chances ed vs rd?

<p>herrow</p>

<p>I attend the second most competitive public school in Washington state.</p>

<p>gpa- 3.45uw 3.8 w
(6 ap's and 4 honors classes so weighted is close to a 3.9)
sat 2110 (760 v 680m 670w)
im also taking the september act and will likely send in that score rather than the sat.</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Partial debate record:
National Honors
-One of only 18 debaters (nationwide) selected to attend the Team USA qualifier
-Member of Team USA A-Team. (One of only five 1st team All-Americans)
-Team USA will represent the United States in the Pan-American Championships (at Southern California), European World Championships (in Germany), and the World Schools Debate Championships (in South Korea) as well as in exhibitions throughout the United Kingdom.
-One of the nation’s first 25 to fully qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
-Finished 5th out of juniors nationwide at the TOC.
-Two time national qualifier in debate (finishing 27th Junior Year)
-Invited to 8 round robin tournaments in 5 states
-Member of top lab at Victory Briefs @ UCLA 2006 and varsity member in 2005 (receiving a merit based scholarship to the camp)
-One of only 6 debaters (out of 300) to participate in camp-wide demonstration debate.
- National Forensic League speech and debate All American
State Honors
-Washington state co-champion of Lincoln-Douglas debate.(first junior to with the 3A state title since 2001)
-First speaker honors at state (first junior to receive award since late 1990's)
-First Junior in history to win 3A title, Top Speaker award, and clear as top seed at the state tournament.
-First and only debater from my school to qualify to TOC or Nationals in debate.
-Only junior from Washington state to qualify for "the tournament of champions".
-First debater in Washington to fully qualify to the TOC
-Only debater to clear at all three "Washington TOC bid tournaments"
-2 time team captain
-During tenure the team has grown from 7 members to 40 members.
-Put in about 300 hours teaching teammates how to debate.
-Received "top speaker" awards at numerous tournaments
-2nd at state in extemporaneous speaking (2006) 2nd (2005)
-3rd at state in impromptu speaking. (2006) 4th (2005)
-3A Washington state record for both impromptu and extemp state bids (8 and 6 respectively)
-Only junior in recent memory to win the University of Puget Sound's Charles Battin award for outstanding speaker. (Most prestigious speaker award in the state)</p>

<p>Student Government positions held:
-7th grade class senator (one of only four)
-8th grade class senator (one of only four)
-9th grade council representative
-Freshman class vice-president
-Sophomore class president
-Junior class president
-Senior class president
-During my three years as class president I have lead the c/o 2007 to huge financial success. We are far and away the wealthiest class in history of the school due to our vast amounts of fund-raising and dedicated leaders.</p>

<p>Independent Academic Study:
-Took sixty hours of arabic composition at the Seattle Academy of Languages (Spring 2004)
-Practiced arabic speaking skills independently for 15 hours/week (April-June 2004)
-Enrolled in independent Old Testament studies with local biblical doctorate holder Steven Swanson. Six hours/week. (September 2005-May 2006)
-Completed an American Studies honors portfolio (wrote five essays on American historical figures and their influence on contemporary America) six hours/week. (March-June 2006)
-Read from Frank and Bernanke’s Principles of Macroeconomics in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Four hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*
-Read from Kleiner, Mamiya and Tansey’s Gardner's Art Through the Ages in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Three hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*
-Read from Mahler’s Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-national Approach in preparation for May 2007's AP testing. Four hours/week (September 2006-May 2007)*</p>

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<li>I met with a HS faculty member once-twice a week and we would have a seminar or lecture on the material I had just read. The times given are for reading, seminars and homework/week.</li>
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<p>Baseball:
-Member of Peninsula Baseball Academy (18U All-Kitsap County Team) since age 13.
-Member of American Legion Post 68 Baseball Club (18U All-Kitsap Team) since age 15.
-Member of the 13U, 14U, 15U and 16U Traveling Teams (City-Wide All-Star Team)
-Led the 14U, 15U and 16U clubs in Batting Average and On-Base Percentage.
-Attendee at multiple baseball clinics (both pitching and infield)
-Awarded “first team honors” at both Stubbs’ Infield Clinic and Bainbridge Infield Clinic.
-Led the Freshman team in batting average (.535)
-Hit safely in all 8 Metro Division games sophomore year.
-Was an offensive leader in multiple categories (batting average, slugging percentage, RBI’s, Doubles, Hits, On-Base Percentage)</p>

<p>Tennis:
-One of only two individuals in the Metro Division to finish the 2006 regular season with an undefeated record. (11-0)
- Played as high as number 4 for my high school squad.
-Finished 3rd in the Metro Tournament (Greater Seattle Area) knocking off the 2nd 3rd and 10th seeds at the tournament.
-Finished with the highest winning percentage on the tennis team, (14-1, .9333) dropping only 2 sets all season.</p>

<p>Running/Cross Country:
-Member of xc team's “500 Club” (ran 500 miles over the summer)
-Ran number two consistently for the xc Squad.
-Averaged nearly 50 Miles a week in pre-season training
-Trained for and competed in the Seattle Half-Marathon
-Trained for and will compete in the Toe-Jam half-marathon
-Was a top-finisher for my age group in the 2004 and 2005 Winter Solstice 5K’s in seattle.</p>

<p>thanks again!</p>

<p>Wow! great EC's! You stand a very good chance via ED. Regular? im sure you're competitive for that as well.</p>

<p>does anyone know how much the spread would be for ED vs regular? im afraid that cornell wouldnt take a chance on a "mediocre" student and admit them unless they were sure the student would go to their institution and debate for them</p>

<p>You think you're mediocre?</p>

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<p><em>cries in the corner</em></p>

<p>True your gpa can be seen as "mediocre" (rank would help make it clear whether it is or not in such a competative hs) but you have great "whole person" vibe. You will surely do amazing in debate (maybe even sports) and you have great leadership abilities and such. Best of luck and GO ED IF YOU LOVE CORNELL!</p>

<p>It seems like you are looking at every Ivy. Research them and maybe even visit them to find your fit. All of the Ivys are prestigious enough for anyone, now make sure you go to your fit so that you can do great.</p>

<p>What major will you be looking into?</p>

<p>poli sci / minor of intl relations</p>

<p>i am impressed by each ivy, but i definietly prefer urban settings and plan to visit after applying (to any school that would accept me)</p>

<p>Wow, your Ec's are amazing. Your gpa seems kinda low for the ivies, but your rank may tell more. Umm...I'm not qualified to give you chances being a rising senior myself, but I can tell you that Cornell isn't really "urban". I would suggest that you make sure that an "urban" school is really where you want to spend the next four years of your life because like a lot of people, I was sure that i wanted an urban school when i was first looking for colleges, but now I'm not so sure.</p>

<p>In order of the urban-ness, i'd rank the ivies as follows:
Columbia, UPenn, Harvard, Brown, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth...in terms of access to things to do. Ithaca is a lovely town with plenty to do, but it's not "urban" by any means, so...</p>

<p>my rank is in the 160s out of about 400</p>

<p>yikes go ED to the school you want. EC's may make up for that</p>

<p>Aren't high school baseball and tennis both spring sports?</p>

<p>"I was sure that i wanted an urban school when i was first looking for colleges, but now I'm not so sure."</p>

<p>Ya I'm from a small town so I was all gung-ho about going to college in an urban area (Boston), but then I slowly realized that I like the whole rural/suburb feeling. Although I think that I will work in a city and probably live in a suburb.</p>

<p>yes baseball and tennis are spring sports. this past spring i did not play spring baseball (i played tennis instead) and just played summer and fall baseball.</p>

<p>any other views on my chances?</p>