Can I get into Cornell? Stanford? etc..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>These questions have been asked a thousand times but Ive never found a person who is super close to my own statistics to compare too.</p>

<p>The Test:
-ACT composite: 31
-English 32
-Math 32
-Reading 30
-Science 30</p>

<p>Transcript/school:
-4.1 GPA (4.0 UW) = Never gotten a B in high school haha
-Rank: 5/288 - Valedictorian
-National Honor Society 11th and 12th (not offered to underclassmen)
-Some community Service (50 hrs)
-Honors classes aren't offered at my school, but I have been taking the AP classes that become available as soon as they do. (AP English, Calculus, etc.)</p>

<p>Athletics:
-Varsity Football Captain
-Football (Varsity 11th,12th) (JV 9th,10th)
-Lacrosse (Varsity 11th)
-Wrestling (9th, 11th)
-Baseball (9th)
--various other sports.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
-AP Literature 12
-AP Government
-AP Calculus
-Agriculture Shop 3 (senior course)
-EDD (Engineering Design & Development)
-Ecology and Environmental Science
-Physics
-Economy (2nd Semester)
-College Freshman Seminar (1st Semester)
'Zero' period weight lifting (before school credited period)</p>

<p>Some Q's:
-do I absolutely need to take 2 years of foreign language? currently I only have 1 year of Spanish.
-Is ED applying the right way to go?</p>

<p>HELP is extreeeeeeemely appreciated at this point. I'm nervous about my college search and chances.
ALSO: I'm a student in Idaho, if that gives any pluses or minuses at all haha.</p>

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<p>You’ve got great grades so ec’s, teacher recs, and essays will set you apart. Your resume looks pretty solid except for ec’s that aren’t sports. Do you have any others?</p>

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<p>I don’t have a whole lot of EC’s really. I have a job as a Lifeguard, help run youth football camps during the summer, but spend most of my time either doing school work or working on my truck. Any suggestions for EC’s? I plan to do Science Olympiad and possibly robotics next year.</p>

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<p>You would probably fit better in Princeton, they generally like athletes more than the other Ivies. Sports are cool and everything, but it would help if you lean towards a major and start doing activities related to it. </p>

<p>Also, shoot for higher test scores. 31 is below average for Cornell and Stanford. Try the SAT?</p>

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<p>I’m absolutely leaning towards mechanical engineering, and plan to take the ACT again in a month. the SAT is too vocabulary based for my taste, and I find the ACT more straight forward.</p>

<p>-Location really isn’t an issue, I’ll go anywhere. The only problem is what schools I would fit in to and get in to.</p>