Chance a junior?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hi, just wondering if I have any chance of getting in, this is my dream school.
Junior from a MA public school of about 1200 students, however Cornell has admitted about 6 students in the last 3 years from my school.
Weighted GPA: 3.8, not including junior year grades so far, will increase significantly (getting all A's) GPA hurt by a bad Honors Geometry grade freshman year, nothing else below a B in all Honors and AP classes offered by the school so far. Top 10% in class
Took Latin and Spanish until this year when I had to drop Latin in order to have AP Calculus in my schedule.
Sophomore AP's: European History (received 5)
Junior AP's: English Language, Calculus AB, US History, Macroeconomics, Environmental Science (latter 2 are online courses)
Projected Senior AP's: Spanish Language, Calculus BC, Microeconomics, Biology, English Literature, deciding between Statistics/Chemistry/foraying into AP Latin, most likely self-studying AP Physics with a tutor outside of school who also does our Microeconomics class (brilliant man), and hoping to use MIT OpenCourseware or Harvard Materials to self-study for AP Comp Sci exam</p>

<p>SAT: 720 CR, 660 M, 660 W (taken twice, once during sophomore year and once during junior year so far, math is climbing)
Projected SAT II's: deciding between Chem, Bio, Math II, US History, Spanish
Possibly taking ACT</p>

<p>2 year Varsity soccer player so far, will be 3 after Senior Year
In my first year of swimming, varsity
Will be doing track, varsity
6 years of premier club soccer
Class President as a Sophomore, now member of Student Senate and Student Council
Projected member of National Honors Society
In process of founding my school's chapter of the Spanish National Honors Society
Numerous Spanish and Latin awards
Key Club member
Volunteering at School library
Also work at a "camp" run by our town recreation department in the summer for kids, play sports with them, etc.</p>

<p>I know it seems like a reach, but I'm really just hoping that the fact that my grades should have shown a sharp rise from freshman year that my GPA and early high school grades won't be looked down upon too much as I have excelled in my AP's and Honors since.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is too low</p>

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<p>I’m still planning on taking it again of course, and I am not satisfied with it clearly. I’m going to be doing math SAT tutoring with the same guy I mentioned that does the physics (my math sat suffers from a bad geometry background, it kind of all comes together), and I’m very sure I’ll be above 700 by the time to apply comes. And hopefully my writing will be higher as well, even though I know Cornell does not take it into account that much but still.</p>

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<p>Well, since you took one of them in sophomore year they will probably see it as a practice and wont care too much. Make sure your next junior year test is superb and i wouldnt worry about your SAT so much
get that done and you have chances</p>

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<p>yeah I’m not so worried about my sat’s, more just the EC’s and relative GPA. I’ve just been reading about all these people that get accepted with a “hook” and I don’t quite feel like my EC’s are up to par but I’m trying. Still junior year, I’m working away</p>

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<p>Hi, I work with high school students to help them prepare for college applications. Based on my experience you have very little chance for admission to Cornell. Your SAT’s are too low, despite the improvement in your GPA, it won’t be enough. Your list of activities is average at best. Specifically, there’s not enough leadership exhibited. Sorry to rain on your parade but there are several great schools who would love to have you.</p>

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<p>well thanks, I guess I’ll just keep plugging away. you don’t think that getting both the 660’s above 700 wouldn’t be enough? and my gpa will be well over 4 by the end of this year. and not even the class president/founding spanish national honors society at my school is enough leadership? sorry I’m not trying to insinuate you’re not reading it. thanks for the input though.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is low. For Cornell you should have a 2100 minimum unless you are a URM or an athlete.</p>

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<p>Yeah hoping to get it up, I’m just an Irish-Jewish kid so oh well, wish I could be an athlete</p>

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<p>Don’t sweat it as much on the SAT’s they don’t look at writing first off. Second I got a 700 on the Math and a 660 on the reading and got in ED. (I have pretty solid SAT II’s though 720 physics and 800 math II and got a 5 on both the stats and physics ap exams) basically what I’m saying is take the SAT’s one more time in the spring shoot for a 750+ on math, nail some more 5’s on the ap exams. In the meantime keep up the A’s. For the SAT II’s take Math II, if you’ve taken trig you can nail an 800 pretty easily and considering you’re taking calc it shouldn’t be too bad. After that take another you’re comfortable with. I would usually say a science but you haven’t taken any AP science classes with a corresponding SAT. Do something epic over the summer. Make sure you apply to a college because that’s what you want and not because you think it’ll be easier to get in. Finally write an epic essay for the supplement and you should be set.</p>