Chances at cornell ED?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi I'm wondering what my chances are for Cornell's agricultural and life sciences college, with a major in environmental engineering, ED. I am a white female, with immigrant parents.
I speak russian fluently, currently learning German and Japanese.
GPA: 3.97
ACT: 31 (waiting for my June results, planning on taking it in the fall to raise a few points)</p>

<p>Next years senior classes:
Multivariable calculus
AP biology
AP physics
Orchestra
AP German
English
This year I took:
AP calc BC
AP lit
AP env sci
AP us history
German 4
Japanese 2
Orchestra</p>

<p>ECs:
Irish dance: I have competed both nationally and globally, achieving placements in each with a team. 10+ hours a week-year round. Tough sport.
Mock trial: all four years of high school-team was pretty successful-making our way through sections.
FIRST robotics: 10th grade and up
Econ team: 9th grade (aligned with me taking it) won some awards with it.
Cello: played since I was 5.
Oboe: started playing in fifth grade. </p>

<p>Thanks for your reply!</p>

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<p>Bump bump…</p>

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<p>First of all, you need atleast a 34 ACT, in my opinion.</p>

<p>Secondly, I would say leverage the f*** out of the “Irish dance” EC - it is something that’s unique and something that very few applicants probably have on their resume - it might be able to make up for a lack of insane academic/extracurricular activity.</p>

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<p>Cornell ED: 31 might do it</p>

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<p>You’re extremely unique. However, get that ACT Score to about… 33-34 for Cornell or get 2200+ on the SATs. After that, you should be solid.</p>

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<p>Yeah that 31 was my first try without studying in February. Hopefully I got it up from the June act, and I may take it again in the fall.
Do you think I should focus my common app essay on my ECs, my unique background, or something aimed more at my major of envi</p>

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<p>^environmental engineering</p>

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<p>despite your unique extra extracurricular, they don’t show a lot of focus so make sure your essays bring out why they should take you</p>

<p>other than that, you’re in good shape
Cornell average incoming ACT is 31 and GPA well below (3.79). still, retaking ACT will still help.</p>

<p>in your essay if you talk about major you have to talk about your credentials in that field</p>

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<p>Improve your ACT to 33+. Everything else seems to be in place. Also, write excellent essays. Instead of writing a laundry list of achievements/ECs/interests, try to focus on one thing in particular and delve extremely deep into that. (I can talk about this in detail if you PM me).</p>

<p>Also, please help me out too? </p>

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<p>So I got the ACT to a 33…
So bump :)</p>

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<p>Cornell: match/low reach (it’s an ivy, so it might not be a sure thing, but… A&L has a higher admittance rate than some colleges, and you have some spectacular EC’s to set you apart.)</p>

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<p>ED at Cornell is ~29%. If you want to do environmental engineering, make sure you start a project to do something related to environmental engineering. For example, raise a fund to donate to a local environmental organization or something…you should show a bit more focus.</p>

<p>Academics are nice. A 33 for ACT is good enough.
GPA is very good.</p>

<p>Your ECs are not that generic, so I guess that’s a good thing. Make sure you do more stuff if you have the time! Show that you have genuine interest in Environmental Engineering.</p>

<p>Now that you have already decided to go to a specific school, the rest of your application should now be focused on what to do for the essays etc. You still have two or three months for a mini-project or something, so try to. Also make sure you research in depth into what environmental engineering is truly about, and see what Cornell is researching in that field at the moment.</p>

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Chance me if you have the time as well! Thanks :)</p>

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<p>^^ I was thinking of volunteering at our state fairs Eco building… I don’t really know how to start a fund.</p>

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<p>Cornell ED, I’d always recommend above a 32 but you might make the cut with a 31. High or Low reach. </p>

<p>goodluckk!</p>

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<p>Or a project for that matter… It’s not that I’m not interested, I just can’t seem to figure out how to start a project, etc etc</p>

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<p>@killforstern
I actually got it up to a 33.</p>

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<p>Cornell CoE: Low Reach</p>

<p>Although you have a great GPA, good ACT, and unique ECs, your ECs aren’t necessarily relevant to your desired major. However, you may be in a degree of luck considering engineering is such a hard major to have relevant ECs in. Although, the other posters were right. You should try to do something environment-related to try to have some form of advantage among other applicants in that respect. Overall, you have a great shot though- especially if you apply ED.</p>

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