Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm going to be a senior next year, and would just like some input. I plan to ED to Cornell Engineering, so that takes priority I guess.</p>

<p>Grades etc:</p>

<p>3.968 GPA</p>

<p>690 CR 710 W 680 M</p>

<p>waiting on SAT IIs</p>

<p>4 on AP Euro, waiting for AP US. Next year I'm taking AP french, AP Physics, and AP Calc AB, all others are honors, except my semester electives (ancient Egypt and electric circuits)</p>

<p>We don't rank (private school etc), but as far as I can tell, top 10%.</p>

<p>Picked math(math analysis honors) and a physics(honors) teachers for recs.</p>

<p>I know I can write a pretty good essay.</p>

<p>ECs.</p>

<p>By graduation, will have put in over 60 hours of community service, school related and outside as well.</p>

<p>National Honors Society</p>

<p>Helped design a jungle gym for a playground for children in the Dominican (I mention it because of engineering) </p>

<p>Organized a food drive for an organization in Philadelphia called Philabundance</p>

<p>French Club</p>

<p>Taekwon-do (Now, I know the list looks slim, but this is the strong point. I've done it since 1996, 4-5 days a week, basically committed my life outside of school to it. I figure that a major commitment is more important than a cramming of ECs to look busy. When I am not training, I teach and assist younger students)</p>

<p>Also, not sure if this is relevant, but either commended or semifinalist for national merit/psat thing(will know in September)</p>

<p>Cornell is my ED, so I'd like to know that most of all, but if I get deferred, I will apply to UPenn, Drexel, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and possibly Princeton. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>…anyone? forgot to add a one week summer program called Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, basically you try and sell a product, and the engineers have to design and pitch said product.</p>

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<p>You have an outside shot at Cornell.
No shot at Penn. Stanford or Princeton
You will get into Drexel and CMU no problem.</p>

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<p>cool, could you be less of a jerk and give more info? thanks</p>

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<p>You need to get your SAT up.</p>

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<p>Sorry, but how am I being a “jerk?”
You wanted chances, I gave them to you.</p>

<p>What more info do you want?
If you want to know <em>why</em> you will get into Drexel and CMU, I’ll tell you: Your GPA is certainly good enough and your test scores are at or above the typical admitted student to those schools.</p>

<p>You have an outside shot at Cornell because although your test scores are somewhat below the typical Cornell student your relatively high GPA might push you over the line. A 680 M is <em>way</em> below the line for any top engineering school (including Cornell). You might want to apply to Arts and Sciences and then if you get in try transferring to engineering.</p>

<p>Penn. Stanford and Princeton: Any admit to those schools with under a 2200 is virtually unheard of without a hook. Even with your GPA and a 2400 I would put your chance at any of those at no better than 15%.</p>

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<p>^soze is right. sorry :(</p>

<p>I have a 2180 SAT Composite and 3.94 UW GPA, and the only reason I have a decent shot at Yale and Stanford is because I’m a URM and I believe that may give me a slight edge.</p>

<p>Soze also gave some great advice: apply Arts & Sciences, then transfer to engineering. That is, if your math score is still a 680 when you apply. Because schools that prestigious won’t be at all impressed with your math score, especially taking into account that you’re an aspiring engineer.</p>

<p>Cornell ED is possible. It’ll be difficult, but I think it’s within reach if you write really good essays…still though, if you don’t get a 2150+ SAT composite by the time you apply, its a very high reach.</p>

<p>Stanford and Princeton will take a miracle. Penn a little less extreme than that, but still on the same platform.</p>