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Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I plan to major in civil engineering, a non-resident citizen currently in HK, born in US with passport and all. I'm ethnically american chinese.
I take the IB diploma in school and did GCSEs be4</p>

<p>GCSEs - 5A*4A1B, i got a B in first language chinese and A in additional mathematics - both very challenging courses.</p>

<p>Predicted - around 40/42, so probably 42-44 with TOK/EE points
HL math - 7
HL phy - 7
HL eng - 6/7 more likely 7 depending on how well my WL essay goes
HL chinese B - 7
SL chem - 7
SL history - 5/6 unsure yet</p>

<p>SAT score - 2230 (CR: 690, M:800, W:740) First time round, not planning retake
SAT II - math 800 phy 800</p>

<p>Loads of major math awards, but to pick 5:
British math Olympiad - distinction
AIME - 8 points, best in school.
HK math olympiad - placed 16th in around 1000 candidates (gold medal/top of school)
south east asia math competiton - 2nd place (2009)
purple comet international competition - school team leader - 25th in 1620 teams (honorable mention)</p>

<p>piano - taking fellowship diploma (3rd diploma) this december, already passed 2nd diploma two years ago.</p>

<p>leadership:
hosted and planned 2010 south east asia math competitoon 2010 in HK
tutor and mentor of 11th grade student for her GCSEs
student council class rep - 7th grade till now (6 years running)</p>

<p>community service/ work exp
went to dongguan china for a week to teach under-privileged primary school children english and mathematics.
2 week summer internship at a solicitor's office this coming summer, maybe get a letter of rec.</p>

<p>sports
11th grade - school basketball team for ESF league.
after that I am playing for a local team in a HK league - we're top of our division.</p>

<p>I'm applying to the law schools in UK but also planning to apply to US cos thats where I was born and im thinking of Berkeley, Cornell, maybe stanford or yale or penn. I know there are loads of ppl who know a ton about US universities and any feedback on chances would be really appreciated. =) thanks guys</p>

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<p>I would retake the SAT to raise your CR score. 690 is below the 25th percentile for Stanford, Yale and Penn.</p>

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<p>ECs awards and stuff good enuf?</p>

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<p>everything looks pretty good. are you looking at the engineering programs at stanford, yale, and penn? if so, the 800 on math is way more important than a 690 in CR. </p>

<p>the main question is, why are you trying to do civil engineering in the US and applying to law school in the UK? that’s an apples and oranges scenario.</p>

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<p>I aim to be a lawyer, and if i cant get into one of the better law school in UK, might as well go for engineering in US, leaving patent law open for me after law school :)</p>

<p>im more of a science kinda guy at the end of the day anywayz i just alos have a fascination for law.</p>

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<p>Isn’t a 690 CR very good for someone whose 2nd language is English?</p>

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<p>All of your statistics look fantastic.</p>

<p>Make sure to research what about Cornell you like. Look at professors and class in Civil Engineering. Look at research being done you’d like to get involved in. Find project teams or clubs and activities that you would like to be a part of (Aguaclara, Engineering project teams, etc.) And then make sure to mention your interest in these things in your essays.</p>

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<p>^^^chendrix just gave you the best advice I have seen anyone post</p>

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<p>hahaha wow ive never heard aboutdoing that be4. v. insightful thankyou v much.</p>