<p>Hi, if you could take a moment to look this over and tell me what you think. I would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Applying to CALS, Environmental Engineering Program, and College of Engineering (second choice)</p>
<p>GPA (unweighted) = 93.97
Top 10%-15% of class (my guess)
Highest SAT I: M 690 CR 670 W 610
SAT II: Math II - 670, Physics - 620, US History - 710
AP World History: 3
AP US History: 5
AP English Language: 4
AP Physics: 4
National Honor Soceity
Taking college level Italian this year and last year (getting SUNY Credit)</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
Italian 5, AP Calculus, Robotics Engineering, Drawing, Printmaking, American Film and Culture, AP English Literature, AP European History
First Quarter Average: 94.79, nothing below a 90</p>
<p>ECs:
Students for Environmental Action, grades 11-12 (President this year)
Varsity Swim Team grades 8-12
Habitat for Humanity
Working at same place since July 2006
Summer swim team July 05 and July 06
A little other volunteering too</p>
<p>Essays were good, Recommendations were really good (I read one of them)</p>
<p>your stats are somewhat similar to mine. As long as you have shown a true interest in CALS and your major, you have a chance, maybe even a good chance. It all relates to how strongly you correlate yourself with your major by 1.) getting yourself known at CALS either through visitation or weekend stays, 2.) writing phenominal essays that prove your passion is evident and give examples of how, 3.) you have well-rounded ec's, but also some that HEAVILY relate to your intended major, 4.) if poss., have you GC mention your passion in his rec., and 5.) at least one VERY strong science or math teacher recommendation. These make you a decent candidate for CALS.</p>
<p>in response to grantortue's post, visitation and weekend stays have are absolutely not gonna make or break your chances. second of all, your ec's do not have to really correlate to your intended major but should rather show an interest in science and or math..and third i thinkyour chances are about 50/50...it could go either way but you defineltey have a legit chance</p>
<p>And interestlingly enough, 40% are accepted from Cornell's MVP visitation program, so they clearly do make a difference, not a make/break, but a difference. I personally think it makes a difference. Who would you rather take, the kid who has majors in his EXACT field of study, or one with generic math/science?</p>
<p>lol 40 percent? thats probably the same as the ed acceptance rate...as for the mvp visitation progam...thats probably for kids that really want to go to cornella nd are qualified...besides 40 percent is not high at all and not a stat you really wanna use to support your statement</p>
<p>40% of all MVPers, I would consider that good considering it's only 3 busloads, half of whom are biology applicants. As for qualified, many of the kids had sub 2000/sub 30 SAT/ACT scores. We were just minorities who are in love with Cornell, and that does go a long way with admissions. So 40% of a select few is A LOT more than 40% of the general population of applicants, including those that were in MVP.</p>
<p>Yea, MVP definitely helps out in admissions. I was in it last year, and that's what we were told by officials (And I am a student at Cornell now).</p>