Chance me for Cornell engineering!

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I’m really interested in Cornell’s undergraduate mechanical/aerospace engineering program, hopefully somebody can give me an estimate for admissions. Any help is appreciated. I’m applying from out of state, I’m a senior now.

New SAT: 1490 total, 720 English / 770 Math (no writing)
ACT: 34 composite, 34 English/33 Math/34 Reading/34 Science/30 Writing
SAT Subject Tests: 690 Chemistry, 760 Math Level 2, 640 US history (probably not submitting this one)
AP Scores: 4 Chemistry, 3 Calculus AB (not too happy about this one idk if i’ll submit or if I have a choice to submit or not), 5 US History

UW GPA: 3.607
Classes: Many honors/AP classes over the years, including
Humanities (H), Bio (H), Algebra (H), Analysis/Precalc (H), Chem (H), French (H), US history (AP), Calc AB (AP), Chem (AP), French (H) different course though, English (H), Gov (AP), Statistics (AP), French (AP), Physics (AP), English (AP). In all my other classes (freshmen/sophomore year + electives) I get As and A-s, in the harder honors and APs I get anywhere between a B and an A- usually. Never received a final grade in any class lower than a B. My school does not weight gpa for AP or honors classes.

Activites/Honors:
Boy Scouts (senior patrol leader, eagle scout, eagle project)
National Honor Society (tutoring)
Debate club (secretary), awards from that
National merit semifinalist
Engineering club outside of school
Volunteered on two political campaigns, one local one state
A few miscellaneous latin and science awards (I took latin for a year but it wasnt honors so I didnt list it above)
Tennis (team & recreational)
Part time job at local store

I also have a very good (humblebrag) essay that highlights my interest in aerospace.

In conclusion I admit my GPA is a bit low but I think my scores are competitive enough. Do my ECs make up for the lower GPA? Does the rigor of classes matter? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Your test scores and GPA are quite low. If you’re a white male, then 2-3% chance. If you’re of another ethnicity (not Asian or Indian) then 12-13%.

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Disagree with the above. Test scores are good enough and you don’t have to submit AP scores until after accepted. UW gpa is kind of low.

It could help your chances if you’re applying from an underrepresented state and applying ED.

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I’m in the same boat with GPA. Mine is 3.68 UW, but my scores are a bit better (2270 old sat which is like 1550 on the new sat). I’m not applyin gto CoE because they really look for strong rigor in math/science, and really amazing grades/scores. I’d consider applying to CAS for Physics or Math, then considering a potential transfer to the engineering school.

However, this is a bit risky, because if you don’t get accepted for transfer, then you’re stuck in CAS. For me, it’s not bad at all; I still have Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Physics, Info. Science, Economics. However, Mechanical/Aerospace is pretty specific, so I’m not too sure if it’d work for you.

Good luck on your choice!