chance at ILR, Early Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn't take</p>

<p>ACT: 32 (sending only one report)</p>

<p>SAT II: 670 on math2 and 730 on world history</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3.8 GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale. 3.47 on unweighted scale. Rank is 32/70.</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit any</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Eng4, AP Physics, Dual-credits: Microeconomic, Texas Gvmt, American Gvmt.</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Soccer MVP, First team squid in district, Math 6th place in district</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Council : President SENIOR YEAR
HAMUN JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR
SOCCER 3 YEARS
NHS SENIOR YEAR</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours of promoting a candidate to National Congress in political campaign</p>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<p>Essays:
Personal Essay: explained the hardships and experiences that I went through coming to America and how I changed
Additional Essay: How my character changed from timid Asian international student to confident president of school where 90% are white. In this essay, I wrote a experience of racial discrimination and how I got affected at first when I came to this school
College Interest Essay: Normal.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Normal
Counselor Rec:Normal
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):Texas
Country (if international applicant): I have a citizenship of South Korea
School Type: Competitive private high school ( 20 out of 70 have act/sat score around or over 30/2000
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: $100000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college.</p>

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<p>by the way, I think I am going to be appointed as a soccer captain. How do I send additional information like this? I’ve already sent applications to RD colleges :frowning: fail…</p>

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<p>i think you have a good chance especially ED. your extracurriculars might be a bit lacking but who knows. you are competitive though! and i hope to meet you there next fall! applying ED for ILR as well (:</p>

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<p>I’d say chances are low. The class rank/GPA are significantly below average; only if you attend a well-reputed competitive school would I say that your GPA/rank can be discounted.</p>

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<p>I know… I know I won’t be accepted :frowning: Is applying for need-based financial aid also decreasing chance?</p>

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<p>Class rank…</p>

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<p>applying as international further reduce my chance… dang it</p>