Chance me for ED Cornell please!

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<p>I'm Japanese, if that changes anything.</p>

<p>I'll probably apply to CAS as a CS major, an Information Technology major, or undecided. I'll apply for the engineering school as a back up.</p>

<p>GPA - 3.78 UW, 4.1138 W (school is on a weird grading system, A+ in an honors class is a 4.8, A+ in a reg class is a 4.3)</p>

<p>SAT - 2310 (800M/800CR/710W)</p>

<p>SAT2 -
800 for math IIC
700 for USH (might not send in)
720 for Physics (Definitely gonna retake in Oct)</p>

<p>APs -
5 on APUSH
5 on APLANG</p>

<p>ECs -
1.5 hours a week since freshman year as the VP of a volunteer organization for autistic children
2 years of JV debate as a debator, 2 years of Varsity debate as a judge
volunteer at my church as a sound guy, 1 hr a week since freshman year
Some random clubs </p>

<p>Course load:
9 -
Geometry H
English Advanced (no honors freshman year)
Physical science
History H
Chinese reg
Engineering elective</p>

<p>10 -
Algebra 2 and trig H
English H
Biology
History H
Chinese H
Orchestra regular
Finance elective</p>

<p>11 -
Precalc w/ calc H
AP Language and Composition
AP US history
Physics H
Chem H
Chinese H</p>

<p>12 -
BC Calc
AP Lit
History Honors
AP Comp Sci (online class)
AP Stats
AP Physics
Orchestra regular</p>

<p>btw, the average GPA that got into Cornell from my school was a 4.0 W ED, 4.10 RD.</p>

<p>Oh yeah, and i go to a pretty competitive school, yada yada whatever</p>

<p>So how does it look?</p>

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<p>Excellent academics and test scores, but your EC’s are going to hurt you unless you participate actively in ‘some random clubs’. You need to write extremely good essays and get amazing recs, since the EC’s aren’t enough to set you apart as an interesting and competitive applicant.</p>

<p>Cornell ED: reach/possible low reach</p>

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<p>@Paintallthestuff</p>

<p>I started a Raspberry Pi club at my school, but it’s only been a month or so, and I was in the Ultimate Frisbee club for a while. I’m probably not gonna mention the latter though. Oh and I forgot to mention that I was a part of a volunteer orchestra that played at retirement homes for my sophomore year, and I’ve been tutoring for a while lol</p>

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<p>My chance stands- you’ve only participated/will only participate in each of those clubs for one year, and tutoring is very, very generic.</p>

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<p>Your ec’s are quite boring and have nothing to do with your possible major. That being said, your grades and test scores still make you a competitive applicant.</p>