Chance a CAS RD rejected from UPenn ED

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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT Verbal: 680
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 680
SAT Total: 2160
SAT II: Math I: 750, Literature: 610
ACT: 30
AP/IB taken/scores: English Language: 5; Biology: 4; US History: 4; European History: 4
GPA: 3.8
Rank or % estimate: 10-15% (No School Rank)
Class Size: ~130</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: I received a considerable amount of praise from both my AP English teacher and guidance counselor for my essays. They both said they were excellent.
Teacher Recs: Both great.
Counselor Rec: Should also be very good
Additional Rec: I'll have another Rec from a UPenn professor from the program I attended.</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: PA, USA
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>-National Merit Semifinalist
-AP Scholar With Honor
-4 Year High School Scholarship</p>

<p>Important ECs: These are the ECs that I listed on my resume. The others I have would probably be ambiguous.</p>

<p>-3rd in the State in forensics (public speaking)
-5th in the city of Philadelphia in forensics (two different events...that's why different ranks)
-University-run program in forensics over summer
-Executive Board of the National Honors Society
-President and Founding Member of the Science Club
-Student Government Senator
-Vice President of the Community Service Organization at school
-Participated in every large community service project run by school
-Attended a month long UPenn summer academy.</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:</p>

<p>Toughest schedule of any in the senior class:</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP Economics (Macro + Micro)
AP English Literature
AP US Government
Honors Physics
Religion</p>

<p>School Record with Cornell:</p>

<p>Year Apply Admit Enroll
2008 8 - -
2007 1 0 0
2006 4 1 1</p>

<p>(The three rejects were not quite up to par with Cornell, in my opinion: all below 3.5 GPA, ~1300 SAT.)</p>

<p>All 8 apps from this year are RD.</p>

<p>Other Schools applied to:</p>

<p>UPenn CAS ED (Rejected)
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Tufts
Franklin & Marshall
Fordham EA (Accepted)</p>

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<p>anyone?</p>

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<p>seeing as how I am having the same problem w/nobody responding to my chances, i will respond to yours. haha (check out mine if u get a chance, its the one with bwahaha in the title)</p>

<p>well first off, since there are 8 peeps applyin from ur school, then hopefully your stats can hang with theirs or are better. secondly, your SATs are great for a math-oriented intended degree (hopefully that is what you listed). I'd say you have a very good shot. the only thing possibly detracting is only in the top 15% of a small class.</p>

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<p>I would say that your scores are kinda low, especially for Arts and Sciences. What event did you do in "public speaking." </p>

<p>And what is this University Run Forensics Program? aka: camp?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies. In forensics I'm involved in Radio Announcing and Poetry/Prose Interpretation. The program was the George Mason Institute of Forensics, which I suppose you could easily call a camp.</p>

<p>The other applicants this year do scare me, as they are all as qualified as I am academically, hopefully my ECs will stand out in some way.</p>

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<p>You scores are good enough, but I don't think they'll make you stand out in any great way. Your EC's are fine but there's no common theme... I can't even begin to guess what major you're applying for... I think that if you write a really strong essay explaining why you chose cornell and why you fit into the particular program you could have a shot. I know they're REALLY big on fit so you'll need to tie your activities/past experiences in with the school.</p>

<p>Don't worry about your school's histroy with Cornell. I'm the first student to apply to Cornell in 4 years and I was accepted :-)</p>

<p>If you give us more info about your future plans maybe we could suggest some essay ideas! good luck</p>