<p>okayy PROJECTED stats by end of junior year:</p>
<p>race/gender: asian female
GPA: 4.7 w, 3.9 uw
rank: school doesn't rank, but probably top 5/500
PSAT: 235 (80cr, 80m, 75w)
SAT2: 800BioM, 800Chem, will take like 3 this year just for fun
APs: one 5 so far
Courseload: hardest possible + more at my school...
school: very conservative school in NJ...doesn't let anyone take APs unless they're sure you'll get a 5...everyone gets 5's...we won the siemens award..frosh year honors / ap classes don't get weighted
Junior APs: physics, bio, english, calc, us
recs: can probably get great ones</p>
<p>ECs (by end of junior year):
Captain of Varsity Girl's Tennis - 10 11 12 (30 hours a week for about 3 months)
President of origami club - 10 11 12 (like 1 hour a week rounded up for year minus tennis season)
president of cancer awareness club - 11 12 (like 2 hours a week for a year minus tennis season)
president of this volunteering club - 11 12 (like 1 hour a week for a year minus tennis season)
president of future doctors club - 9 10 11 12 (like 1 hour a week for a year minus tennis season)
VP of animal protection club - 9 10 11 12 (like 2 hours a week for a year minus tennis season)
captain of math team - 9 10 11 12 (10 hours a week if you count self studying)
captain of science olympiad - 10 11 12 (like 10 hours a week for about 1/2 year >_<)
Columbia science honors program (3 hours a week for a year)
etc.</p>
<p>awards
new jersey science league 2nd place biology 1 (1st place team)
"" 6th chem 1 (3rd team)
fbla intro to biz comm. 1st place at states
fbla into to biz comm. 2nd place at nationals
lots of regional math awards, such as individual first place in county for geometry algebra etc.
some science olympiad regional and hoepfully state awards
AMC10 school winner, AIME, want to make usamo this year
im also studying for chem physics and bio but i kno that means nothing rite now
i won a regional USTA tennis tournament (Level 3)
Piano awards-Associated royal board school of music or something level 7 piano
ARBSM level 5 music theory pass w/ merit
blahblahblah
etc.</p>
<p>summer:
i have about 100 hours at the local hospital
want to get another volunteering job over the summer
want to go to a summer program such as MIT WTP or SSP; going to apply</p>
<p>i kno half the things mean nothing but can you chance me please ^__^</p>
<p>cornell sometimes rejects people who are “overqualified”, someone i know had 98.x gpa with 23xx sat and tons of ap/sat II and got rejected to arts/science but went onto MIT</p>
<p>is cornell your first choice and are you considering applying ED? if not, i really think its a toss up. heck, if you apply RD cornell could reject you because they think you’re using them as a back-up in case you don’t get into harvard, yale, princeton, etc. all of this, of course, is assuming that your projections come true.</p>
<p>idk maybe i’m wrong here but i wouldn’t put all that stuff on your application. i’ve found that at cornell most of the kids are pretty down to earth and not constantly adding stuff to their resumes. gotta have some time to do nothing productive. idk anyone that looks back fondly on future doctors of america club.</p>
<p>well there are things Cornell has that she might be looking for, such a bigger campus or the city of Ithaca. maybe a certain one of the schools at Cornell seems appealing. I know I had people telling me to “aim higher” than Cornell because of some of my scores but I told them no way and got in ED. :)</p>
<p>I do think you are extremely qualified. one way I can think of to get around what someone has called “Tufts syndrome” would be writing a really effective essay for whichever school within Cornell you want to apply to. keep up the good work and make sure enjoy the rest of your time in high school!</p>
<p>PS. when you say you have been captain/president of stuff and then list grades going back to 9 or 10, are you saying that you had those leadership in freshman year? I know it is possible in one or two activities, but I find it unlikely for all of those! just make sure to specify when you are actually applying.</p>
<p>oh, and im considering a lot of schools, each school for a different reason. i’ve visited cornell, and i do like the campus. plus my parents think that it’s a lot safer than other ivies, cuz it’s isolated, lol. plus i might think of becoming a doctor?</p>
<p>yeah its good to have leadership positions, but it makes you look like an obsessive freak if youre president of 4 clubs and VP of another…it will make it seem as if all you care about is padding your resume and getting into a top college…so i wouldnt put all of that stuff on your application, choose the important ones</p>
<p>You have good stats and a great resume. I suggest that you work on developing some killer personal statements, then your chances will increase even more.</p>
<p>However nowadays, your stats may be average for the typical HYPSMC applicant, who obsess about getting that perfect 2400. Plus, being Asian in this day and age NEVER helps. I suggest not mentioning it in your application at all, as it is optional.</p>