<p>Hi I'd like to know my chances at engineering RD. I've heard that it's like 10x harder to get into RD but for reasons I won't explicitly state here (don't want to commit either) I'm not going to applying ED.
GPA: ~3.85 (4 B's Junior year :/ 2 B's in AP physics alone)
Weighted: ~4.1 (My school has barely ANY Ap's like 5 total and 3 of them are art related so I had to take Physics and Biology AP separately)
AP's: Physics B (5) Biology (5)
SAT: (taken twice)
Second time: 2190 Math 800, CR 720, Writing 670
Subject (math taken twice): Math II 710/800, Physics 740, Bio M 800
Senior APs: Chem, Calc AB, and Stats (Stats and Calc are the only two legit AP's offered at my school, I have to take chem specially -similarly to Physics & Bio) </p>
<p>Science EC's:
Accepted to the COSMOS summer science program (acceptance rate is like ~25-30% I think)
I won the Science Idea prize at this program (out of 200 people who submitted)
Won a $500 scholarship from Intel through this program for a science proposal
Won 2nd place in Biology at the regional science fair and qualified for state fair
^The project was funded on the scholarship I received
FIRST Robotics (2009-2011) as electrical team (2009-2010), mechanical (2010-2011)
Our team won the regionals for the first time and made it to national last year (although that was a team effort) This EC drains a ton of time
Worked at UC campus for ~5-6 months in a lab on my project </p>
<p>Music:
I've been playing Sitar roughly 8-9 years (Northern Indian classical music)<br>
Made finalist every year in the Satyadevi Indian classical music competition (2008-2011)
Won 1st place junior 2009 and 3rd Senior 2011
Played before some distinguished Indian classical artists in concerts</p>
<p>Other:
Boy Scout, Star (joined when I was like 13-barely knew anything about Scouts before, I still have two more years to go)
Counselor at a camp this last summer for a full week, they invited me to come and help with the kids
Volunteering through boy scouts
Martial Arts 10 years</p>
<p>Teacher Rec: Going to be by two teachers who know me pretty well. One is my physics teacher (who insists Physics is the hardest class at that school-where I took it) and my pre-cal/calc teacher who is also my robotics coach. </p>
<p>Comments: I realize my GPA is a bit low, and I dont have any "wow" stats. Im submitting a paper to Siemens and to Intel STS but theres a slim chance Ill win anything. My school doesn't have any legitimate clubs at ALL or hardly any APs (I hope Cornell doesn't accept based on prestige of the school or how many people got into an ivy)
Generally I'm pretty passionate about engineering: I build computers, program, and do science projects and such things in my free time
And finally,Im South Asian male (unfortunately) so I dont know if this means I have any chance at all but Id like honest opinions.</p>