Chance a Damn Scoundrel

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Ok, so the title is only to get your attention. I wouldn't really consider my self a scoundrel. I asked to be chanced a few months ago, but things have changed a little bit after the ACT and SAT II. Here is an outline of my portfolio:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2000 (only 1280 CR+M); will probably take again, expecting ~1400 or below</p>

<p>SAT II: here's the big dilemma: I took them yesterday; gave up half way through Lit and went on to US History and Math 2, expecting to cancel Lit afterwards; turns out, you can't cancel one single, only all; help: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/1335901-cheated-sat-ii-subject-tests.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/1335901-cheated-sat-ii-subject-tests.html&lt;/a> (again, I wouldn't consider myself a cheater, the title is only to get attention)</p>

<p>ACT: 32 composite (E-35, M-32, R-31, S-31, terrible essay-8)</p>

<p>GPA: after 1st semester junior year, 3.62 unweighted, 6.1 weighted out of 6.58 or something like that; straight A's this year in 2 APs, 1 honors; VERY STRONG upward trend in GPA; familial issues and terrible depression freshman and sophomore years killed my GPA</p>

<p>Rank: Not good; won't send it; I go to a really competitive public school; 2 went to Cornell last year; plenty of Ivy-bound kids.</p>

<p>EC: Republican Club: all four years; junior officer this year, elected president for senior y ear
Memorial Mustang Outreach Bunch (comm. service group): all four years a lot of hours
Young Life: all four years
Tennis Team: freshman and sophomore years
National Honor Society: plan on running for treasurer
Academy of Finance: will be inducted senior year
Several church-related mission trips, including trip to Zambia this summer
Student Council: sophomore year</p>

<p>Work Experience: 1) poor person job at new money country club (hated it and was ridiculed because I was white and my parents can probably buy the club, ironic) for summer job before junior year
2) this summer: internship at my uncle's mutual fund for 1 week
3) this summer: internship for my friend, who is a state representative
4) this summer: internship at a financial firm in Houston
note: I need 160+ hours of internship for Academy of Finance; will having them so spread out hurt me? I only wanted one job, but special circumstances prevented it</p>

<p>Income Bracket: In the villainous top 1%; parents are divorced so I'll try to use my mom's income, but I'll doubt I can.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White; I have an insignificant portion of Chickasaw blood; my ancestors kidnapped one and married her and their son became the first Chief Justice of the Indian Council or something. I'll try to get a certificate of bloodline so I can apply as a Native. Small chances though.</p>

<p>I think the ILR is the easiest school to get into, right? If I get in, I'll do whatever it takes to transfer to the AEM program. I think I can write a decent easy. I'm a strong writer (don't judge me on my ACT essay! That was terrible and just an exception!). Cornell is my number 1 choice, but my parents will definitely not let me apply Early Decision. Can someone chance me for ED and RD? Maybe if I convince them that I do have a shot ED, they'll let me apply ED. Much appreciation.</p>

<p>p.s. Excuse my typos. I wrote this really quickly</p>

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<p>Calling csdad and Colene…</p>

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<p>SAT scores are really low, want at least a 1400. ACT is ok though, especially for ILR.</p>

<p>Looks like you have about an average chance, make sure you tell Cornell about your personal problems. </p>

<p>Also, it is hard to transfer to AEM, also considering it may be the most competitive program to get accepted to by high school students. Cornell discourages “backdooring” your way in, which it sounds like you are trying to do.</p>

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<p>I appreciate the insight cortana. I can raise my SAT score. Can you compare my chances ED v. RD? Most likely I’m mistaken, but I heard transferring to AEM was relatively simple.</p>

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<p>Your ACT score is right in their average range. I would not mention depression, but rather emphasis that you’ve really become a much more serious student in your final 2 years of HS. You’d better find a major in ILR that you fit & can show some passion for. Adcoms have a way of sensing “easiest to get into” as a motive to apply to a specific college or major & will not look favorably upon it.</p>

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<p>ILR is its own major and a very good one. If you are going to apply for ILR, get excited about ILR and don’t obsess trying to transfer to AEM. Maybe you’d be a better fit for CAS Econ. Although overall transferring is fairly painless, transferring into AEM is not. Make sure you are getting straight A’s before you apply. Admissions is also fairly good at spotting people trying to backdoor their way into other, more competitive programs. </p>

<p>As for your chances, it’s really hard to say. How do you compare to the people in your school who were accepted to Cornell? BTW, even if you don’t report your rank, Cornell admissions will have an excellent idea of where you are. Even for schools that don’t rank at all, Cornell is excellent at guessing.</p>

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<p>You should apply for CAS Econ or AEM directly if that’s what you are actually interested in.</p>

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<p>I normally don’t do chance…but I will help out with your SAT/ACT issue. Cornell does not do score choice, which means you would have to send in ALL of your test scores. ACT could be used in place of SAT I, but most schools within Cornell require SAT IIs, which means if you got low SAT I scores, they will also see them.</p>

<p>Now, ILR is the only school which does not require subject tests:
• SAT or the ACT with Writing
• SAT Subject Test required in
mathematics (any level)
• ACT test takers exempt from
Subject Test requirement</p>

<p>If ILR is your top choice, then I would just submit your ACT scores and forget about SATs. </p>

<p>3.6 UW is not impressive, but if you have upward trend and continue to get straight As, then you could be competitive. ED acceptance rate is over 30%, and RD is in the teens. I think that should tell you something. I don’t understand why your parents won’t let you apply to Cornell ED. You will not be eligible for FA no matter what. Unless your parents are hoping for some merit aid for you.</p>

<p>Your school will report your ranking - top 1%, 5%, 10% or below. It is checked off by your GC. LORs and essays play very important factors when applying to top tier schools. I hope you have very good relationship with your teachers and GC.</p>

<p>Other than finance academy, I am not seeing any notable ECs. You seem to like to game the system, I got that by just reading your post, I hope it doesn’t come through in your essays. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>You have a reasonable shot at ED!</p>

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<p>If you can go to Cornell and pay the full cost of attendance without taking on too much debt, and Cornell is clearly your number 1 choice, I would firmly advise you to apply ED. As oldfort stated, it IS easier to get in ED than RD. And you won’t qualify for aid either way and you will not receive and merit aid either way (cornell doesn’t offer any).</p>

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<p>I’m still misunderstanding score choice. From what I’ve heard, you don’t HAVE to send all your scores in to colleges that don’t offer score choice, and it’s based of a honor code or something; that Collegeboard CANNOT force you to send all your scores in, regardless of whether or not score choice is offered. Can anyone clarify this? I appreciate all the help.</p>

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<p>Yeah, don’t send in your SAT scores. Cornell wants to see all your SAT scores if you are going to send in SAT - For your case, do ACT instead. Oh wait, I misread your comment earlier - I thought you were top 1% of your class, not top 1% income. Well, still go for ED. May be possible.</p>

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<p>Thanks Colene. You’re really a big help to this bulletin. So for being difficult; so I can choose whether to send in SAT or ACT?</p>

<p>Curse the color of my skin and the prosperity of my parents!</p>

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<p>"Curse the color of my skin and the prosperity of my parents! "
Yeah don’t say that…
And yes, send ACT only.</p>

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<p>Yes you are very unfortunate >.> :p</p>

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<p>“poor person job at new money country club”</p>

<p>…Republican.</p>

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<p>Impressive conclusion Sherlock! Was it that quote that tipped you off or the fact that I said I’m now the President of the Republican Club at my school?</p>

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<p>The latter.</p>

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<p>I like the way you think.</p>

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<p>i’ll be straight with you lol.</p>

<p>first of all, saying you are Chickasaw blood or whatever does not mean colleges will prick up their ears and be like “whoo, cultural diversity!”. No. If you were instead like “participated in Chickasaw get-together reunions, tribal parties, etc”, then it would actually show that you care about cultural diversity rather than just sticking it on your resume and assuming it glorifies your resume.</p>

<p>Otherwise, your ACT should cover your low SAT.</p>

<p>Since you are not an athletic or academic magnet, you should spend a lot of time on your essays and making sure you look pro.</p>

<p>Otherwise, gg</p>