<p>I visited Cornell last year and I loved it.
A little background: I could have cared less about my grades freshman year and beginning of sophomore year. Only after I realized how important success in high school was, I began to try harder. As a result, my GPA has suffered (not too much, though) and two of my AP test scores are awful (1 on APES freshman year and 2 on AP Bio sophomore year). I'd like to major in either comp sci or chemical engineering. I'm just scared that my sophomore and freshman year may hurt my chances for getting into my top school choices.</p>
<p>Basic Info:
State: CA
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Top 5% of my class</p>
<p>SAT: Superscore = 2340</p>
<p>First time- 2100
Math- 780
CR - 580 (ouch.)
Writing - 740</p>
<p>Second time-2320
Math - 800
CR - 800
Writing - 720</p>
<p>GPA: Should be around 3.83/4.0 UW, about 4.67 W. </p>
<p>Note: I had a few Bs my first two years of high school, but I was able to maintain straight As throughout my junior year (5.0 W GPA both semesters). I've heard that showing improvement is a good thing?</p>
<p>SAT II: Bio M 730 (might retake?), Math II 800, Physics 800</p>
<p>AP: AP World (4), AP Eng.Lang (5), AP Statistics (4), AP Calc BC (5), APES (1) (fml), AP Bio (2) :/</p>
<p>Senior Year AP Courseload: AP Art History, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP English Lit., Political Science (community college class), Linear Algebra (community college class)</p>
<p>Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar (11th) (213 on PSAT)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
UNICEF President (12th)
water polo (9 & 10)
swim team (9 & 10)
Best Buddies Club (9, 11, 12) </p>
<p>I'm not sure if this counts as an EC but...</p>
<p>I'm taking on online course on Java programming this summer (via UCSD extension)</p>
<p>Jobs: N/A (unless you count internships, see below)</p>
<p>Volunteering/Internships:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Volunteered at an Aquarium... won't even put that on app most likely because it was only about 15 hours.</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteering/Interning at San Diego Supercomputer center all summer
(learning how to program, working on a website using HTML/CSS etc)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteering/Interning at UCSD Photonics (4 weeks)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>That's it... I know I can get a letter of rec. from one of my teachers. Would doing anything else increase my chances? What do you think, do I have a shot at getting into Cornell? What about ED?</p>
<p>All comments are appreciated :)</p>