Chance me for Cornell?

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<p>I want to know if I'm track for Cornell next year... (CAS) </p>

<p>ACT
C-33
E-31
M-36
R-30
S-35
ESSAY-10/12</p>

<p>SAT (will retake)
C-2100
CR-650
M-800
W-650</p>

<p>SAT ii
Math II-750
Chem-800</p>

<p>GPA
94.56 uw
98.57 w</p>

<p>AP (this year)
English Lang
USH
Calc BC
Chem</p>

<p>Next Year
English Lit
Macro
Micro
Stats
Physics B
Enviro</p>

<p>--National Honors Society
--Business Honors Society
--Peer Tutoring (4)
--Friends Club (4)
--Youth Leadership (4)
--Jewish Culture Club (pres) (4)
--Band (9)
--Pep Band (4)
--Marching Band (drum major) (4)
--50+ hrs community service per year</p>

<p>Male, Long Island</p>

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<p>Haha, we have extremely similar stats, and I also want to go to Cornell… </p>

<p>I’m probably applying ED next year, but I also want to know my chances so… </p>

<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>you’re solid… CAS is pretty easy… scores/gpa are good… EC’s are really weak though, its just general stuff everyone else does. Make sure your essays are creative and capture cornell.</p>

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<p>Haha </p>

<p>This is why I love CC - someone could say that it is easy to get into Cornell with no negative feedback :D</p>

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<p>We have similar stats! (except you’re taking Calc b/c as a Junior while I’m in Algebra II, I have a higher SAT, and you are in Marching Band <em>same Jewish stuff, similar clubs, and similar classes next year</em>)</p>

<p>Two questions though, how are you taking AP Physics B next year if it won’t be a course? College Board is dissolving it into AP Physics I and AP Physics II.
Also, what’s your GPA on a 4 and 5 point scale? Do you just divide you 100 point scale by twenty-five? So it’d be 3.78 and 3.94?</p>

<p>I think both of those GPAs are on the lower end. I’ll probably be at a 3.75/4.04 by the end of the year.</p>

<p>I think we’re both slight reaches, maybe not ED, though.</p>

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<p>Might be better to just retake ACT and get a higher score instead of wasting your time boosting your SAT score.</p>

<p>I know someone who got in with a 34 ACT and a lower SAT score than yours.</p>

<p>But it’s up to you, if you think you have a better chance of improving SAT than ACT, go for it.</p>

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<p>@UCschoolsftw
I am probably taking Physics 2,im in an argument with the school right now, because they’re telling me not to, but I’m sure I’ll end up doing it</p>

<p>Also, I think I may end up applying to CALS (AEM), but I’m not 100 percent yet</p>

<p>@Petersuu
I don’t think I can improve ACT, every practice test I take I get 33 or below, however I’ve gotten 2200+ on SAT practices</p>

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<p>Why not? Instead of Physics B? Do they want you to take Physics I first?
Physics 1 isn’t a prerequisite to Physics 2.</p>

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<p>@UCschoolsftw I can’t speak for jamesjunkers, but I am in a similar situation </p>

<p>My school doesn’t want to offer physics 2 (next year only) so kids don’t have to decide which to take… Then after next year, my school is going to make it so kids take 1 as a junior, and 2 as a Senior </p>

<p>However, this is unfair for someone like me, who is taking Regents Physics right now (didn’t feel like taking an AP placement exam), and I have a 100 average… Basically the school is going to make me redo that curriculum? So, I am fighting with the guidance office… I think they understand what I’m saying, and are going to offer it, but if not, I’m just gonna study and take the physics 2 test probably </p>

<p>Obviously this may not be the same case, but I’m giving an example</p>

<p>Good luck on Cornell next year (if you want to go) Hopefully we both make it :)</p>

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<p>I think it’s similar to how some schools force people to take AB before BC, even though BC’s only prerequisite is precalculus. Quite annoying, but you have to deal with it.</p>