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<p>I am a rising junior from Kentucky. I just got my SAT scores back and I am greatly dissapointed. I need some help evaluating my chances at Cornell.</p>

<p>Class: Rising Junior</p>

<p>Freshman Classes
English B
Hnrs. Geometry B
Hnrs. Geography A
Hnrs. Integrated Sciences A
Latin I A
PE/Health A
Typing B
GPA: 3.63
Explanation for low grades: This was a very, very tumultous year for me. During the year, I broke my humerus, which ended any chance at playing football, and my family went through legal troubles (Family Friend Staying with us was arrested in our home). </p>

<p>Sophmore Classes
English A
Hnrs. Algebra II A
Hnrs. Bio A
Hnrs. World History A
French I A
Latin II A
GPA 4.00</p>

<p>Future Classes
Junior
English III (I won't take Honors or AP b/c the department sucks)
AP US His. *
AP Physics B *
Hnrs. Pre-Cal *
Hnrs. Chem
Latin III *</p>

<p>Senior
College English *
AP Gov
AP Stats
AP Latin Virgil (I may not be able to take it; the class maybe phased out)
Global Issues
Humanites (The last two classes are part of my crappy major I can't change)</p>

<p>Sat I: Math: 690, Verbal:660 Writing: 630 (I will retake next year and get this one hand scored)
Residence: Louisville, KY
Rank: School does not rank, but I will likely be a Salutorian
School: Male High School; Top public school on KY(ranked always 1 or 2), 95% go to college, 2 people will go to a service academy, We sent one person to Harvard and MIT this year
Race: White
Socio-Economic Status: Poor (Household income <25,000) I will be the first in my family to go to college except for my cousin who is on Athlectic Scholarship at a NAIA school.</p>

<p>Activities:
Student Senate (I will be an officer next year) Soph-Senior
Civcs Club (Liberal) Group of Founding Members
Beta Club
Latin Club Treasurer
National Junior Classical League
Riflery&Hunting (A possible hook? I am trying to become a competitive shooter)
I am also working on creating a Debate Team, and a JSA chapter at my school.
Participant in 2004 University of Louisville/Bellarmine Summer Law Forum
Guarenteed an Internship for Summer of 2006 to the Mayor's office of Louisville, KY or to a Judge in Louisville Circuit Court </p>

<p>Awards:
National Latin Exam Gold (Exams I& II)
KY World Lang. Association 1st place Latin Derivatives 2nd place culture/history
National French Exam: Ranked 13th in State of KY
Governors Cup Regionals (Only sophmore in the Varsity Regionals)
Departmental Awards (Social Sciences and Languages)
Academic Letters</p>

<p>Intended Major(s): Political Science, Classics</p>

<p>Thank you for any adivce given.</p>

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<p>i don't think departmental awards count on apps... but other than the sat's good chance</p>

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<p>Where should my SAT's be to give me a decent chance (20-25%) on ED?</p>

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<p>um... if you can get 2000 ur around 20-25%... 2100 and ur upto like 50% ed</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance with the scores you have!</p>

<p>I'll be a freshman next year in CU's College of Arts and Sciences (The college you'll need to apply to), and I had a 1360 SAT (710 M 650 V) and a 620 Writing SAT II.</p>

<p>Your GPA is similar to mine, although the last person to go to an ivy (Cornell) from my school was 5 years ago, and we've sent only 1 person to Harvard in the school's history (Class of 1970). So it sounds like my school is less competitive. You will have more APs than I had simply because my school only offers three of them.</p>

<p>Your ECs are looking good. Be sure to get into some high leadership positions and I think you'll be set.</p>

<p>Yeah, so take your SATs over and see if you can raise them up. . . . but don't stress over them, because Cornell tends to look past numbers and looks more upon the overall strength of the applicant.</p>

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<p>yeah, and writing about being a first generation college student could be a good essay.</p>

<p>Try a study program like "princeton review" for your SATs. You are not OUT of the running, but you would greatly improve your chances with higher scores.</p>

<p>being poor from kentucky probably helps; there's probably not a very large applicant pool there.</p>

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<p>We have a very, very, very small applicant pool for college outside of in-state schools, Duke, Vanderbilt and Emory. At my school,we had about 50 kids from a class of approx. 400 go out of state.I think at Tufts 1 kid is from KY, 7 at Upenn, and I assume that very few KY residents were in Cornell either. </p>

<p>Regarding the SAT, I have read about the famed "Xiggie method" and I am going to try it for next year's June SAT. Hopefully,with his methods, I can get a higher score and join you at Cornell. Thanks for all the help guys.</p>

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<p>your goal is 2400 :) just do your best</p>