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Can anyone help me out?

Looking to go to Cornell ILR

High School Junior at a catholic school in New York

Hooks: I am a URM (Hispanic), a first generation college student, and I’m also adopted

SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (720 CR) (750 Math) (750 Writing)

ACT (breakdown): not taking

SAT II: chem 710, us 760 , math 2 720 Lit 740

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank

Course Rigor: Frosh- Stage Band Honors, Integrated Geometry Advanced (took Algebra 1 in middle school).
Sophmore- Biology Honors and Global History Honors,
Junior Year: APUSH

AP: US - 5

IB (place score in parenthesis): not available at my school

Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit AP Government Honors Calculus Honors Physics

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing aside from National Honor society and foreign language honor society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 150-200 volunteer hours, golf team, bodybuilding, peer tutoring 4 yrs of band, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society

Job/Work Experience: 3 different jobs in three different businesses

Summer Activities: Worked 20 hrs per week summer of freshmen year
worked 30-35 hours per week summer of soph year
Summer of Junior year got 100 hours of service volunteering at a nursing home

Essays: Extremely strong have been working on it since the day I left from my visit months ago

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You should try to take more challenging classes (AP). You’re working on your essays, which is great; they really do matter. Other than that, if you tried ED you have a good chance of making it.

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Regarding AP courses, etc., your course rigor will be gauged according to what is offered at your school. You want to make sure that your GC can mark the box “most challenging classes offered” when they complete their section of the Common Application.

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Your stats are absolutely good enough to get into ILR. I had similar ones with similar courses. But do your extracurriculars match with your goals from ILR? Make sure this is evident. If you nail this, I say you have a very high chance of getting in, but make sure that your essay is amazing, why ILR (and the curriculum!) is the perfect fit for you, and how you’ll contribute to the school. applying ED is very helpful for ILR too. Good luck