Brown, Cornell, UVA CHAAAANCEEES, por favor!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ok so this was in the cornell board but got buried due to all the ED stuff. lol</p>

<p>I am planning on applying to Cornell, utilizing the primary/secondary school option. Primary: Engineering (Electrical, Computer), Secondary: Liberal Arts (mathematics) (also applying to Brown, UVA)
I am from rural VA and attend a fairly competitive school.</p>

<p>SAT: M730 V720 W660 (twice)
SAT II: MII:720 Chem:560 (eh..i didnt have much chem exp. at the time, taking it, and math, again in January, expecting close to 700 on chem)
GPA: 3.93 (rank: 22/400)</p>

<p>EC's:
4 years Outdoor Track (Captain Twice, District Finalist) (1 Varsity letter)
3 years Cross Country (Captain, Regional Competitor) (2 Varsity Letters)
3 years Indoor Track (Captain, Regional, State Competitor) (1 varsity letter)
4 years Student Council Member (Historian 2 years)
2 years National Honor Society
1 year International Club (invited to meet president of Mongolia w/7 others)
4 year Church Youth Group activity
Total Community Service about 400 hours</p>

<p>Began, and am the host of Weekly Math Sessions, where I tutor several kids in Calculus, and SAT math (raised scores, 70, 100 points). We meet 3 days a week for two hours.</p>

<p>Awards: Voted 'most determined' male of my class, an award for high GPA during varsity competition, 4.0 Honor Roll 5 times, Award of Excellence (state competition for track)</p>

<p>Work Experience: Promoted from busser to server at Outback Steakhouse (one year,still there), was a salesman at Sears for a year, and am a self-employed Landscaper during the summer.</p>

<p>Other: Teacher Recs pretty good, very qualified teachers
Essay recieved very good reviews, wrote a different type essay in the place of William Wallace running up a mountain. haha</p>

<p>Hook: Spanish, Brother grad. from Brown Engineering, helping me write my engineering essay (also for Brown, I personally met several Engineering professors on my visit to classes w/bro, along with dean of engineering)</p>

<p>THHHANNNKS</p>

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<p>I'm applying to all three of those schools too. You look pretty good to me. Gotta work on getting two solid SAT IIs though. EC-s all check out, pretty standard though. It's good you stuck with Track and Student Council for all those years. I'd say you get into UVA (easier when instate) and Cornell and Brown are gonna be a bit tougher. Maybe see you next year?!</p>

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<p>o cool, i guess the three schools have something in common.</p>

<p>can any1 give me an idea how much my brother and my experiences at brown will aid me in the admissions process?</p>

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<p>ok..i'm a n00b at blogging and what not, but i think i picked up that 'bump' means to put it at the top soo....</p>

<p>BUMP!! HELP ME OUT!!</p>

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<p>come on.......TONS of views, no posts?</p>

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<p>Your stats seem to me like you have a solid shot at any of the three. SAT scores aren't fantastic, but definitely in the middle 50% at all of your schools. A possible quibble is your math score, since you've demonstrated so much interest\aptitude in that area, but the SAT isn't always the best measure of understanding, especially for math. Overall, there's not really anything on your list that makes me super-amazed, but then there's nothing that says red flag.</p>

<p>You seem to be a very well rounded applicant, with solid stats in all areas. I doubt you'll get into all three, but you have a pretty good shot at at least one of them, I think.</p>

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<p>thanks for the comments, silverchris. although i will add that i'm pretty sure I'm above the 50% range at UVA instate.</p>

<p>but question- u bring up a good point about my math scores not being high
enough for the fact that I'm intending to major in a math area.
should i change my intended major to something that more suits my well-balanced SAT?</p>

<p>and, can a high SAT II score make for a low math SAT I score...assuming my math is around 750-770 this coming time?</p>

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<p>oh I am also throwing in NCState (engineering) into the mix. keep in mind I'm out of state....COME ON PEOPLE, 100+ VIEWS AND ONLY 3 POSTS??! haha</p>

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<p>ok...this is just depressing?</p>

<p>any1 else b4 this plummets into nothingness?</p>