Chance a Junior ED to CAS?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (750 CR, 710 W, 610M) will retake. Also planning on taking the ACT

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t give that, I have a 94.88. Weighted is 98.32

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second cohort group (for 97-100 average, 100+ is top). That puts me around top 20%, probably close to top 15%

IB (place score in parenthesis): I am taking a full IB diploma course load Junior Year Course Load: Regents Physics, IB Mathematics SL, IB HOTA HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, Science Research, IB Spanish HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major as of now, a bunch of Model UN delegate awards though.

Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Director-General), Debate Team (club no longer exists, but I was a member 9th and 10th), Political Activism Club (Treasurer), Science Olympiad, Independent Model UN Team (Co-head delegate, I created this with my friends because our school doesn’t let us attend many conferences and makes us jump through a lot of hoops to do anything).

Job/Work Experience: NA

Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in a social skills group for kids with autism spectrum disorders, I’ve been doing this for years.

Summer Activities: 2015 Hofstra University Summer Science Research Program (pretty selective, I got to work with a professor in their Psych department) and a summer internship this past summer in an oncology/hematology lab at Weill Cornell Medical College where I conducted a research project. I hope I can go back next summer. I did psychology research with an NYU professor, concerning facial emotion recognition. I might try to publish that in a high school science journal

Intended Major: Biological Sciences

State (if domestic applicant): NY

Country (if international applicant): US

School Type: Large public Ethnicity: White

Gender: M

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish
Thank you!

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I personally think your SAT score is too low, especially because CAS is arguably one of the hardest schools at Cornell to get into. You are better off adding to your ECs and working on your subject test scores and applying as a senior. Low chance that you would get in but a few small fixes and i think you have a good chance.
p.s: Cornell does not consider your writing score from the SAT

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Oh, I’m not applying this year, I’m applying senior year like normal. I just wanted to know if I am on the right track. I’ll be retaking the SAT as well as the ACT. My school has a favorable record for getting kids into Cornell ED too, for what it’s worth.

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I was going to suggest going for the ACTs. I bet you do better on them.

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My GPA was kind of average like yours (3.8 uw) but i got a 2340 on the SAT. Keep doing your research (if you did over this summer and get Siemens Semi-Finalist i can almost guarantee you would get in) , keep up those leadership positions, and get your SAT to 2250+ or ACT to 33+ and i think you have a very high chance of getting in (depending on your major)
As a NY applicant (although people say it’s a myth) i suggest applying to CALS or some other NY subsidized school.

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@PaulDi I was not a Siemens Semi-Finalist this year, I might make it to Intel ISEF though. I did get my psych project accepted to a somewhat prestigious local fair and will try and publish that in a high school journal.

CALS doesn’t have the courses I would want, CAS does, even though I could major in Biological Sciences in each.