<p>Currently a senior in Georgia public high school.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.86 UW
Rank: 20 out of 343</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Language 11 (3)
Chemistry 11 (3)
US History 11 (4)
Psychology 12
Literature 12
European History 12
Physics 12
Calculus 12</p>
<p>SAT: 1990 (740 M, 620 V, 630 W). working on my verbal for november SAT
SAT2: to be taken in US History and Math IIC in october</p>
<p>Puerto Rican male
Single Mother, Low Income</p>
<p>Catholic high school in new york for freshman year (top male at the school)</p>
<p>a bunch of awards that i have somewhere in my house from both schools
academic letter? is that real?</p>
<p>EC:
national honor society
beta club
fccla
math team
young democrats - secratary
sadd
volunteer work with clubs
independent volunteer work at fort gordon</p>
<p>wishing to pursue a major possibly in physics</p>
<p>I thought need-blind meant that the fact that you applied for financial aid will be ignored in the admissions decisons and had nothing to do with your financial status.</p>
<p>oh..i was told that your overall financial state was ignored..not just the fact you're applying for financial aid. Can someone give us the correct answer?</p>
<p>....oh.... so if people mention their financial state in their essays/personal statements/etc.. it can work against/for the applicant..and its not subconscientious thinking by the adcom and the financial state can play in making the decision?</p>
<p>Well, seicheong, the financial status can be mentioned in the essays, but I'd assume that it would mostly get expressed in the teacher/counsellor reference letters, because it specifically asks to explain any extenuating circumstances faced by the student.</p>
<p>Need blind means that cornell's policy is to do FA and admissions entirely seperately. your acceptance is not at all contingent on your ability to pay.</p>
<p>DKPeyser Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but your application doesnt look that strong. Your scores are on the lower range of the scale and you dont have too many awards and leadership positions.</p>
<p>Goldfish, I agree to a point, but one must look at the whole picture. DKPeyser is a URM, English is not his native language and is the child of a low-income single parent. All this will play a huge part in his admissions process. So even though his SAT score is slightly lower than the Cornell mean, his 740 on the math is good and his 620 on the V is decent considering he is not a native speaker. He has a good GPA, has taken challenging classes and has a good class rank. I agree that Cornell is definitely a match/reach, but I still think he has a decent chance.</p>
<p>when are sat scores due if i apply ED? because im was going to do regualr admission but i want to take the sat again in november to improve my cr. the 620 was without any preperation, so i've been doing a lot of vocab. plus im already signed up for sat2 in october</p>
<p>Yes, that's a huge bonus. Your chances look pretty good. If you can improve the cr and w to 700+ then you're a lock, or as close to a lock as you can possibly get.</p>