Chance me at Cornell!?!?! Please

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<p>SAT:
Writing - 750
Reading - 730
Math - 620
TOTAL: 2100</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
U.S. History - 700
English Lit. - 740</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 weighted
APs: Euro, U.S., English Lit, English lang, Government, Biology</p>

<p>Extra Currics School Related:

  1. Model United Nations Team Member - 2 yrs
  2. Editor-In-Chief of School Newspaper
  3. The Young Philosophers Society - President and Founder (school club)
  4. The Global Awareness Project - Co-founder (civil rights infractions awareness and education project within my school)
  5. Head Editor of School Literary Journal
  6. School Political Action Group - Democrat VP
  7. Varsity Tennis Team member - 3 yrs
    *8. Running for Student Council President</p>

<p>Extra Currics outside of school:

  1. Boyle Heights English tutor - tutor kids in the underprivelaged area of los angeles free of charge
  2. Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - consistent article contributor
  3. TreePeople ongoing volunteer - environmentalist group volunteer
  4. Ongoing Obama campaign volunteer
  5. National Conference of Synogague Youth (NCSY) - VP Education</p>

<p>Summer '07:

  1. TreePeople (environmental group) - summer intern
  2. Bet Tzedek Legal Services - summer volunteer, probono law firm</p>

<p>Summer '08:

  1. National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - Summer Intern, Legal/Justice Divison
  2. Don’t know what the second thing i’m doing is yet</p>

<p>Letters of Rec:</p>

<li>From Head of the English Dept. of my high school and he is the supervisor of my philosophy club - will write about my intellectual side</li>
<li>From Head of the History Dept. of my high school - he is also my Model UN supervisor and my Global Awareness Project Supervisor so he knows me very well</li>
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<p>What do you think my chances are for admission at cornell? My essay will be great also…thanks - all feedback is appreciated</p>

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<p>What college are you planning on applying to? CAS? ILR?</p>

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<p>CAS - do you know if i have a shot</p>

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<p>your scores are definitely within range for Cornell. personally, i think you stand a pretty good chance because your EC's, unlike many others, aren't spread out all over the place.</p>

<p>write a killer essay and you'd be a great applicant!</p>

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<p>^ Yes, definitely.</p>

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<p>great - afch... - are you in collegE?</p>

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<p>haha, i will be next year.</p>

<p>i applied to cornell this year (SHA) and was deferred ED. im waiting to hear back in the next couple of days.</p>

<p>some tips for you: enjoy the rest of your high school education and don't stress out about building up your app because it already looks good. just keep your grades up and you should do fine =D best of luck!</p>

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<p>My only advice is to raise that math score as high as possible because the 25-75% range is 660-770 (collegeboard's records mixed reading with math). Also, apply Early Decision if you want a good chance at getting accepted.</p>

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<p>roberttoha --- i want to major in philosophy (which i will make clear) and my essay is going to be awesome - so they'll clearly see that I'm more english-minded than into math (i started out with a 490 in math pre-studying and pulled it up to a max of 670). I'm probably going to study more math and just try to get it up as high as possible (take it again in October), but do you honestly think it will hurt me a lot?</p>

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<p>roberttoha ---- i want to major in philosophy (which i will make clear) and my essay is going to be awesome - so they'll clearly see that I'm more english-minded than into math (i started out with a 490 in math pre-studying and pulled it up to a max of 670). I'm probably going to study more math and just try to get it up as high as possible (take it again in October), but do you honestly think it will hurt me a lot?</p>