Chance me for CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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<p>Cornell is my dream school! </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (800 Math, 720 Writing, 630 CR)
[</em>] ACT: planning on taking it this fall
[<em>] SAT II: Literature 670, Chemistry 670, USH 600. I'm planning on taking Math II because I got an 800 on the regular SAT, and retaking Literature.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.51 (strong upwards trend though. 3.2 Freshman, 3.6 Sophomore, 3.8 Junior)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (3), AP Chem (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European history, AP Calc AB, Senior English Honors (my school does not offer any AP Lit/ English classes), mandatory senior service class, Spanish IV. (I don't have room in my schedule for a science because I decided to take AP European history instead.)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I think i'll get the commended for the NHS (psat score). Dean's list for Sophomore and Junior year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swim team every year, Korean Club president, tour guiding club, Youth TedX, an editor for my school's Literary Magazine.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer every Saturday for 3 hours at a Children's museum. I teach and play with children. On Sundays, I'm a bible study teacher and volunteer there for 3 hours a week also. I've been doing these two activities for about 1.5 years now, so I have over 300 hours of community service.
[li] Summer Activities: I facilitated a summer camp for the Children's museum (Mentioned earlier), so I was volunteering 20 hours a week. </p>[/li]
<p>Freshman summer: Columbia summer session for two weeks. Meh.
Sophomore summer: Went to Nicaragua to volunteer, teach children English, and live with a host family (1 month).
Junior summer: Worked at the children's museum 20 hours a week for 5 weeks, and also did a college credit session at Cornell University. I got college credit for this 3 week course at Cornell, and will be receiving an official transcript (which goes into my high school GPA) and a rec from the professor. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[li] Intended Major: English. My college counselor said that this would help me cause I'm Asian and not a lot of Asians apply as English majors but idunno... </p>[/li]
<p>I'm really worried because I don't have stellar grades nor test scores. MY AP SCORES ARE TERRIBLE... I had family issues freshman year, which resulted in my 3.2. I do have a slow upwards trend, but I'm stuck at a cumulative GPA of 3.51. I've been studying for my subject tests to take in Oct. and I think I can get above 700 for both Math II and Lit. And I'm not sure how much legacy counts, but my dad went to Cornell for undergrad so yeah :O LET ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS</p>

<p>Other schools I am considering:
Boston College
Tufts University (only because my dad attended there though)
NYU
Boston University
Vassar College
University of Rochester
U. Virginia </p>

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<p>Your SAT score is a little low for Columbia. I think it’s more important than your SAT 2’retakes, but if you want to major in literature, you should take the SAT 2. Do you actually want to major in English? Just because it’s an easier major to get in doesn’t mean you should go for it. If it’s not your passion, don’t go for it. And yes, your gpa is low for Cornell. However, I do like some of your ECs. Some are interesting, but they don’t really show the major you’re heading for. The summer activities aren’t really consistent either, try aiming for passion, consistency, and aim outside the box for your ECs.
Cornell: reach
Boston college: low reach
NYU: low reach
Boston u: low reach
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<p>I think your scores are a bit low. gpa and sat. i like the fact that you’re an editor for a magazine, but other than that there isn’t much of an indication that you’re really dedicated towards your major of choice. glad you’re retaking the lit subject test, see if you can retake your sat. you’re great at math, is that something you like doing? if i were you i would pursue something in the math field just because you’re doing a lot better at math than english according to those numbers. regardless, good luck! chance back? <a href=“http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1674376-i-really-need-help-please.html”>http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1674376-i-really-need-help-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Cornell- Low reach, but your legacy helps a lot, just aim for strong essays and maybe apply ED
Boston College- match
Tufts University- high match
NYU- which school?
Boston University- match
U. Virginia- high match?
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