<p>So I am a high school junior living in CT
I got one of the top (if not top) high schools in the nation</p>
<p>GPA as of now: 4.5 (It seems to be going up since I bombed my freshman year)
Unweighted: ? (Since my school doesn't do unweighted)
Class Rank: Top 5% (About 25/530)<br>
I took 2 ap courses last year (bio and stat, got 4 and 4 on AP exams)
Can't take any AP Courses freshman year
I am currently taking 4 AP Courses (2 of which are guaranteed 5's)
Next year will take 4 AP courses and 2 actual university courses</p>
<p>SAT Scores:
SAT: Took it yesterday, expecting around 2150 ish - Will definitely go up when I retake in March
SAT Subject Test(Only took 2 so far): Math 2: 800 Bio M: 710
Planning to take chemistry and physics (both of which I will definitely 780+) and history (hopefully 700+)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular:
The usual...
National Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society
Started table tennis club
President of that table tennis club
Captain of B Team for Science Quiz Bowl (Will be A Captain next year)
Part of A team for Math Team (We have #1 math team in CT)
Spend 20-30 hours a week playing table tennis
State #1 ranked (Under 18) for table tennis
Ranked #45 in the US (For my age)
Im still working on the table tennis so I am hoping to go higher up
I do research involving chemistry at a nearby university (100+ hours so far)
Member of Chess Club</p>
<p>Community Service:
Key Club (Do required hours, 20 per year)
Train people at table tennis for free
Volunteer at religious events
Volunteer at MathCounts (Middle school national mathematics competition)
Help Seniors (60+) get acquainted with computers
Help out at local school fairs/events</p>
<p>These are all the EC stuff I can think off the top of my head, will update if I think of more</p>
<p>I would really appreciate it if you could tell me if I have a somewhat chance of getting into Cornell. Also, if you have any suggestions for me to improve my chances of getting into a prestigious college</p>
<p>As a side note, my high school does have a good amount of people going to top colleges in the nation, not sure if this makes a difference or not</p>
<p>"3.70 GPA UW flat
No rank
2080 SAT,</p>
<p>applied ED and was accepted with full tuition, still has to pay for room and board though, so don’t sweat it. Try to break 2200 on the SAT and have 1450ish composite"</p>
<p>Handala, did your friend have some type of hook? What about ECs? The numbers you listed seem a tiny bit lower than Cornell’s average (depending on the college actually) so s/he must’ve had some nice supporting material. But then again, applying ED could’ve also helped a bit.</p>
<p>Thanks Handala!
Do you think I can get in regular or do I have better chances ED? Because I dont want to apply to cornell ED but I do want to apply reg. Im aiming for more of a tech college for ED</p>
<p>Nah, I just need to at least get into somewhere decent lol
Btw, is Cornell good for Research??</p>
<p>whered you apply?
Are you in college now? or still in highschool?</p>
<p>How do your stats compare to mine?</p>
<p>Bumpp</p>
<p>Any other people willing to chance me? :)</p>
<p>Good chance, but lacking in leadership at high school-level. Context matters a lot for you (example: who else in your HS will be applying to Cornell, and ED). Given your class ranking (on the bubble at 5%) and SAT (on the bubble as well at 750 average/section), your application will need some more “umph” to get you past the Waitlist for RD.</p>
<p>Thanks james, what do you mean by on the bubble, does that mean on the verge? what do you suggest for that more umph? </p>
<p>I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>that should say top school in the state, not nation</p>
<p>I’m curious in general, what kind of research you’re doing that’s “involving” chemistry. are you working on your own project, helping someone else, cleaning stuff? any of it is good experience, I just think it’d be interesting to know. I don’t know what you want to major in, but in my experience and talking with friends, there seem to be a lot of great opportunities for research here. if you enjoy it now you’ll definitely like that aspect of Cornell.</p>
<p>btw, you are actually claiming to attend <em>the top</em> high school in the entire nation? I don’t know much about elite schools but that’s quite a claim.</p>
<p>Like I said, that was a typo, sorry, it should have said in the state, not nation (look at my last post)</p>
<p>I working on the reaction of sulfite ion with N-chloro N-methylacetamide</p>
<p>Heres the basic stuff about my research:
We all use water on a day to day basis. After we use it, municipalities collect this waste water, this waste water has harmful biological life in it such as viruses or bacteria so they add chlorine to it, which gets rid of that harmful biological life. However, they can’t release this water with chlorine (chlorinated water) into the environment since the aquatic life is very sensitive to chlorine (chlorine disables there gill system making them suffocate and die). When they add chlorine there 3 main chlorine species present, chlorine, chloramines and chloramides. So they have to dechlorinate this chlorinated water in order to release it inot the environment. They use sulfite ion for this. The reaction of this sulfite ion with chlorine and chloramines have already been studied and have found to be very quick. However, no one has studied the reaction of sulfite ion with chloramides. Which leads me to my research.
The purpose is quite simple: It has been reported that when sulfite is added to some chlorinated water, it does not react with it or it reacts VERY slowly, in either case it is harmful for the aquatic life since there is still chlorine present in the water. We are wondering whether the chlorinated amides are the cause for this observed slow declhlorination. If it is, we can change the conditions of this experiment and speed up the reaction so sulfite is able to dechlorinate all of the chlorinated water.</p>
<p>Thats the gist of it, hope u at least got something out of it lol.</p>
<p>so yes, I do my own research, by the time I graduate I will have around 250 hours of research completed. It would be amazing if I was able to finish this research by that time.</p>
<p>“One the bubble” refers to the fact that you are likely at the 20-25% percentile (2nd out of 5 quintiles) of academic achievement for Cornell applicants. A slightly higher class rank and SAT scores (and corresponding recommendations, AP scores, etc.) would probably move you into the top quintile and significantly increase your chances for admission.</p>
<p>Good luck to you in your college search!</p>
<p>Definitely Cornell…Don’t Worry
and probably most Ivies! It may be a chance for Stanford, MIT, Harvard, but if anything they will be very low reaches…
Really Impressive
Good luck!</p>
<p>sorry for not noticing that you amended the typo. my bad.</p>
<p>that research sounds soooooo cool, and I am more than a little jealous that you’re such an experience in high school. it must be a lot of fun.</p>
<p>anyway, you seem like you’d do well at Cornell! good luck!</p>
<p>Cornell is amazing for research.</p>
<p>There are multitudes of opportunities for undergrads to get involved, even as early as freshmen year.</p>
<p>Also, with previous research experience under your belt, I would be surprised if you weren’t awarded an RCPRS ([Cornell</a> University Cornell Presidential Research Scholars: Prospective Scholars](<a href=“Cornell Commitment | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>Cornell Commitment | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University)).</p>
<p>Cornell can be an extremely tech school if you want it to be (especially in engineering or CALS or even some majors in CAS)</p>
<p>Thanks faustarp! I am really fortunate to have this oppurtunity</p>
<p>chendrix- thanks for clarifying the research thing</p>