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Good day, everyone. Chance me, please? I applied a while back for Regular Decision, and Iāll probably hear my decision in three weeks anyhoo.
Year: Senior in High School
Applying: School of Arts and Sciences
Current GPA: 92, All-Honors, Unweighted (Maybe 3.3 or 3.4?)
SAT: 2290 (740 Math/750 Reading/800 Writing)
College Credits: 23
Extra-Curricular: Summer Computer Science courses at Caltech and Stanford w/ awards for best leader + application idea in each respectively, Previous + Current work with Google (awarded a grant from Google), 200+ Hours of Volunteer Work at the local hospital, Other Volunteer Work at Veterans of Foreign Wars + a local HIV center + my high school.
Thanks, and I know that despite a yes/no response, anything can happen considering how odd admissions decisions can be.
Chance me too?
2290 SAT, 3.7 UW GPA, SAT IIs = 800/800/750/730
APs = 5/5/5/4 (taking 6 more tests this year)
Pretty unique extracurriculars + pretty decent essay
@Strelok - perhaps 50/50? I think our GPAs may both be a bit low for Cornell 
<a href=āhttp://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?schoolId=787&classYear=2013ā>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?schoolId=787&classYear=2013</a> This site says 3.79ā¦ but I always heard somewhere around the 3.8-3.9 range D:
GPA may not be everything though - IDK how much weight Cornell places on the GPA in comparison to the other factorsā¦ and the rest of your app looks pretty good, so you definitely have a chance.
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Also, how much do interviews count? If you had a really good oneā¦ does it have any impact at all?
Does anyone know if applying Primary/Alternate to Cornell lowers your chances of admission?
Whatās the deal with Cornell and SAT Writing scores? Iām applying ED to Cornell and I got an 800 on my SAT W section but a 760 + 710 on CR and M.
@MyRealName it depends on the school really. In the end, itās really about hitting a threshold and then they look at grades, extracurricular activities, jobs, etc.
ACT comp 34 (m-34 e-34 r-34 s-33)
SAT SUBJECT TEST - Math 2- 800ā¦Biology - 740
Highly competitive high school from CA. School GPA is 3.79 unweighted
Taking all senior year classes at community college (a collaboration with my high school and comm. college) - so all classes will be college level
APs taken are AP spanish (4), AP bio (4), AP eng lang and comp (4) (AP scholar award)
1st degree black belt in taekwondo
Proficient in indian classical dance and indian classical music
Captain of a dance club in my school
Teacher at dance school
Volunteered at various places like dance programs, music programs for over 100 hours
Letter of commendation from PSAT score
Trying for comp science in school of engg
DO I stand a chance???
chance pleaseā¦see aboveā¦^^^
Please stop posting your chance posts here ugh
Does anyone know why Cornell tends to get so much hate? I donāt get it. Iām going to be a Spring admit coming up this January!
Hey everyone! For the health history form, does myopia (nearsightedness) count as an eye disease? I usually donāt put it down as one, but now I am not sure anymore. Also, for the physical exam, what is it anyway? More specific or less specific than a regular doctorās check? (I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this area, but I have only been to one health check-up in the past nine yearsā¦)
Can you indicate a second choice college when applying to Cornell? For example, my first choice would be CAS, but could I put CALS down as a second choice if I didnāt get into CAS?
@ArachnoMe No you cannot. Cornell eliminated the āalternate choiceā college in its application for '15-'16. You can only apply to one of Cornellās 7 colleges.
I have a question for you guys: if I potentially want to go into Finance or Investment Banking or a Hedge Fund (basically I want to work on Wall Street haha), would it make sense for me to apply as an ORIE or CS major at the College of Engineering, or as a Statistical Science/CS major at the College of Arts and Sciences? Which one would be āstatisticallyā (see what I did there 
) in my favor? Are there Pros/Cons to either one?
Some background: asian boy at an asian high school that is very competitive and offers most APās that are available to take. I did a chance-me a couple of months ago, which is pretty long (sorryā¦), and can be found on my profile. Will be taking the SAT for a second time in November, after a botched October attempt (not too sure what happenedā¦) - I just scored a 2280 on a practice test, so Iām hoping for the best! ECās are the same, though.
Thanks in advance guys!
ābasically I want to work on Wall Street haha)ā Why the haha? Is that meant to discount the idea? Can you clarify?
@roboticsnerd33 , if you are looking for hedge fund, I think they need quants - that is math - not stats or CS. I am not sure what IB prefers but heard Finance, ECON and some other unrelated majors. I do recall a separate thread on specifically this topic in this forum somewhere. You may want to refer to that.
D, a 2010 grad, is now a vice-president at a financial firm. She has done extremely well because she has performed extremely well. Her major was ILR and minor of IT ( basically computer science)
Her GPA was high, 3.9 or higher, and she had diversified extracurriculars. She also held 3 jobs as a student. She is definitely a ++type A personality. She loves to travel and has been traveling the world including hilking, packpacking and skiing including Peru, Iceland, Asia, Switzerland, and the USA. She has parachuted out of a plane twice and air glided off of the Alps.
If you think you have this kind of personality, then by all means persue ( If you have the grades). Because that is what they want.
@roboticsnerd33 A lot of the pre-business students here major in AEM (Applied Economics and Management) along with minors in CS/Stats/Math. However, the new business school here will probably create majors better suited to your career goals.
Also, Cornell has a ton of business clubs and fraternities. Finance club, hedge fund, consulting club, Alpha Kappa Psi, just to name a few. Just a fair word of caution though: many of these clubs/frats have cutthroat atmospheres and getting into them is probably harder than getting into Cornell itself (applications, 2 rounds of interviews, social rounds, presentations, <5% acceptance rates, etc.).
@roboticsnerd33 There are definitely a lot of majors you can apply to in order to get into IB or working for a hedge fund. It really depends on what kind of general curriculum you want, as each program has different requirements. If you are interested in the heavy quantitative analysis and instruction in the sciences that you will get from the College of Engineering, do ORIE as that major has a curriculum geared towards prepping people for business. If you want more of a broad liberal arts education in Arts and Sciences, it may be beneficial to do Economics with a minor in Math or Statistics. If you want a very focused business program where you can really dig in to classes specifically for IB like Derivatives & Risk/Portfolio Management/Business Statistics, then the AEM major in CALS may be for you. But as far as job opportunities, people from all these programs have the potential to go into IB.
It is also important to note that the university-wide business minor is an option even if you do not major in AEM, and that there are many preprofessional organizations you can join that will teach you more about this. Membership in these clubs is not necessary to secure one of these jobs, but can help with interview/case prep and industry knowledge/connections.