1330 superscore at Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SIKE, sorry, no one reads these. Just skim through mine PLEASE</p>

<p>Hi, I'm really interested in Cornell's Meteorology program (Early Decision)</p>

<p>URM- Hispanic Male</p>

<p>GPA: 96% (4.0)</p>

<p>Rank: 11 out of 317 (Top 04%) High school sent kids to Harvard, Brandeis, Cornell, Northwestern, and NYU.</p>

<p>ACT: 28 (retaking)
SAT: 1900 (1240 combined) - not sending?
SATII: U.S. Hist.-620 Math I- 660 Physics-540</p>

<p>Courseload: Most rigorous in school
5 AP's 3 college courses
Advanced and Honors Courses</p>

<p>2007 NYS Boys' State Alumni
2007/08 member of Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute</p>

<p>First Generation Student</p>

<p>Worked at same job for 2.5 years (17 Hour weeks during the school year)</p>

<p>3 Varsity Sport Athlete
Nordic Skiing Section Qualifyer
X-Country League Qualifyer</p>

<p>Wind Ensemble- Section Leader
Jazz Band
Percussion Ensemble- Librarian
Mixed Choir- Section Leader
2 years at Area-All State</p>

<p>300+ hours community service
Sunday School Assistant</p>

<p>Expanded Horizons
Math Team</p>

<p>Perfect Attendence since Kindergarten</p>

<p>SKYWARN Spotter (Weather program)</p>

<p>NYS Resident</p>

<p>Applying Early Decision to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Cornell</p>

<p>That's it</p>

<p>I know I don't have amazing test scores... but is there enough of other stuff do push me through?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot! </p>

<p>P.S- If anyone knows anything about Meteorology at Cornell, please feel free to add it in a post, I'd appreciate it a lot.</p>

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<p>Your chances would greatly improve if you retook your SATS, like you don't really know that already. I still say you have got a chance though.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppp</p>

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<p>hate to break it to you, but applying as a new york state resident to CALS isn't going to help your application out anymore than its going to do it harm.</p>

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<p>if thats true, they shouldnt put "state residenship" on the "other factors" list on collegeboard.com</p>

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<p>Well, technically state residency applies with every school. I mean, colleges don't want to accept all their applicants from only one, two, or even three states! </p>

<p>But, and this comes officially from the university (and is well-documented on this website throughout various threads), state residency (meaning New York State residency) no longer factors into admission for the colleges of Cornell. So coming from New York State will not help you in admissions to Cornell.</p>

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<p>despite your Ecs and your first gneration status/URM status</p>

<p>id still say very unlikely at cornell</p>

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<p>Also, I'd still recommend sending both your SAT and ACT scores to Cornell. For, even though you didn't do too well on the SAT, sending in the score tells Cornell that you're being honest! This is something that was repeatedly brought up at an A&S info session last year by one of the deans.</p>

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<p>I hate to say so, but right now your application reads like a "close, but not quite" resume to me.</p>

<p>There's just no excuse for not having higher test scores based upon your background and school attended. Cornell is unlike to overlook this. </p>

<p>You have two choices. Retake the tests and apply to Cornell not as an ED candidate--or apply and hope.</p>

<p>Strangely, enough, if you were to go to another school and then transfer, Cornell may not count your test scores nearly as much as they will by applying as a freshman--thus, you would have a better chance as a transfer.</p>

<p>Also, there is another possibility. You could try to get into their "guaranteed transfer" program. This basically consists of getting accepted, but then having to take about 30 units at another school prior to transfer--just to show that you can handle the workload at Cornell once you go there. I would expect your odds to go up tremendously if when you applied you said you would be willing to be admitted as a freshman or to this "guaranteed transfer" program. Look it up on Cornell's website or talk to one of their advisors for more info.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>thx for your input</p>