Chance me for cornell early decision

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<p>i am only a junior but i was hoping to be able to get some feedback on my chances sicne i really want to go here. I will put everything that is projected with an asterisk(*)</p>

<p>Male
Asian
From Michigan
Public school(very good for a public schoool i would say)
Planning to apply to the school for human ecology</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.86* W GPA: 4.1* Clas rank: 5/350*</p>

<p>AP/IB Classes (1st semester grade, 2nd semester grade, AP test score)</p>

<p>6 A, 2 IB thru 11th grade, will prolly take 2 Ap and 1 IB next year(only ones offered) </p>

<p>9th Grade: AP calc Ab (A,A,5)
10th grade: Ap physics(A-,A,4), AP calc BC (A,A,5), Ap Government (A,5, only 1 semester class)
11th grade*: AP Chem (B+,A,4) IB Econ(A-,A, 4s on both Ap Macro and micro), IB Spanish five (A,A, 4 on Ib exam but i dont plan on showing it neway), Ap Language and comp (B+,A,4), AP US history (B+,A,4)</p>

<p>To sum up weaknesses in grades: the 3 projected B+'s in those Ap classes junior year and Honors Biology freshma year (B+,B)</p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (650 Cr, 650W, 800 M, 08 essay)
ACT: 32 (35 english, 34math, 29 reading and science, 08 essay)
SAT II's: MAth 2: 790 Physics-710</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>One small step(community service club): have been secretary, treasurer and prez
National honor society: president senior year*
Quiz Bowl: Captain this year, qualified for state tournament each year so far
Debate Team: Captain
Varisty TEnnis: 4 years, captain
Science olympiad- team member</p>

<p>Volunteer work: tutoring 3 years, 1 hr per week
local hospital in summers, 4 hours per week
do much community serive through the one small step group</p>

<p>Job experince: Kumon math and reading center as a tutor for 2 years(including what owuld be my senior year next year*)</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Semifinalist( i had a qualifying score)
National AP scholar*(i think this would be very impressive for only finishing my junior year)
Michigan math prize competition finalist- every year
AIME qualifier- 1 year</p>

<p>So based on what ive shown you what do you think? should i retake my SAT knowing cornell sees all scores? should i take any more subject tests? are my grades and stnadarized tests competitive enough?</p>

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<p>What do plan to major in at Humec?</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good chance of getting in.
DO NOT take the SAT again unless you are 120% confident that you will
improve your score. Otherwise, it looks bad and it is a waste of money.
However, Hum Ec is one of the state school part of Cornell.
Therefore, a lot of the students tend to be from NY.
Since you are out of state, Hum Ec is not going to be any cheaper than
Arts and Sciences.
And, as all state school goes, they would prefer to take in-state students.
Therefore, you have to have a very good reason for applying to HUm Ec
instead of Arts and Sciences. I was in A & S, and it offers the most diverse majors.
(I am not trying to make a plug for it or anything though, since Hum EC has
interesting interdisciplinary majors). I am just stating that you should really
think about the reasons for applying there. (They do have less core
school requirements. Arts have language requirements etc, but Hum Ec doesn’t)</p>

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<p>thx for your response. im not that much in favor of human ecology oves A &S but it has a better acceptance rate accoriding to cornell but i did not know about the state school aspect. so r u saying i would have a better shot than A &S. I was planning on doing a biology and society major which i think fits well with my extra curricular acitivites since a couple of them have community service as a major part</p>

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<p>If you don’t fit well into a school besides Arts and Sciences, DO NOT APPLY THERE! Apply to Arts and Sciences.</p>

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<p>If you decide to take the SAT again I reccomend that you wait until next year. My first time I got the same score as you, but I took it again without any studying this year and got a 2250… hope this helps</p>