Chance me ED! (female engineer)

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<p>Major: Engineering</p>

<p>GPA - 3.93 W (my school doesn't report UW)
My GPA dropped because of sophomore year, but my freshman year was solid and my junior year and senior year will be upward trends from sophomore year.
SAT - 2260 (740 M, 740 CR, 780 W) but 2290 superscore with a 770 M
SAT II - Math 2 (770) and Chem (730 but I'm retaking)</p>

<p>APs -
US History (5)
AB Calc (5)
Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>EC Leadership -
Newspaper all four years, and I'll be editor-in-chief. My newspaper is nationally recognized
Helped start a 501(c) nonprofit my sophomore year that's a science outreach for elementary school students
Director of a tutoring program for disadvantaged students
Officer of a club that's community service based and visits cancer patients</p>

<p>Other EC -
Relay for Life member
Model UN member
Member of a club that mentors freshman
Been dancing my whole life</p>

<p>I've also had an internship this summer at a nearby college, and I've been working in their chemical lab doing research alongside graduate and undergraduate students.</p>

<p>Courseload
Freshman - honors algebra 2, honors english, honors biology, design & tech, French 1, newspaper, health & p.e.
Sophomore - honors precalc, honors english, honors chemistry, French 2, health & p.e., adv digital electronics, honors world history 2
Junior - AP AB Calc, AP Chem, AP US History, honors physics, honors english, newspaper, French 3
Senior - AP BC Calc, post AP organic chem, AP Gov, AP Literature, honors geosystems, chemical research (a lab/research based course), newspaper
I've also taken extra classes over the summer to get extra credits - honors world history 1 + honors computer science</p>

<p>I realize my GPA is low, but my high school has been recognized among the top 5 best high schools in the nation for the past 5+ years. In addition, my sister is a recent alum of Cornell.</p>

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<p>anyone? hahah please + thank you!</p>

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<p>Females engineers have higher acceptance rate at Cornel. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the female qualifications/stats are lower. They are just very self-selective. You may go to decision thread to see the credential of admitted students. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1480865-official-cornell-university-class-2017-rd-results.html?highlight=rd+2017[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1480865-official-cornell-university-class-2017-rd-results.html?highlight=rd+2017&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Post #5 and #13 plus others</p>

<p>You have a good chance and should apply. But don’t hold your hope too high because all top schools are reaches for all prospective students, they are un-predictable. One example is my daughter who was waitlisted RD, encouraged transfer, and finally transferred her sophomore year. Her stats is: 4.75W(4.0 unweighted) GPA, 34 ACT, 790 SATII Math, 750 SATII Science (chem or physics), rank 1/435, with great ECs, strong leaderships, great recommendations. The problem was her essay, I guess. So, you need to write an excellent essay.</p>

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<p>Don’t apply ED with those stats, haha. Your leadership ECs are pretty beast and your SAT superscore is really high. You should try SCEA for another Ivy, apply to Cornell RD, because you’ll def get in with the legacy.</p>

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<p>Hmm, interesting. I’ve never considered any other Ivy schools before (mainly because of my gpa hahah). Thank you both for your help!</p>