Any shot Cornell ILR ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
1

*** PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST. AN HONEST EVALUATION WILL HELP ME SIGNIFICANTLY.

I’m troubled between choosing between Cornell ILR or Northwestern ED. I’ve visited both and I would equally love to attend either of them. The challenge is just getting in to any of them lol.

Stats
UW GPA- 3.68 (Will be 3.73-ish by next quarter ) - I know it’s crap - Did horrible freshman year but did quite excellently sophomore and junior year. ( Moved from Top 33% - > Top 10%. It’ll be 3.73-3.75 after first quarter senior year )

W GPA- 4.6250
ACT- 32 composite ( 32 E, 35 M , 33 R, 29 S ) ( Still waiting for my retake score; hopefully I got 33-34 )
SAT - 2140
SAT Subject Tests - 690 Math II and US History ( I probably won’t send these scores either )
AP SCORES: APUSH ( 5 ) Psych ( 4 ) English Lang ( 5 ) WHAP ( 3 )

Senior Schedule:
AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, Calculus AB/BC, AP English Lit (UGH), AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics

*Will graduate with 13 AP courses.
*Will probably only send AP scores and ACT

State: Texas. Go to quite a good/competitive school.
Ranked 88/806 ( Around barely top 10% )

Extracurricular:
Debate Captain ( LD )
President and Founding Member of Philosophical Inquiry Club
Founding Member and Leader of a Church-Based Organization ( Distributes Flowers and Cards to Elderly Homes )
Head Activities Director for Church
Tech Solutions Club ( Nerd Herd )

No Major Awards

Community Service: ( About 120 hrs )
Volunteered at Special Education Facility
Service Trip to Fix Poverty-Ridden Homes and Communities in West Memphis
Homeless Ministry

Essays: Expect them to be good, at least the common app.
Recommendation Letters: Probably decent

2

I believe Cornell wants to see your entire testing history, but then again I’m not sure if there’s any way they could find out that you had scores that you didn’t send.

3

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but 88/806 isnt the top 10%. There is no almost top 10%. That being said, roughly 10% of the first year admitted students are not in the top 10%. Those 10% have something special about their applications. You have 13 AP classes which shows an upward trend. You are in the middle for ACT scores. You have a shot roughly around the admit rate for Cornell I would guess.

4

Cornell is not score choice, so if you send SAT, then you have to report all test dates. You don’t need to send your AP scores if you don’t want. They are not considered for admission, only for placement in classes once you have been admitted. Both NU and Cornell are tough to get admitted to, so hopefully you have some safeties since nothing is a slam dunk.