Chance me for Cornell please?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>ACT: 35</p>

<p>SAT II: US History (800), BiologyM(790), World History (800), Chemistry (790), Math Lvl 2 (800), French (760)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99</p>

<p>Rank: top 3-5%</p>

<p>AP: US History (5), World History (5), Chemistry (5), English Lang (5), Psychology (Self-study 5), Enviro (Self-study 5), Macro/Micro (Self-Study 4), Stats (Self-study 4)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Govt, Band</p>

<p>Major Awards: National Merit Semi-finalist, National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Hospital Volunteer: 250 hrs</p>

<p>Reading Program: Co-found a reading program for elementary school kids that initiated a foundation for language arts in 4th-6th graders</p>

<p>Debate: Captain, Nationally Qualified for NFL, State Novice Champion, 3rd place at State, Letters</p>

<p>Student Congress: Captain, Letters</p>

<p>Speech: Captain, Nationally Qualified for NFL, 3rd place at State, Letters</p>

<p>NHS: Vice President</p>

<p>Concert Band: Vice President, Trumpet Section Leader, Letters</p>

<p>Jazz Ensemble: Auditioned</p>

<p>Pep Band: Letter</p>

<p>Track and Field: JV Conference Champion, Letter</p>

<p>Expecting my essays and recommendations to be great from both teachers and counselors.</p>

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<p>Looks like you will have an excellent shot! Though this somehow seems to be not humanly possible.</p>

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<p>Oh really?! I just did a LOT of work over the summers to make this happen. What stands out to you as “not humanly possible?.”</p>

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<p>You have a good number and diversity of ECs with just the right level of depth. Oh, just noticed you’re ORM. Still should have a decent shot though.</p>

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<p>@Colene ,But how is it not humanly possible?</p>

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<p>Just curious – what do you think your chances are?</p>

<p>What do you view as your strengths and what do you do as your weaknesses.</p>

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<p>I think my chances are for every 5 schools of Cornell’s caliber I apply to, 1-2 will take me.</p>

<p>My strengths: I do things that give me pleasure in my life. My extracurriculars revolve around that. Forensics, trumpet, and volunteer-work. I really just want to LEARN. Reading things by myself to just learn items is just what I like to do. My self-studies show that.</p>

<p>My other strengths include time management/planning.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: It makes it seem like I’m just after a test score when I’m really not. I guess I should have gave back to the community a little bit more and had a little bit more of a social life, lol.</p>

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<p>There are no guarantees with ivy league admissions, but I think you have an excellent shot if you sell your passion for Cornell with your essays.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response </p>

<p>I’ll chance you (for whatever it’s worth) in return.</p>

<p>Your Grades are Excellent – for any school in the US.
Your ACT/SAT II is Excellent – for any school in the US.
Your ECs are probably above average for schools of this caliber. There are tremendous strengths, though not a WOW activity.
Your Leadership is ok.
Your community service looks fine – the Reading Program looks especially impressive.</p>

<p>Essays and Recs – to be honest, everyone thinks theirs are great. And from a technical standpoint, I’m sure all of the essays are. If you can make yours stand out, your application will be greatly enhanced.</p>

<p>Overall, your application will be Competitive to Strong at schools of Cornell’s caliber. There is not a school in the US I would recommend against your applying to. Other than that, I don’t do percentages – unless one is in admissions, I don’t think any of us have the ability make such predictions,.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much. I wasn’t expecting a percentage – just validation that my feet can at least reach the doorstep and I won’t receive outright rejection. Thank you.</p>

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<p>"Thank you so much. I wasn’t expecting a percentage – just validation that my feet can at least reach the doorstep and I won’t receive outright rejection. Thank you. "</p>

<p>With schools like Cornell (and other schools at this level too), there is still a chance that you still might get that (a more than fair number of well-qualified kids have). It’s just that that chance is fairly low relative to others given your caliber as a student.</p>

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<p>What school are you applying to within cornell?</p>

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<p>OP was outed elsewhere on CC as a sophomore posting a “projected” resume. So, OP will probably not be applying to any school at Cornell for at least a couple of years.</p>

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<p>What, you just posted in the ACT forum asking how to get a 28 ACT up…</p>