Chances At Cornell Early Decision

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>could you tell me what my chances are</p>

<p>GPA: 4.00 (school doesn't weigh)
Class Rank - Top 1%
SAT - Math - 680 , CR - 620, W - 690
SATII - Math II - 720, Math I - 720, Chem - 730
Class Schedule - 7 college/AP Courses Pretty tough course load
Ethnicity - Asian (Chinese/Pakistani)
recs - very good</p>

<p>E.C. -
Tennis (JV two Years)
Debate (two time national qualifier - 64th in the nation)
Editor of Newspaper 9th grade
National Honor Society
Robotics Club (Web site design/ Programming)
Work for Fortune 500 company - 40hrs a week writing software for hospitals
one of 5 students to be selected to work for school districts tech dept.
Part of Startups - two
Set up a foundation in Pakistan for earthquake relief</p>

<p>Soccer - 9,10
Webmaster high school website</p>

<p>Honors:
National Merit Commendation (atleast)
Presidential Scholar 9th grade
Ranked in the top 200 in my region for tennis(missouri valley)
4th in State CX debate</p>

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<p>I would really like some feedback, because I have to decide where I am going to apply early decision</p>

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<p>Look at some of the ED results at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=126317%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=126317&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You should be able to get some ideas about what Cornell wants from ED applicants.</p>

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<p>they don't really tell me anything, I need some personal feedback based on my credentials.</p>

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<p>you really need to tell us which major you plan on applying to. every college has different acceptance rates and strengths that they look for. other than that, your stats look impressive</p>

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<p>sorry I want to be a computer science major</p>

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<p>dont do ED, go regular. Your SAT and GPA are above the median mark, u have good ECs....why would u go ED?</p>

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<p>I wanted to have a better chance. I am not completely decided, I am considering Emory, Dartmouth and Brown alongside cornell. Also, do you think UT Austin is a good safety school?</p>

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<p>i'd go ed dartmouth and rd brown, cornell,emory.</p>

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<p>i would agree... unless you truly love cornell</p>

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<p>Why Dartmouth all of the sudden?</p>

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<p>I want to get my SATs above 2200, going to do a lot of prep the second time (taking it in october) and hopefully that will increase my chances</p>

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dont do ED, go regular. Your SAT and GPA are above the median mark, u have good ECs....why would u go ED?

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<p>I went ED with better scores. Why wouldn't you if you wanted to go to Cornell? That's really not a good strategy to use when deciding whether to apply ED or not. If you love the school and it's your first choice, then do it. If not, then apply to Brown or Dartmouth ED.</p>

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<p>do you think I have a shot? spanks</p>

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<p>you look like you have a good shot. I say improve sat's and do a bit more activities in your area and you'll be fine.</p>

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<p>You need better sat I scores. Why did you take two math subject tests?
By the way, you should apply to cornell ed, if you really want to go there</p>

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<p>whoever said he should apply RD to Cornell is highly mistaken..your sat scores are not good enough to apply regular...u have a much better shot earlier...u are certainly not a shoo in</p>

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<p>dont do ED, go regular. Your SAT and GPA are above the median mark, u have good ECs....why would u go ED? ~ i have to disagree with that.</p>

<p>liberty: did u visit the colleges u listed? that can make or break a choice. the scores u have now, ED would be the better choice (as long as u think cornell is the good choice). and ur scores are only slightly above the median mark of 650. for ur other schools listed like dartmouth and brown, those SATs aren't high enough, but i don't know what ur essays or teacher recs are like, so i can't say anything about ur overall chances.</p>

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<p>yeah I know that my scores are low, they are from my first sitting of the SAT, I am taking it a second time in October hopefully getting above 2200</p>

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<p>hopefully u'll score well in oct ;) ... but even if u don't reach ur score goal ... its never over. SATs were the biggest pain in a** for me cause my scores for seperate tests never went above 2000. and my IIs were even worse (ex. french=540). so, i made sure my applications strong points (recs and essays) would make the admissions people forget my bad scores.</p>