Chance me please for Cornell - CALS AEM

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone! This looks fun, so I was hoping you would help me out...
I am applying for Cornell under the ED primary/alternate option to CALS AEM major as my primary and SoE Chemical Engineering as my alternate.</p>

<p>High School: Hollidaysburg Area Senior High (public, central PA school... probably not competitive with anything in academics)
GPA - 95.770
Class Rank - 2 (possible 1 after Sr. year)</p>

<p>Freshman courses:
H English 9
H Intro to Civics 9
H Geometry
H Biology 1
Latin 3
Spanish 2
Intro to Desktop/Multimedia
Applied Tech ODP
Phys Ed/Health</p>

<p>Sophomore courses:
H English 10
AP European History - 3 on exam
AP Statistics - 4 on exam
H Trig/Pre Calc
H Chemistry 1
Psychology 1
Programming in Visual Basic 1
H Latin 4
Phys Ed/Health</p>

<p>Junior courses:
H English 11
AP US History - 4 on exam
AP Microeconomics - 5 on exam
AP Calculus AB - 5 on exam
AP Chemistry - 5 on exam
Phys Ed/Health</p>

<p>Senior courses:
AP English Language and Composition
AP US Gov & Politics
AP Psychology
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP Latin Vergil
Phys Ed/Health</p>

<p>ECs:
Manager at my job
Captain of Scholastic Scrimmage Team
Treasurer of Latin Club
Golf and Tennis Team member
Model UN
past FBLA member
NJHS member</p>

<p>Awards:
School stuff like honor roll, #1 in Latin
AP Scholar
National Latin Exam - cum laude
President's Award for Academic Excellence</p>

<p>Test Scores:
I've taken the SAT twice, and while it sucks, here's my best combo:
SAT Math - 800
SAT CR - 650
SAT WR - 590 (fml)
SAT II Chem - 800
SAT II Math II - 740
SAT II US History - 780
I've taken the ACT once, and here are my results:
Composite - 30, English - 27, Math - 35, Reading - 27, Science - 31, Eng/Writing combo - 24 (with 6 on essay :P)</p>

<p>If my supplemental essays are decent and my recommendations are adequate, what do you think?</p>

<p>and applying ED, would November SATs arrive by decision time? and if so, should I try them again?</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Luckily for you, Cornell probably won’t even notice your SAT writing score. I think you have a decent chance.</p>

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<p>Hey! I’m applying to the same program you are at Cornell. I’ve already sent in my application for ED. I don’t see why you’re applying to two almost completely different programs though. You seem to have a pretty competitive course load/GPA/School Rank as well as some decent ECs. Your biggest obstacle is probably standardized testing. I’m not sure if Cornell does Score Choice, but even if it does I’m pretty sure 2090 is in the lower 50%. Your subject test scores are very good though. Math does seem to be your strong point. Overall I think you have a pretty decent chance. If you’ve got the time to do so, it would be awesome if you could chance me as well. Thanks!</p>

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<p>MMielnik, given your unbelievable class rank, gpa, and sat score, I believe you have a great shot. I am a junior in high school and both my parents attended Cornell. To start off, don’t listen to Alphad concerning your sat score. As Chriszeoli correctly stated, Cornell doesn’t even look at your writing scores, and therefore a combined score of 1450 is very good. Good luck</p>