Chance me for Dyson AEM Early Decision?

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<p>NY Resident: Applying early Decision Please let me know what you think my chances are! I'll chance back!</p>

<p>Stats: 91.24 (UW)/96.002 (W) GPA (upward trend, no class rank, approx. 3.65-3.7 UW on 4.0 scale)
SATI Breakdown: 2200 (1470/1600: 760 M 710 CR) 3rd try
SAT IIs: 700 Biology(9th grade), 710 US History (11th), 650 Math IIC (650)
APs: European History(10th grade: 4), Biology (11th grade: 3), Statistics (11th grade: 3), Psychology(11th grade: 5), US History (11th grade: 5 )</p>

<p>Course Load:
Challenged myself more and more every year. Through Junior year taken 5 APs. Taking 4 more senior year for a total of 9 Aps. Rest of my classes are all honors + 3 regular classes. Improvement in my GPA every year, high rigor so a high weighted GPA. Not particularly strong math student historically. but interest in business has caused me to challenge myself more to do well in math. Ex. Took Math IIC, Did well on Math section on SAT, Taking AP Calc AB this year</p>

<p>Extra Curricular's:
Global Awareness Club (4 years)
Peer Drug Educators (3 years; club through application only sophomore year, takes 20 kids)
Peer Leaders (1 year; club through application only senior year, takes 20 kids)
Cross-Country (3 Years)
Winter Track (3 Years)
Spring Track (3 Years) </p>

<p>"Business Extra Curricular's:
Worked 2 summers at cafe: started out as a barista, worked hard and gave me responsibility of assistant manager 2nd summer
Camp Business Residential at Drexel University</p>

<p>Service:
120+ hours of community service at Young Adults Advisory Counsel (Club at local library that organized recreation events for school aged kids and members of the community) (4 years) </p>

<p>80+ hours at a nursing home (Spending time with residents, helping out occupational/physical therapists, filing) (2.5 years) </p>

<p>Single Student Member (chosen) on local library board of trustees election committee(reviewed resumes of applicants for the board) </p>

<p>Leadership:
Former Vice President and current President of Young Adult Advisory Council at Library </p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction (1 of only 10 kids in my class of 300 to get "w/ distinction")
Scholar-Athlete every season
Certificate of completion @ Camp Business Residential - Drexel University </p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: One from my AP US teacher (have known him since i was a freshmen, he is the advisor of Global Awareness), One from my AP Psych teacher (great relationship with her), one from guidance counselor (confident this will be good), and possibly one from advisor of Young Adult Advisory Council </p>

<p>Essays: Working hard on common app essay to show my passion for helping people/humane side (peer drug experiences). Steering my supplement to be as passionate about AEM as possible </p>

<p>Additional Info Section: wrote an essay about how I have been attempting to found a muslim student association at my school to raise awareness about my faith</p>

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<p>I’m not good with chance me threads however intparent’s post on this thread :<br>
" <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1571002-what-you-putting-your-additional-information-section.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1571002-what-you-putting-your-additional-information-section.html&lt;/a&gt; " might interest you.</p>

<p>He/She clearly says that you should not write an essay in the Additional Info section.</p>

<p>~ Best Of Luck
I’m applying to Cornell ED too ^_^</p>

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<p>@Ghost95, I saw the thread. The thing is, this is vital info to my application. I just could not leave it out and there was no other place to put it on my application.</p>

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<p>I am considering the primary/alternate admission method with AEM/ILR because of my interest in psychology. (Both AEM and ILR give me the option to supplement business with psychology in some form or the other), How do my chances fair with regards to ILR ? would i be better off making that my Primary?</p>

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<p>The alternate admission method rarely works out for anyone; the application isn’t passed often if you get rejected at your primary college.</p>

<p>Your chance is as good as any (it’s a reach), but Dyson in particular is very competitive…I think it has somewhere around a 10%-12% acceptance rate (not sure about early, probably a little higher). Your SAT IIs / uw GPA are a little on the lower end but there’s nothing you can do about it now, so don’t fret over it.</p>

<p>Don’t apply to a different college as your primary for a higher acceptance rate; if you feel that AEM is your best choice, then apply there.</p>

<p>Also, you really really really shouldn’t write an entire essay in the Additional Info section. That isn’t what it’s for. If you want, put a brief description in, but keep it well… brief. I highly doubt they want to read another 500 words when they didn’t ask for it.</p>