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<p>Please let me know how good you think my chances are for being admitted to Cornell RD!</p>

<p>I'm currently a high school senior in Pennsylvania at a decent public school that sends 2-3 to ivies every year. Also a white boy</p>

<p>UW GPA- 3.79, upward trend,--- 3.65 freshman -3.875 sophomore- 3.875 junior
Class Rank 23/497, top 5%</p>

<p>SAT scores: 2380- 800cr 800m 780w (8 essay) -- this was my third time taking the test, first two were 2090 and 2280</p>

<p>SAT Subject tests: Math2- 800, US History- 780</p>

<p>AP:
10th: Psychology (5)
11th: AP Calc AB (4), AP US Gov. (4), AP Lang. and Comp.
12th: AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Lit. and Comp.</p>

<p>Senior year courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Lit., AP Bio., Honors Statistics, Honors Senior Social Sciences (required course), Spanish 5, half-year business course</p>

<p>Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, county spelling bee semifinalist 10th and 11th, 1st place in school for AMC 10</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader) 9,10,11,12
Scholastic Scrimmage (academic quiz bowl) 11,12
NHS 11,12
FBLA (2nd in regionals for Business Calculations) 10,11,12
Peer Tutor 12
Track (pole vaulting, not varsity) 11,12
Fencing (at local YMCA, not really that official) 9,10,11,12</p>

<p>Community Service: I've been on two week-long mission trips to a homeless shelter in Maryland. Other than that just some random stuff through boy scouts, church, and NHS.</p>

<p>My essays will probably be okay but nothing outstanding. My one rec was probably pretty good and the other was probably generic.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance of getting in. Your EC’s aren’t outstanding, but your activity as a boy scout and becoming an Eagle scout will look great, colleges know how much that takes. Your SAT is fantastic and your courseload is definitely rigorous. NMS will help a bit, but not too much. AMC 10 school winner will look good. The only “blemish” is your GPA, which isn’t too high for cornell but i think your SAT and courseload will make up for that. I say around 70%.</p>

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<p>While your GPA isn’t fantastic, I think given it puts you in the top 5%, that’s more than good enough. GPA is tricky since some schools grade harder than others. I’ll say 65%. I’m a little nervous that in a class size so large, only 2-3 are going to Ivies each year (assuming you use Ivy to denote any top 15 school).</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! And yeah the GPA thing has me a tad nervous. Our school usually sends 3-4 to ivies and they’re usually in the top 10 rank/GPA wise.</p>

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<p>bump bump</p>

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<p>In. </p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>If your school has a history of sending in top 3-4 to ivies, then you have to see if you are that top 3rd or 4th person of your class who applies to ivies. Unfortunately, statistics aren’t too reliable because colleges generally accept applicants based on their past history of acceptance from that high school.</p>