Chance me please =) cornell aem (ED or RD?)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello fellow CCers,</p>

<p>So I am waiting till today for this chance because I wanted to wait for my SAT scores to come in. The problem is that I can't decide whether or not I should do ED or wait and try to increase my scores in Dec. and do RD. Please give me your advice.</p>

<p>Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada</p>

<p>SAT (superscored) = 2090
CR = 660
WR = 670
M = 760
It went up by 150 points but I was expecting more...</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math 2 = 800
Physics = 690</p>

<p>Courses:
Full IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>Standard Level Courses:
- Math (received level 7 on ib exam)
- Physics (received level 7 on ib exam)
- French (yet to write it)</p>

<p>Higher Level Courses:
- English (yet to write)
- Chemistry (yet to write)
- Economics (yet to write)</p>

<p>At end of grade 11, my average was 96 %...I think that converts to a 3.7 unweighted, not sure though.
Also, its pretty much the most rigorous course load I could have.</p>

<p>Class Rank (my guess since we dont do it): top 10%</p>

<p>ECs:
Student Council:
- Vice President (senior)
- Secretary (junior)
- Grade Representative (Sophmore and Freshman)</p>

<p>Peel Student Presidents' Council (council for all the presidents of student councils in our district, about 40 schools):
- elected Minister of Corporate Affairs (dealing with sponsorship etc. along with other responsibilities)
- provide leadership conferences for the district students</p>

<p>Shad Valley:
- Summer enrichment program at University of British Columbia
- 500 students selected from thousands of applicants</p>

<p>DECA:
- co-vice president (junior)
- 2nd place finish in regional competition
- 6th place finish in provincial competition (attended International Career Development Conference in Florida)</p>

<p>Leadership Developer:
- START leadership conference (junior and senior)</p>

<p>Investors of Tomorrow:
- member</p>

<p>International Baccalaureate Student League:
- member</p>

<p>Athletics:</p>

<p>School Soccer team (sophmore, junior and will play senior)
Soccer Coach (under 11 coed team):
- finished first place in league (out of 10 teams)
Select Soccer:
- play in league outside of school at the select level</p>

<p>Volunteer:</p>

<p>Big Brother Big Sister Volunteer (mentoring program: 15 hours and counting)
PLASP Volunteer (after school program volunteer: 50 hours and counting)
Food Bank Volunteer (10 hours)</p>

<p>Awards (not too many in Canada):
- Student Acheivement award (gold, silver and bronze):
- received for having more than 500 "activity points" for extra curricular in school
- Deca 2nd place and 6th place finishes</p>

<p>Hooks:
none. :(</p>

<p>Essays:
should be fairly good.</p>

<p>Recs:
should be excellent</p>

<p>I hope you can give me some feedback on my chances and also advise me on whether or not i should continue with early decision or hold back, try to improve scores in december and do rd.</p>

<p>THANKS =)</p>

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<p>oh ps. im male :)</p>

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<p>For ED you have a very good chance, for RD, I also think you have a pretty good chance.</p>

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<p>thanks!</p>

<p>bumppp...anyone else?</p>

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<p>anybody?????</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump de bump bump</p>

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<p>Are you applying for FA?</p>

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<p>yess..how much of am impact will this have?</p>

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<p>It shouldn't have any impact, because Cornell looks at applications on a need-blind basis. Anyway, you should probably apply early (then again, you probably shouldn't because I am applying early to Cornell too!) because they will not deny you with those stats, so you would be deferred to RD anyway.</p>

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<p>ok thanks a lot. are you applying for aem?</p>

<p>and also, if i take the dec sats will they update my score and use that for RD (if i get deferred) or will they only look at these scores?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>go to businessweek.com, and search cornell. you'll find an article that talks about admission into CALS. and in it, the admission director said that "fit" is extremely important. U can also click on businessweek ranking's cornell profile. u'll see that AEM students don't have that high of SATs and many of them are not in top 10%. That should tell u business-related extracurriculars is extremely important. so u have great chance. i would do regular</p>

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<p>I know for my school Cornell took lik 5 kids last year and their rank was lik 30s. Which is why i am also applying.</p>

<p>You got solid courses and ec's the sats are maybe a bit shy of their median 50%</p>

<p>otherwise you have a good shot.</p>

<p>But my teacher tells me that ED can hurt sometimes cause they look for stellar kids with legacy and etc. If you get deferred it looks bad during regular decision.</p>

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<p>nuwandastormlok: ED applicant pool are usually weaker than the regular applicant pool because many students who are not IVY level try to boost their chances. So if u do ED, u r competing with weaker applicants than regular applicants. yes, u do have to compete with legacies, but ur chances are still higher. therefore, i would take ur teacher's words with a grain of salt</p>