Chance me! Cornell Brown 2025

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I applied Regular Decision to Cornell, English or Government Major. I did ED to Brown and was deferred. Would love to know what you guys think!

Stats: 35 ACT (36 English, 36 Reading, 32 Math, 34 Science)
GPA: 4.7 unweighted
6 AP Classes. Scores: AP Language and Composition - 4; AP European History - 4; AP U.S. History - 5. Taking AP Biology, AP Calc AB, and AP English Literature this year
Class Rank: 5/192

Extracurriculars:
4 years varsity track and cross country; voted as captain of the team for 2 years; 2x state qualifier; all-sectional athlete; nominated for the all state team this year
Internship with an online magazine; I wrote articles and took photographs for them
Student council rep for 4 years
Editor of School newspaper for 2 years
Special events executive of a future healthcare professionals club
volunteer with the special olympics and a homeless shelter
work as a retails sales associate at a running store
student ambassador; basically help the school’s PR team
Peer tutor

Honors:
National honors society; National English honors society; Mu Alpha Theta math honors society
Biology award; sole annual recipient for being the top biology student
AP Scholar
Scholarship recipient for high school entrance exam
A Honor Roll all through high school

Extra: Good recommendations, including one from a cornell alumn. my dad is active duty navy and we have had to move/endure deployments, so I included that in one of my supplementals, hopefully it helps me stand out.

Thanks everyone!

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I think you’re a really strong candidate. I did ED I to Cornell and got deferred. Your strong points are definitely your ACT score and your ECs. Not to be a downer but for the ivies “only” 6 APs is kind of on the lower end (compared to most applicants). I myself took 10. Did you do an interview? Good luck!

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Thank you! I did do an interview and I think it went really well. I’m sorry to hear about your deferment, but I know that they only defer people who have a really good chance of being accepted RD. Maybe we’ll both be at Cornell next year!

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