I’m a junior right now and trying to see if I should even bother applying to Cornell. I have a low GPA and 3 C’s on my transcript however ILR is my dream school and I just keep reading about it and loving it more. I go to a really competitive public high school (top 20 in nation) in Houston
SAT I (should I retake?):
1450/1600
-Reading Writing: 730
-Math: 720
SAT II:
-World History: 770
-United States History: 760
-Literature: 740
Class Rank: unranked
GPA:
-Weighted: 4.16
-Unweighted: 3.4
Extracurriculars:
-I have about 250 community service hours logged in right now.
-Model UN (President) (Founder)
-Student Govt (Historian)
-Interact Club (Historian)
-Job at Mayor’s campaigning group, did a lot to support the community here
-Job at Kumon
-Job at Panda Express for a couple months
-Volunteer and Research Team head at the Sunrise Movement
-JSA member
-Debate Club member
-head reader for a poetry magazine
-editor in the Buzz Magazines
APs:
-AP US History: 5
-AP Human Geography (self studied): 5
-AP Psychology: 5
-AP World History: 5
-AP Seminar: 4
-AP Research: 5
-AP Language: 4
-AP Calc AB
-AP Literature
-AP Biology
-AP Gov
-AP Macro
-AP Environmental Science
Awards:
-Best Speaker Texas JSA (2015 and 2016)
-Best Position Paper Houston MUN Conference (2017 and 2018)
-Published in a poetry magazine (Polyphony HS)
-Houston HOSA 3rd place Medical Innovations
-Published in The Young Researcher (peer-reviewed Journal)
Hooks:
-First generation college student, low-income
-Lost my father when I was entering 9th grade
Recommendations:
Probably all 8/10
Financial Aid: I qualify for full aid.
White/Middle Eastern
I’m looking to go into international law/business or maybe Human Resources in the future