Any Chances for Cornell Engineering?

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (790M / 610R / 610W)
ACT: None
SAT II: 790 Chem, 800 Math 2C
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Chem (5), English Lang (3), U.S. History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP Gov't, AP Physics B, AP Bio, Facing History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Toshiba Exploravision Honorable Mention</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (captain), Winter Track (captain), Spring Track (captain), Jericho Christian Club (founder), Art Honor Society (secretary), National Honor Society (member), Asian American Awareness (member), Peer Tutoring (member), and TBM (member)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society, Peer Tutoring, Asian American Awareness
Summer Activities: None. just reading books that I couldn't read during the school years and studying for the SAT.
Essays: Did not start writing yet. But according to my A.P. Composition grade, I would say it would be not excellent, but decent or so so.
Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully pretty good; one from AP Chem teacher and one from AP Composition teacher. In AP Chem class, I was a top rank student who had the highest average among his students (almost 100). My AP Composition teacher has known me for two years thus knows me very well since I came to America.
Counselor Rec: No clue
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Not yet</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $15K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: recommendation, passion in chemistry, interest in a variety of disciplines (even though i tend to have lower grade in english and social studies than math and science because of language barrier), grades (depending on the standard), SAT II
Weaknesses: SAT I (especially reading and writing), essays, work/intern experience, extracurricular activities (such as community service)</p>

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<p>with that income bracket you're competitive...</p>

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<p>15k!? how do you live???</p>

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<p>Budgeting</p>

<p>and under the table jobs.</p>

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<p>it's because only i live in america and my parents are in korea. but can you consider my chance without my family income?</p>

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<p>Annyung? If I may....
-We are not URM, but ORM
-Start writing those essays, now. There are some kids in my neighborhood who's been writing Cornell Supplemental for over a year. It's never too early to start writing them.
(If you are looking ED, you might just die to meet the deadline, so I don't recommend it.)
-Income-> 15K per month for yourself? Homestaying nowadays usually go from 10grand to 20 grand a year, so that seems accurate...but even at that, your family income status looks suspiciously low.</p>

<p>*Meet the general Cornell SAT percentile (Math+ CR=1500)
*Do some community service (Some West Coast Hakwon say 500~800 is favorable, some East Coast Hakwon say 100~300 is favorable, I don't even know how you can get over 300 without having ripped off some from church, but you get the point. Most Korean kids do about 200 hrs in my area.)
*Become officer in clubs (membership doesn't tell much)
*Don't lose your head and decide to go back to Korea and join the army, or go to the Univ. McDonald and flip burgers.</p>

<p>*Good Luck!</p>