<p>Applied ED to Cornell CoE for CS.
Here goes:
GPA- all A's/A*'s pretty much. Use GCSE system so I got 2B in O level external boards out of 8 subjects.</p>
<p>Throughout the year got only 2B total. Rest are all A*/A of four A level subjects</p>
<p>Predicted board result is 3A*, 1A</p>
<p>SAT: 550CR/750M/680W
Tested again in nov.
SAT2:
math2c - 790
Physics - 740</p>
<p>EC:
1) basketball captain, won several tourneys
2) model un, won several best delegate awards
3) president of student teaching society, teach math to classmates
4) work for NGO organizing fund raisers, helping needy, etc
5) volunteered at islamic learning centers
6) worked at a car repair workshop for a year
7) Student Council representative
8) Dramatic society, dancer/actor/backstage crew
9) free lance computer programmer, taught myself c++, python, vba
10) DC MIST competition, 1st place short film, 3rd place basketball</p>
<p>Recs are great I guess. My teachers love me</p>
<p>I hope my essays are good. :p </p>
<p>U.S. Citizen living abroad for 4 yrs now</p>
<p>I need someone to comment on my chances :) </p>
<p>And leave ur links in the comments if u want a back chance.</p>
<p>Preparing FOUR A’Levels instead of 3, and having 3 predicted A*'s +1 A is amazing, and Cornell will know that. Then the big difference is made with your EC’s and essays - yourEC’s are in line with what Cornell expects and hopefully you did a great job with your essays; you’re a US citizen so not in the international pool for financial aid (which makes admissions less competitive for you); overall, things are looking good for you, but remember that still odds are 2 out of 3 qualified applicants are rejected so prepare your RD applications just in case.
Please come back to post your results :)</p>
<p>It’s around a low reach just because of Cornell’s acceptance rate. Cornell is the most lenient with ED admissions, so you do have a very good chance, especially so if you raise your CR score to the ~650 mark.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about A-levels but based on other responses they seem to be rigorous. SAT is low, subject tests are good, and ECs are good but not stand-out. I’d say Cornell’s a reach. Wish you best of luck!</p>
<p>It would be appreciated to know where I stand for the following :)</p>
<p>1) Cornell ED
2) Stanford
3) Dartmouth
4) Northwestern / Brown
5) Harvey Mudd
6) U of southern cali
7) Georgia Tech
8) U of Rochester
9) Worcester PI
10) Grinnell
11) Lafayette or Macalester
12) Depauw</p>
<p>Cornell: High match to low reach (because of your ED)
Stanford: Reach
Dartmouth: Low reach
Northwestern/Brown: Low reach
Harvey Mudd: High match to low reach
USC: Match to high match</p>