<p>what act did accepted people have???</p>
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<p>there are stats for this...middle 50th percentile...somewhere...check the admissions stats. thread possibly.</p>
<p>is a 29-30 acceptable for cornell standards?</p>
<p>33............</p>
<p>no 29-30 would not be acceptable, that is below the mean, you better have a stellar gpa to make up for that</p>
<p>Well these are my stats...
act=29 (1st time, but will retake hoping for 30 or above)
satII us history(700) chemistry (730)
10 ap (Most rigorous possible) (scored mostly 4 and a few 5)by end of senior year (mostly A and A-) AP scholar with distinction
GPA=4.15/4.0
no class rank, but would be top 3% out of 650 students.
cello player since 4ht grade, amnesty international (10,11,12), math team(11, 12) nhs (11,12) volunteer at hospital(11,12) tutor children(10,11,12), led a mandatory class of about 20 students (only leadership)
first generation college person, disadvantaged (low income, parent at mental hospital, divorced, all happened during high school but managed to keep up my grades)</p>
<p>Expecting good recs and excellent essay. I displayed tremendous improvement since 9th grade. I didn't grow up in an academic atmosphere. Never really exposed to books or anything. Decided to challenge myself with ap and started to do well in school. (ACT score jumped from 19-29 in one year)</p>
<p>sparticus, did you have any legacy, urm, or stellar stats beside the act??</p>
<p>The college board site said that the mean ACT for Cornell (25-75%) is 28-32.</p>
<p>If i'm an out of state applicant, and my ACT is a 29, without a stellar GPA, should I consider not applying? Will I get in?</p>
<p>sports, what are you talking about? Every college book guide, even collegeboard.com says the ACT mean is a 27-33, or something along those lines?</p>
<p>The ACT scores of two seniors at my school this past year who were accepted to the College of Arts and Sciences @ Cornell included a 27 (legacy) and a 30 (URM).</p>
<p>gobigred - were they in-state applicants?</p>
<p>A2 - no they weren't in-state.</p>
<p>well, your argument has no validity, legacy students are in a different category all togethers and URMs are as well. Put it this way, most student at Cornell who take the ACT, or at least most who I have known for the past three years of being there have had at least 31 ACTs. This is not to say you can't get in, but you better have a damn good GPA with a 29. You are dealing with an ivy league school here. A 29 by itself will not get u in, at the best, it will not help</p>
<p>i mean, you guys have to realize, USNEWs claims that bottom 25% of Cornell's class has 1270 SAT. Believe me, I have not met one person at Cornell with that kind of SAT. This is not to say they aren't there, but if they are , they are certainly few and far between. Cornell is generally looking for over a 1400 SAT and a 31 or over ACT.</p>
<p>well so does every school, but, nevertheless, what keeps them from admitting students with a 29 ACT?</p>
<p>i didn't submit ACT I had:</p>
<p>3.34/4.60 out of 4.0
740/740, 780 Writing, 770IIC, 650 Lit.
State Champ Taekwondo
Accomplished Jazz Band
Summer Nerd Camps
Single legacy.
Excellent essay, fair recs.</p>
<p>No URM haha--> white jew male from NJ.</p>
<p>sparticus u had great SAT scores though</p>
<p>yeah, he just asked for my stats, lol. I dunno why, because I don't see what I had in common considering I didn't even take the ACT. I wasn't trying to make any point with that post haha.</p>
<p>I'm confused a little...
for fall 2006 admissions, do they accept the both the new and old ACT?</p>