Chance me please! ILR School ED

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<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian-American (Parents from Hong Kong)
Will not apply for financial aid
College Class: 2016</p>

<p>Hi everyone!
I am currently going into my senior year in high school. I attend a college preparatory boarding school in Massachusetts. My GPA is not exactly the greatest thing in the world. My freshman year I was honestly not the best student. Current GPA unweighted is a 3.35 (which according to my school is a B+ average)
Freshman Year
English:B
Religious Studies:B
Arts Foundation (.5 credit requirement): B
Comparative Politics( .5 credit elective): B
Spanish II:A-
Geometry:B-
Physics: B-
Like I said above, Not exactly the best student haha</p>

<p>Sophomore year was a lot better:
World Literature: A-
World History: A-
World Religions: A
Spanish III: A-
Algebra II: A-
Biology I: B+</p>

<p>So because I got pretty good grades my sophomore year I took harder classes
junior year:
American Literature: B+
AP US History: A-
Spanish V: A-
Honor Pre-calculus: B
AP AB Calculus: B
Chemistry I: B+
And with harder classes I got As and Bs...</p>

<p>My Senior Year I am going to take
AP European History
AP Economics
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
Ancient Epic
Foreign Policy: Asia Rising</p>

<p>SAT Scores
SAT I-1940 first time without studying...taking it again in October. After studying this summer I've been hitting the low 2100s. Aiming for a 2200.
Math II-710
US history-740
will take Spanish as well.</p>

<p>Co-Curriculars:
Varsity Swimming since freshman year (will possibly be co-captain this season)
Varsity Water Polo-Freshman and Sophomore year until they cut the program....
JV Tennis- Sophomore Year
Piano-British Royal School of Music level 5
Debate Team- Junior Year
Green Cup Challenge- Freshman Year
Engineering Club- Freshman Year
The Hermonite (school newspaper)- Writer Junior Year
Student Ambassador (aka tour guides)- Sophomore and Junior years
Co-chair of Asian American Student Association- Senior Year
Class President- Sophomore Year (was able to bring my class Treasury to its highest point. Raised 1500 or so dollars through various fund raising projects. Our class had the most money out of all the classes XD)
Freshman Student Leader: Living in the freshman dorm my senior year. It's sort of like an RA position
Internship at a garment factory in Shanghai this July</p>

<p>Awards:
High Honors Sophomore Year
Honors Junior Year
Rookie of the Year-Varsity Water Polo
Various ribbons and medals from swimming...</p>

<p>I also went to Uruguay on a study-abroad trip for a month last year. It was a home stay program and I basically got to skip a level of Spanish at my school.</p>

<p>The ILR School seems like a perfect fit. I've researched that the ILR school focuses on management, economics, psychology, history, law, government, and statistics and all of these courses seem like a perfect fit for me. I've traveled all around the world to different countries such as China, Japan, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Argentina, Canada, Thailand, etc. and all of these experiences deepened my interest in international studies. </p>

<p>THANK YOU!!!!</p>

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<p>Anybody Please?</p>

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<p>no chance for cornell. sorry but the grades are where you will be eliminated. Id apply to Wash U or maybe UNC Chappel. Cornell is so much of a stretch that it would be a waste to apply ED</p>

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<p>I would say that if you applied regular decision, it would be kind of hard, but I think you have a chance with ED.</p>

<p>And if you attended Cornell, slakaa, you would know that there are students with lower GPA and SAT scores than JPau12 and still got in because they showed how their prospective major is RELEVANT (I can’t stress that enough) to what they want to pursue.</p>

<p>I am not an ILR major, but my roommate is. So I know that much of the focus in the workforce of the U.S. economy. The major covers a broad range of studies, including economics, operational behavior, and humanities. So if you really want to get in, make sure to show in your essay how your co-curricular activities are relevant. Maybe you might want to pursue a Master’s degree in civil/industrial engineering after graduation, so you feel that ILR will give you a strong background for the program. You would relate that by explaining in your essay, how raising $1,500 helped you realize that organizations need financial assistance from fundraising in order to continue activities that uphold your organization’s values (I don’t know what these are because I have no idea what you did with that $1,500, but you would be more specific in your essay). Then it would be clear to the reader (aka admissions officer) why you want to study at ILR.</p>

<p>I just want to say that I love Cornell. I love getting up for class every morning, and coming down the Libe slope after classes during sunset to see the view. It gets hard every now and then, but you always look back and say it was alright and move on.</p>

<p>My philosophy is that students who truly want to study at Cornell should be admitted (of course, given that they have the academic capabilities to handle the work). But I know that’s not always the case. One of my friends dreamed of studying at Cornell and applied for the engineering school with 36 ACT and got rejected. Another friend, whose credentials were significantly less, got in to engineering but blew off Cornell to attend a lesser-known university to be closer to his family.</p>

<p>So I hope you get in. You shouldn’t go to Cornell for better job prospects, but to learn and be inspired. Go to Cornell.edu right now. The homepage features a Cornell researcher who dedicated 20 years of her life studying how elephants communicate. Sound ridiculous? This is the kind of passion Cornell looks for, and not enough applicants have it. So show it.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thank You so much!
Your response was very helpful when I was preparing my application. I will soon find out in 6 days! Fingers Crossed!</p>

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<p>Anything I can do to increase my chances?</p>