Chance for Cornell & UPenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My first time doing this, so please be forgiving. I'm going to apply ED to Cornell and RD to Penn (plus others schools of course). Onto my stats:
White male from upper middle class town on Long Island. Good public HS.</p>

<p>Basic Stats:
-Avg: 92.8UW/95.7W-> Extreme upward trend as classes became my focus. 97UW/102W Junior year
-ACT Composite: 33
-SAT II: 790 on World History, US History, Biology M
-AP scores: 5 on US, Bio, World. 4 on Euro & English Comp.</p>

<p>Course Load:
-Freshmen & sophomore years were as rigorous as possible.
-Junior Year: AP Eng Comp, APUSH, AP Euro, AP Bio, Into to BC Calc, Honors Physics
-Senior Year: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Gov, Greek & Roman history</p>

<p>EC:
-Founder (as a junior) and president of local JSA (political debate club) chapter. I put a lot of work into organizing school meetings, conferences with other schools, etc.
-Varsity Cross Country/Winter Track/Spring track. All county track runner
-Lifeguard 2 years. Soccer referee 5 years.
-Intern for member of NY legislature since July 2012. ~30 hours so far.
-American Legion Boy's State: Elected to County Chairmen of my political party.
-NY winner of well-known competition regarding knowledge of international affairs. Top 10 in nationals. ~20 hours
-National Honor Society (NHS)
-Helped local senior citizens center with their many computer problems ~40 hours since freshman year.</p>

<p>Awards:
-Nothing really besides AP Scholar with Distinction. Also a few minor science ones for when I did Science Research 9-11 grade.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone who has bothered to look this over. I greatly appreciate it. Hey Sam.</p>

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<p>Even with that kind of credentials, Cornell and UPenn are going to be a reach for you. Honestly, any Ivy is going to be a reach for the vast majority of applicants; they reject applicants like you all the time. </p>

<p>Please, do you even have a safety, or a medium-low match?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. I more or less expected that. Other places I’ll apply to are Lehigh, Villa Nova, Binghamton, Boston College, Northeastern, and American University. There are even more but those are just the ones I would be happy at.</p>

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<p>do you know your class rank? i toured cornell last spring (i’m also applying ED) and they emphasized the importance of rank . your gpa could be in the top 15% at some competitive schools while it could be in the top 5% at another, less competitive school</p>

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<p>Lehigh: High match
Villanova: Safety
Binghamton: Safety
BC: High match
Northeastern: Safety
American: Low match</p>

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<p>Thanks again Catria.
mmaatt, my school does not rank for some complicated reason.</p>