chances ED vs RD at CAS?

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<p>want to apply to CAS as anthropology major
SAT:
CR: 800
M: 790
W: 700 (really not sure what happened there.)</p>

<p>SAT II: 780 World History
taking Chem, US History, and Math I in June
AP's: Euro (5), this year: US and Chem (hopefully 5 on both), senior year: gov/pol, psych, stat, calc BC, bio, env. sci
me: white female
school: competitive public school in upstate NY, top 100</p>

<p>Transcript:</p>

<p>9th grade:
Earth Sci A+
Bio A
Honors English A
Honors Geometry A
Honors Spanish A+
Global History A+
Concert Band (principal flute)</p>

<p>10th grade:
Chemistry A+
Criminalistics A+
Honors English A
AP European History A (5)
Algebra 2 Honors A
Honors Spanish A
Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP US History A
AP Chemistry A+
Honors English A
Precalc Honors A
Law and Justice A+
Soc and Psych A+
Honors Physics A
Human Anatomy I A+
Human Anatomy II A+
Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>12th Grade (next year):
AP Gov/Pol
AP Psychology
AP Bio
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Brit Lit Honors
Wind Ensemble</p>

<p>overall GPA: between 95 and 96 on a 98 scale (unweighted I believe)
school doesn't rank, but i know for a fact that I'm in the top 10%.</p>

<p>EC/Awards:
Girl Scout since 1st grade, Silver and Gold Awards
Ultimate Frisbee since 9th grade, team captain 11th and 12th (co-ed team, state champs last year)
Petsitting since 7th grade (stop laughing...kids are too obnoxious..)
Gardening/Landscape design assistant for my mother's landscaping business, 10/11/12
PTSA Science Student of the Year Award, 9th grade
All-County Band member, 9th grade
American Chemical Society Award, 10th grade
Forensic Science Explorers' Group, 10th grade
Social Studies Achievement Award, 10th grade
flutist in seven pit orchestras for school/community musicals
NHS member, 11/12
probably at least a NMS semi-finalist
Elmira College Key Award (28k scholarship)</p>

<p>what are my chances both ED and RD? any advice? as a side note, I'm also looking at upenn, pending a visit (hopefully) this summer.</p>

<p>thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>anyone? :)</p>

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<p>ugh, i hate bumping, but at least i got a couple responses over at the upenn board :-P</p>

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<p>Your academics seem good.</p>

<p>ECs are ok, but not great.</p>

<p>All seems set for you to apply. You should be a strong candidate applying RD...but to boost your chances, u could apply ED. But, CAS does have a very low acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>what can i add to my ECs?</p>

<p>i have commitment/community service - girl scouts
commitment/leadership - ultimate
academics - explorers, academic awards
music - flute</p>

<p>what am i lacking?</p>

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<p>I'm not saying that your ECs are bad...But, you should realise that most people applying to Cornell have also very good ECs, and some even have Int'ls awards etc.
But as I said before,Your academics are very good ...ur grades are very much above the median Cornell grades and scores. Overall, your app is very strong...</p>

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<p>ok. but aside from academic awards, i thought the point of ECs was to show commitment, enthusiasm and leadership in a few areas, and i guess i'm not sure how i can make my ECs (outside of academic awards) any better. or how anyone could really have much better ones without being president of 8 clubs that have nothing to do with one another and just look like you were trying to get lots of stuff to put on your app.</p>

<p>oh well :-P</p>

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<p>I actually think that you are a great candidate. -Although I have ZERO clue what girl scouts do, I don't see any volunteering listed; you could improve on that. (I'm guessing ur going to replay saying that that is what half of being a girl scout is lol). Great app tho!!! Keep up the good work!</p>

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<p>lol, sorry i didn't say, i have 500+ hours of CS. silver award + gold award = major community service projects. gold award is the equivalent of eagle scout award thing but is harder to get.</p>

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<p>O well that is great then. Great job!</p>