Chance me for COE?

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<p>I'm a second-generation indian applying to cornell engineering RD.</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: 4.5 Weighted, 3.8 Unweighted (This is what I'm kinda worrying about. I screwed up a little Junior year second semester, and got two B's when sophomore and freshman year I had only 1 for the whole year.)
SAT: 2380 (800 Math, 800 CR, 780 English - 10 on essay)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Bio
ACT: 36 Composite (36's in everything but reading, which I got a 34 on)
Courseload: the most rigorous my school has, im pretty sure
AP's: Will have completed 12-14 AP level courses by the end of the year, so far have 7 5's I'll be submitting
Academic Honors: NSMC Semifinalist (so far!), ISAC state scholar, NHS, Latin HS, will be Presidential Scholar candidate</p>

<p>ECs:
Chess: won several local tournaments and captain of school team
Scho Bowl: varsity captain of a competitive team
Math Team: state qualifier for 2 years so far, co-captain and sophomore mentor
Robotics: co-captain of state qualifying team (for FIRST Tech Challenge)
Business Professionals of America: last year, national qualifier for java contest, currently president of school chapter
WYSE: state placer (4th) for computer science</p>

<p>More tests: a very large slew of latin tests (NLE, ILT, CLE, MME, other acronyms)
AIME Qualifier sophomore year</p>

<p>Interests/Courses/Misc
Demonstrated strong interest in computer science and programming, which is where I'm aiming for in cornell. Took a course on AI at Stanford U, member of a school app design company called Gigastorm, created several websites and state qualifier for BPA web application team.
Volunteer work mainly comes from my local Jain temple, where i do a lot of youth leadership and teaching positions in addition to service (about 90 hours)
Math: private tutor as well as tutor for school resource center, math teaching assistant for an algebra I class.
Employed by my dad's cardiology practice as a systems assistant and currently working on its website</p>

<p>Teach recs: one very strong, the other is by a teacher that really likes me but may not be the best writer (Computer Science and math respectively)</p>

<p>no interview (decided to apply to cornell kinda late, not sure if still possible)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian, Income bracket: high (not looking for financial aid).
Essays focused on developing a chess Artificial Intelligence for stanford course, and on the influence jainism (my religion) and latin have had on my life, and specific plans to pursue in cornell.</p>

<p>Basically, I think I'm hindered by my non-perfect grades as compared to other applicants, as well as my lack of huge awards/recognition, i.e. on a national level. No athletics or music outside of hobbies (I play tennis and piano for fun). What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>You should get in! I got into engineering ED with far from perfect grades and scores 3.7/4.23weighted and 33 act and 690 math II, 710 history, and 760 bio. I know not everyone is so lucky to get in with my scores but just make sure your essays are good because I think thats what got me in and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>I’d say that you have a high chance of acceptance. As long as you show you have a passion for Cornell and engineering, then you should be set</p>

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<p>You have a really high chance.</p>

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<p>Make sure your essays show interest and you’ll be a competitive applicant.</p>

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<p>I think you would be a good candidate for MIT!!!</p>

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<p>I am quite sure you will get in. You have a perfect SAT score for Cornell!! (1600)
Just wondering, what exactly do you mean by a “second generation indian”?</p>

<p>Anyways, my advice would be to aim higher. MIT, Caltech and stuff. You should definitely get into Cornell. With those SAT scores, I don’t think your essays will be bad. Best of luck!</p>