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<p>HI
i moved to US in 2007 december
my SAT scores were bad and i had to work my butt off
to get the score
I have gpa of 4.026
and I've taken practice SAT and it's 1800s.
I'm taking again in october
because my canadian school didn't offer any honors
I took APchem here and am taking AP bio this year.
I had to take mandatory french and took spanishin gr 10 and in 11
but when i moved here, my counselor said language isn't required so i didn't take spanish 2. But i realized that in order to apply for top colleges, i need to have more than 3 years of language. I'm taking spanish 2 this year. </p>

<p>I am a treasurer in earth team
and i know i don't have much of extracurricular activities.
Since i moved to another country during my junior year, it was<br>
disadvantage for me to take advanced classes and other activities.</p>

<p>I need advice from you whether i should even try to apply in top colleges</p>

<p>Thank you so much</p>

<p>jenn</p>

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<p>I'm going to be frank here.</p>

<p>From what I've heard and read about people who got accepted to Cornell and their stats, I think your chance of getting accepted is very low. Your SAT score is very low; it's not even within the 25-75 percentile. And without extracurriculars, you pretty much lose a bonus point since Cornell is very much about fit-match and cares about commitment. Also, considering how the applicant pool is expected to be very large and competitive this year. I think you're better off spending your time and money applying else where.</p>

<p>But nevertheless, you STILL have a chance. Everyone has a chance -- high or low, that's another thing.</p>