<p>Hey Guys, I'm a NY State resident(if that matters, does Dyson AEM fall under land grand suny tuition?) and i was wondering if some people could chance me for cornell! thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>STATS
GPA: 91.2/100 (UW) my school does not have a 4.0 scale
SAT I Breakdown: 2200: 760(math) 710 (critical reading) 730(writing)
SAT IIs: 700(Biology), 710(US History), (going to take Math IIC expecting 700 min, hoping 750+)</p>
<p>Rigor:
Taken 5 APs(Euro - 4 sophomore year, the other 4 are jr year and yet to come back but expecting 4-5 on all), several honors, and only 2 regular classes through 3 years in high school and 8th grade advanced courses. Taking 4 APs senior year. Low GP UW but with a very rigorous schedule and an upward trend (did not work very hard until I realized I needed to get serious around middle of 10th grade)</p>
<p>ECs
3 years cross-country
3 years winter track
3 years spring track
(Started sports 10th grade and fell in love, was not very active prior)
Global Awareness Club (3 years)
Peer Drug Educator
Single Student Member (chosen) on local library board of trustees election committee(reviewed resumes of applicants for the board)
120+ hours of community service at local library as part of organization that organized rec events for school kids and members of the community
60+ hours at a nursing home
Camp Business Summer Program at Drexel University </p>
<p>Leadership:
Former Vice President and current President of community service club @ local library</p>
<p>Awards:
Scholar-Athlete distinction every season i've done a sport</p>
<p>You are an average candidate numbers wise, meaning you fall in the common range. How you write your essays, incorporate your ECS, and express specific interest in Cornell Dyson is what will make or break you!</p>
<p>Meaning you have a chance, just work hard to show why you really want Cornell and not some other school.</p>
<p>Yes Dyson is included in CALS which is a “contract college” . However some people think that the tuition is that of a SUNY, when in fact it is approx. $30,000 per year for NYS residents. </p>
<p>@csdad i know its not suny tuition but rather reduced. thanks for the help! </p>
<p>@SMRSMR as long as i have a chance and its not too much of a reach! i would love to have an opportunity to go to cornell. Hopefully they like me as much as i like them :)</p>
<p>I agree with most of what SMRSMR said regarding your chances. You’ve got a decent chance, and I’d put you at a low reach without any significant hooks. The fact that you’re instate should help you, however.</p>
<p>@waddledee how are my chances if i ED? i’m considering doing this. I don’t really have any “hooks” but i’m working on an essay that i hope will impress the admissions people. and i dont know if this counts as a hook but my parents immigrated here and i am the first in my family to be born and go to school in the US?</p>
<p>Definitely better purely based on the acceptance rate for the entire university (33% vs. 17%). You might be able to work the parents as immigrants angle in your essay as long as you connect it back to yourself, but unless you’re also a first-generation college student, I’m don’t think it will help significantly as a hook by itself.</p>
<p>@waddledee, i know thats why i said it’s not really a hook! and ED is a big decision…what’s holding me back is not sure if i want to be tied down without weighing my options first</p>
<p>Well, if you need a significant amount of financial aid, then ED probably isn’t the best option. </p>
<p>If your other schools aren’t of the same caliber as Cornell, then it would make more sense to apply ED since it might be a more obvious choice for you. If you are applying to other schools at Cornell’s level, then I’d definitely recommend doing all you can to make sure Cornell’s the right school for you. Either way, depending on where you’re applying it could make more sense to just take advantage of the unrestricted early action options several very good schools have.</p>
<p>Well the other high tier schools i’m applying to are Georgetown, UNC, and Boston College and i’m going to be applying EA to all of them. I’m going to discuss ED further with my counselor before making a decision :)</p>
<p>I think that both Georgetown and BC have restrictive early action which means if you apply EA to one of them, you can’t apply restrictive EA or ED to any other schools. I also think that restrictive early action is not binding. I’m not 100% sure on either of those points but you might want to look into it first.</p>
<p>Also I think you have a decent shot at AEM. Being in-state is a big advantage. My only concern is the GPA because if you put it on the 4.0 scale it is a ~3.6. I’m not sure if you can convert between the scales like that, but that’s what it’d be. However, still have a shot.</p>
<p>“Well, if you need a significant amount of financial aid, then ED probably isn’t the best option.”</p>
<p>I think the amount of aid needed is irrelevant; more important is applying ED only to your by-far number one choice, when your only question is: Can I afford it? You must take or leave the ED aid offer, unable to compare it to other offers.</p>
<p>@Cakebatter i know i tried converting it and its between a 3.6 and 3.7 But it’s hurt by my 8th grade advanced courses and poor 9th grade. My GPA in 8th/9th was like a 3.4 and then i really picked it up this year and last year having about a 3.7 in 10th and a 3.8-3.9 through junior year so i’m hoping my recent performance outweights my early performance because of my rigor. </p>
<p>with regards to EA at Georgetown/BC I’m not following, by restrictive do you mean its SCEA? i cant apply EA/ED anywhere else if i apply to it there? is that what you’re saying?</p>
<p>I don’t know what SCEA means, but you can do a google search for Georgetown Restrictive Early action and then do another search for Boston College Restrictive Early action. They explain it on their websites.</p>
<p>basically, if you apply ED anywhere, then you can’t apply to G’town or BC early action, you’d have to apply RD to those two schools</p>