transferring in for spring or the following fall to be a junior, they matter a lot because our time at Cornell is limited.</p>
<p>Actually, I kind of think the study abroad excuse is legit. I mean it really makes good sense and it’s kind of a bizzare thing for him to just make up. It could very well be one of those things where the adcom was frustrated they wouldn’t be able to take very many people because of study abroad.</p>
<p>As far as fit goes, I think you really have to talk about what you will do at ILR. Ian told me the best essays always talk about the specific classes at ILR. He told me to look at the class list but not just the names of the classes, the actual descriptions and why they are important. In my essay I basically said “this is where I’m from, this is what I want to do, and these ILR classes will help me get there.” I didn’t try to be cute or original or anything, just very honest and open about ILR. </p>
<p>As for me, pending fin aid, I definitely will be going to Cornell. However, I may need to defer my admission to next fall. It turns out leaving this spring will be very inconvenient. If I do defer though, I really would feel terrible about potentially taking a spot from some of you very qualified people who didn’t get in. Buy one day I’m sure we will all see eachother at Cornell.</p>
<p>I took a bio course (bio 2) last summer, so maybe you can sacrifice your summer and get done all the prereqs. In that way, you show you really wanted to get into AEM. Plus great recs and a good gpa 3.7 or more should be enough to get you in AEM.</p>
good luck with vassar!!!</p>
good luck if you do apply again</p>