<p>I was recently rejected from Cornell and was wondering if the university offers some sort of appeal process. I applied under Mechanical Engineering. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250 (Math 800, Writing 790, Critical Reading 660)
[</em>]SAT II: Math 800, Physics 790, U.S. History 770, Biology E 740, Spanish 680
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: Weighted 4.33 Unweighted 3.94
[<em>]Rank: 2 out of 571
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 12 (94.5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Biology (5), AP U.S. Government (4), AP European History (4), AP U.S. History (4), AP Spanish Language (4), AP Macroeconomics (3), IB Spanish B SL (6), IB Biology SL (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Average/Above Average
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't see
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't see
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, International Olympiads): N/A
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Greater Los Angeles
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Japanese, Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Marching Band (President/Trumpet Section Leader), Math Club (President), Science Olympiad (President), National Honor Society (Treasurer), International Baccalaureate Association (Treasurer), Student Government (Commissioner of Recognition)
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Commended (PSAT 220), National AP Scholar, 9th Place at Science Olympiad Regionals, Student of the Month, 4th Place at SCSBOA Championships, 5th Place at WBA Championships
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging: Not exactly sure how to feel about this...
[</em>]Where else have you been accepted/rejected? San Luis Obispo, UC Irvine, UCSD, UCLA, and Berkeley. Waitlisted at Caltech and Harvey Mudd.
[/ul]Appeal Supplementary Information[ul]
[<em>]7th Place Overall out of 46 schools at 2012 Los Angeles County Science Olympiad Regionals
[</em>]Invitation to participate in 2012 Southern California State Science Olympiad [score to be determined]
[<em>]2nd Place out of 46 schools in Science Olympiad Event "Protein Modeling"
[</em>]2nd Place out of 46 schools in Science Olympiad Event "Thermodynamics"
[<em>]2nd Place out of 46 schools in Science Olympiad Event "Sounds of Music"
[</em>]Top 10 GPA for 2011-12 Fall Semester (4.83)
[<em>]Highest score on 2012 American Mathematics Competition (94.5)
[</em>]Invitation to compete in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) [score to be determined][/ul]</p>