Chance Me Please!

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<p>I am going to be a Junior in a Maryland Catholic College Prepatory School. My current GPA is a 4.0 unweighted and a 4.4 weighted. My school does not offer AP Classes until sophmore year, and only a history AP is available to be taken. I took AP Government this past year. I have taken around 4 Honors Courses as well, the max I could have taken was 6 these past two years. However, there were scheduling conflicts and that is why I am not in the other 2 Honors courses. I think colleges end up seeing that. I have over 300 Service Hours that include me volunteering at the hospital every week, playing piano for elderly people in nursing homes, and helping autistic children at one of the local special education programs. I am involved in many clubs including The Latin Honor Society, Ski Club, A Club that Raises money for kids with Childhood Cancer, Student Ambassadors (40 students are selected each year to serve as a "leader" to new students for the year), Students Against Destructive Descisions, and A Club that involves debating on recent Political News. I am still preparing for the SAT. I play piano, golf, and ski (as said before) we are planning on starting a golf program next year that I will participate in. </p>

<p>My Classes are:</p>

<p>Freshman-
English 09 Honors (A+)
Honors Beg. Physics (A+)
World History (A+) highest grade in the class for one semester
Geometry <a href="A">sophmore course</a>
Theology I (A+) Highest Grade in the class for one semester
Latin 1 (A+) highest grade in the class for both semesters</p>

<p>Highest GPA in Freshman Class (a tie)</p>

<p>Sophmore:
AP Gov (A+)
English 10 Honors (A+)
Bio Honors (A+)
Algebra II (A+)
Theology II (A+)
Latin II (A+) </p>

<p>Have a good shot at Highest GPA in Sophmore Class</p>

<p>My school gives out highest GPA's and Highest Grades in classes, but they do not disclose class rank overall. I am either number 1 or number 2 out of a class of 70 kids. The school has sent a total of 5 or 6 kids to Cornell the past two years, including our Valedictorian this year and one other student.</p>

<p>My Junior Course Load:
AP Language
AP Art History
Chem Honors
AP US History
PreCalc Honors
Latin 3</p>

<p>I left out my electives from my classes because they are not very notable, but I had no choice in taking them the past two years because I needed to take a theology course, health course, and music/art course the first two years, as a requirement. They were all A+'s if you're interested.</p>

<p>I feel like my weak point is obvious in extra curriculars because I do not have a sport on my resume, but I am hoping by the time I apply my community service and clubs will make up for it.</p>

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<p>You should get in if you apply ED</p>

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<p>Which college do you want to apply to?
For CAS and CoE, make sure you have over a 2100 SAT score. Not going to get into details why I singled out these two colleges, but most people know what I’m talking about.
If your ECs show up on your essays which further tie into your desire to attend Cornell and why, then you have a very good chance at EDing and a good chance at RDing.</p>

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<p>Get your SAT / ACT scores to at leasdt the 50th percentile for the college you’re apllying to & strive for some leadership roles within your EC’s & you’ll have a good chance.</p>

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<p>I want to apply to the College of Arts and Sciences. And I am planning on taking the SAT in the fall, just to see how I do. Based off of my practice, PSAT, and prep classes, I am hoping to score around a 2200.</p>

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<p>Bummmmp…</p>

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<p>If you are going to be a Junior, you must get as many positions in clubs, I had non before my junior year, and now I am president of four clubs and founder of one, all in a years work. You will need to have good rec letters, I mean the best recs… so get the teacher whos class you did bad in to write you a dissent but convincing letter… If you can start e-mailing some of the professors so that they can give you insight on the programs… I did that and I am going to use it on my Cornell supplement essay. If you can, apply ED as I have mentioned before… But if cornell is not #1 for you dont do that… as for your other section… apply for as many scholarships as possible, in this case it is not about quality but quantity, though quality is a plus… you can request info, it will show them that you have had interest in Cornell for long… speaking of which, sign up for the information request so that you can be invited for a chat… normally it is for seniors but I got to do it my junior year of high school. I would also apply to summer programs ASAP…
If you do all that and not screw up your essay, you should be good!</p>

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<p>Thanks creacher! I also have a few awards that I forgot if it helps at all:
Cum Laude National Latin Exam award
Hospital Auxilary Award
100 Hours Award for Hospital
200 Hours Award for Hospital</p>

<p>I also wish to go for an internship at NIH, or the hospital. Both of which I have a good shot at receiving.
I will additionally be admitted to honor society this year in the fall.
I thought these things were also necessary to bring up for an accurate chancing. And I will try at completing the list you have for me</p>