Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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GPA: 3.85
top 20% of very competitive class
ACT: 36
SAT: 2240 superscore, might not send
will graduate with 10 aps (macro, us govt, english lang (5), spanish lang (5), human geo (5), physics 1 (3), world history (5),english lit, chem, calc ab)
prospective biochemistry and/or business major
will be applying for FA, don’t think i’ll get any, though (~$180k income bracket)

ECs:
-theatre: thespian with honors and leadership positions in several plays (such as student director, stage manager, makeup designer, etc), acting and tech positions in other plays
-copy edited school magazine
-academic decathlon team member (i’m scholastic division, if that matters ?)
-part of an international affairs honors program within my school, will write a senior thesis this semester on a chosen current event
-am on a planning committee to organize a current events conference , and lead a sub committee of eight
-have had leadership positions in other community events such as cultural festival, fundraiser for religious tolerance
-am in a leadership class at my school for people with outstanding leadership skills/experience
-did a summer program on health sciences
-took summer writing class at a local top 20 university
-some DECA stuff that i might not even list on my app

~200 hours of volunteer work
recs will be from teachers who have told me that i’m their favorite student, so they should be good
essays should be good once my english teacher critiques them

awards/honors:
academic excellence
nhs member
national spanish exam gold award
ap scholar with distinction
best english language student award

any feedback is appreciated !

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Everything looks good other than class rank. Typically something like 90% of admits are in top 10% of their class. Your best bet is to ask your GC where students from your school with similar class rank / SAT have been accepted in the past.

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Wow, might a 36 ACT eclipse the class rank? And I agree with OP, on not sending SAT.

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from what I know about the previous graduating class, kids with similar stats have gotten into schools like rice , UVA, and emory. I believe that the kids who go to Ivies are mostly top 10-15% (going off of what is on Naviance).

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Cornell requires students to send all scores yo have taken. You cant hide the SAT score, but I wouldn’t be worried. Your score ACT score eclipses it, and its not low to begin with.

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thanks for the heads up !
so my act could compensate for my rank ?

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It is really anyone’s guess.Apply, hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

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ok, thank you for the feedback!

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actually you only have to send them either all of act or all of sat. common misconception. just send ur act

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^true, what Gatortristan said.

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ok!