Chance me Cornell RD engineering major!!!!

<p>Asian Male from rural georgia</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 unweighted
rank: 6/250~</p>

<p>Sat: 2200
ACT: 33
Sat II: Math II: 800 USH: 780 Chem: 690</p>

<p>AP classes so far (8):
Sophomore:AP European (5), AP Chem (4), AP Spanish (2)
Junior: AP Calc BC (5), AP Physics C(5), AP US(5), AP Lang(5)</p>

<p>senior course load (most rigorous in entire class):
AP Macroeconomics
AP comp sci
multivariable Calc(dual enroll) at University of GA
Physics (University of GA)
Linear Alegbra (University of GA)
Diff Equations (University of GA)
Biology (University of GA)
Lit honors </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Varsity cross country 3 years (varsity letter, state qualifier)
Varsity Track 3 years
Tutoring for 3 years at school
National Honors Society (officer) organize community service activities
Beta Club (officer) -community service group
Academic Bowl- 3 years, varsity, regional champs
AMC highest score in county
National Youth Leadership Award
Spanish Honors society
School Ambassador
Intern at a UGA science lab for 3 years in the summers... lots of research experience
national merit scholar commended
paid internship in Engineering/Nanotech this summer at the university of ga- helped publish a research paper
job at KUMON (children's learning center) </p>

<p>Volunteer: around 200 hours (volunteer, unpaid internship, tutoring, etc)</p>

<p>Other schools:
Duke
GT
Emory
Vandy
Stanford</p>

<p>I’d say your chances are fairly good. Your scores and GPA for the most part are good, Chem is a bit low. Your class rigor is pretty high as well. Honestly the only thing going against you, and I hate being stereotypical about this, is that you are an Asian male applying to the engineering school. That’s just a competitive demographic. But outside of that your chances are good, I’d say overall around a 50-50.</p>

<p>yea i had a gap year between taking AP chem and the Chem SATs… will that drag me down significantly?</p>

<p>NO, you can take Ap Chem 9th grade and take the SATII 3 years later and it still will not affect you at all. If anything happens, it would actually benefit you. It shows that you actually understand and remember the things you’ve learned in the past and that you didn’t forget them. </p>

<p>Many people applying to Engineering school have around the same stats as you with 2~3 SATIIs. You should take more SATIIs. Compared to all the good AP scores you have, I don’t see a reason why you wouldnt take more SAT IIs. Having 4 or more SATIIs will CLEARLY make a difference.</p>

<p>Actually I disagree with that. I mean engineering really cares about chemistry physics and math. Though it will LOOK nice seeing that you got an 800 on World history or whatever, it won’t play a huge role in admission. Honestly, you have a decent shot, I think it will be decided based upon how good your essays are.</p>

<p>thanks for the input… ill probably take the physics SAT IIs in the near future to overshadow my bad chem score if that is necessary</p>