<p>extra curriculars:
Varsity Golf, 9-12
National Honor Society, 12
Student Council; Class Treasurer, 11-12
Club Hope (volunteer work); Class Officer, 11-12
MMOB (volunteer work); Chairman, 9-12
Mu Alpha Theta, 10-11
German Club, 9-11
Youth and Government State Qualifier (student government), 10-12
German Foreign Exchange Program, 9, 11</p>
<p>Alright, first of all i think your chances are slim to none. No offense, but your SATs and ACT are weak… they don’t meet Cornell standards. Last time I checked Cornell was in the Ivy League… you’re not applying to Syracuse here. Overall, the stats would have to be improved greatly for admit. Unless you have major connections, you’re friends with the Pope, or your last name is Kennedy than you’re not getting in.</p>
<p>I got in with a likely letter, 32 ACT 2070 SAT, super tough courseload, really great EC’s, pretty good essays (I think…) and the ginormous hook of being a Native American.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses you guys!
but to AZNboi2400… its not wrong to be critical, but please try not to act in an arrogant or condescending manner…</p>
<p>I wouldn’t like to say unless I knew your college, major and courseload (and, just as importantly, the most difficult courseload your school offers).</p>
<p>Your standardized testing scores are low, but mine were even lower and I got in. You did not list a GPA. Your class rank is acceptable. Your EC’s are also acceptable. No one cares about your volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Everything is good. Don’t listen to that jerk up top. Now you must show HOW you fit with Cornell and their colleges. See what makes Cornell different is the variety of colleges, seven instead of most Ivy school’s one undergraduate college. This makes it easier to have lower test scores and get in, but that “fit” is needed. Cornell would take a student with a 1200 Crit/Math and 4.0 GPA if their interests matched their college of choice. I Loathe idiots like that buffoon up top.</p>
<p>Someone with a 21 ACT and a 3.2 got into Harvard Early Decision. People with much higher stats are sweating it out. Figure that one. I was looking at the UCLA thread and some students who were high enough to get the Regents Scholarship at UCLA were rejected from UCLA admission right after that. The SAT I and the ACT are bogus tests and that’s why half the students take them again and again. The less you think, the better you will do. Some students do better on these exams their junior year than their senior year because they think too much during their senior year. I’ve seen a student get a 36 and a 26. The GPA should be more determinative as it is actual evidence of school ability. Watch the guy who put down your chances wind up elsewhere while you go to Cornell.</p>
<p>You are going to love Cornell. It’s really beautiful and the town is really nice. There are lakes and water falls and lots of trees. The town has the kind of things you would expect in the big city suburbs.</p>
<p>*** dont listen to AZNboi2400 …I got in with less stats… I had a 29 ACT but I have a crap load of extras beside the fact that English is not my first language…Cornell looks at EVERYTHING you have to offer not just SAT/ACT scores…</p>
<p>SAT/ACT really mean next to nothing. Top colleges simply see if you meet a bar and if you do, they pass on. This information is coming straight from a one to one talk with the MIT board of admissions. My friend got into MIT with a 1890 SAT, does that clear things up?</p>
No, it doesn’t and I’m tired of people using this argument of providing one anecdote. Show me a kid who got in with that score and I’ll show you the other 96% who didn’t.</p>
<p>Ok, then show me any data that statistically shows that high SAT scores improve admissions. Can you find any data that shows that a 2200 SAT is worth more than a 2100 SAT or a 2000 SAT?</p>
<p>Standardized test scores are not a critical admit decision to highly selective schools. they all like to brag how the reject those with perfect scores. Standardized tests (SAT and ACT) are not predictors of success in college. I think they should get rid of them altogether. On the other hand, a rigorous and successful high school transcript will open the door. And for Cornell you should demonstrate ‘fit’ to the school you are applying to. That essay is critical.
Schools publish their 50% score range (with 25% below it and 25% above). Why do students think that those scores will help them get in, when a good number of students were accepted without them. A 2200 is not worth more than a 2000.</p>
<p>@NYerr
I disagree; standardized tests are important for normalizing applicants to take into account differences in coursework (which can inflate/deflate GPAs) and class make up (which can inflate/deflate class rank) across different schools. It is by no means perfect, but it is better than nothing and it serves an important role.
Also, a 2200 is not necessarily worth more than a 2000 (especially at Cornell, where they love ‘fit’); however, if your 2000 is made up of two 750s and a 500, that 500 will probably hurt your chances of admission significantly.</p>