AEM Chances?

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<p>What do you think my chances are at AEM are?</p>

<p>White Male from a Private Jesuit School</p>

<p>GPA 4.34 W/ 4.0 U</p>

<p>Class Rank- School doesn't officially rank but 4/160ish</p>

<p>Classes- All hardest classes including AP World (3)- Sophomore/ AP US and AP Eng.- Junior/ AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Gov- Senior</p>

<p>ACT
32 Composite- 31E 33M 30R 34S
32 Composite- 28E 34M 35R 30S</p>

<p>I wasn't planning on taking any SAT 2's because I am only sending ACTs. Please let me know if this is the wrong thing to do.</p>

<p>EC's
250+ Service Hours and hopefully getting 300+ before ED app. goes in
Mu Alpha Theta (11,12)-Some officer next year
NHS (11,12)- Executive Council
SADD (9,10,11,12)- President
Lacrosse (9,10,11,12) Varsity 11,12
Peer Ministry (11,12)- School Spirituality Group
Church Youth Group (9,10,11,12)- 4 Mission trips to Daytona, Toronto, and Nicaragua-2X
Rho Kappa (11,12)
Blue Tide (9,10,11,12)- School Spirit Group</p>

<p>Honors/Awards
Principal's Honor Role- 6 Semesters
College of the Holy Cross Book Award
National Spanish Honors Society</p>

<p>Work Experience
Assistant Financial Analyst and Planner- Summer 2008
A friend and I started our own car washing business with that money making over $2500 1/2009-Present
Internship and Eminence Inc.- Another Business 5/2009-Present
Alpha House Volunteer- Shelter for at risk women</p>

<p>Skills/Interests
Investing in the Stock Market
I have kind of dabbled in Chinese and plan on learning some more over the next couple of months.</p>

<p>Misc.
I attended the Cornell Summer College and I'm pretty sure I got an A- and a rec letter from the professor.</p>

<p>Recs/Essays
Recs should be outstanding
Essays should be very good, maybe excellent. I am considering talking about my mission trips and our need to extend help to other nations and people.</p>

<p>I would love to hear what you guys have to say about my application and I am open to suggestions on ways to improve my application.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I think you would need to take 2-3 SAT IIs even if you are not doing SAT I. SAT IIs are subject tests which the ACT does not encompass.</p>

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<p>You’re going to get in, providing those essays are outstanding and you take a few subject tests.</p>

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<p>Do I have to take subject tests even though they are not required? Which ones then?</p>

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<p>Are you sure they are NOT required? Which college are you planning to apply to?
If you do take them, take your best subjects obviously.</p>

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<p>AEM is in CALS. If I do I would take Math 2 and Chem. most likely.</p>

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<p>CALS doesn’t require SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>As per this (<a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear/Freshman_Admission_Requirements_Grid.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear/Freshman_Admission_Requirements_Grid.pdf&lt;/a&gt;), Cornell CALS recommends you take a subject test in a science and in a math (any level). So, yes, I would take two subject tests if I were you (and get a 750+). But other than that, I’d say you have an excellent shot at getting in OP.</p>

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<p>OK thanks.</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Any way to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Your ACT score may be slightly on the lower side but your GPA and work experience is excellent. You are doing the right APs. So you have better than 50% chances. Write good essays, get solid recs, consider applying ED if at all possible. Visit Cornell and attend the info session. Finally, regardless of what CALS/Cornell say, do SAT 2 (Math 2 and either Chem or Bio and try to score 750+). I looked at dozens and dozens of postings from those who got into CALS and a vast majority took SAT and scored well. IMHO This will improve your chances significantly. </p>

<p>PS - I had similar stats, awards, EC, APs etc (better ACT but modest work experience) . . . I did not submit my SAT2 scores in RD (AEM) - not sure what I was thinking - and got waitlisted. Then I submitted by Sat 2 scores in April and I kind of sort of got off the waitlist (was offered GT). Hope it helps. Cornell is a great school and AEM is a great program. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I’ll start studying for Math 2 and AP Chem should prepare me enough for the test in Oct.</p>