Chances for a gap year applicant

<p>I applied to cornell last year and was waitlisted then given a transfer option.
I was accepted to and deferred from the Sophie Davis school and am currently spending my year studying religion and doing community service abroad.
Im not gonna get into why i wanna reapply to cornell but if you can chance me (preferably someone who knows what theyre doing- not a high school senior) thatd be nice...</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown):CR 700 M 740 W 700 (10)</li>
<li>SAT II: USH 730 M1 730</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA: 96.5</li>
<li>Weighted GPA: 96.8?</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/30</li>
<li>AP (place score in parentheses): USH-5, Psych-5, Politics and Gov-4 (school only offers three)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest- also took classes at a CUNY- pre-cal first semester and intro to human genetics second (A+ and A-)</li>
<li>Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Valedictorian, NHS - nothing serious</li>
<li>Regents scores: English:100, USH:99, Global:97, Hebrew:92, Math B:93, Math A:97, Physics:98, Chemistry:94, Biology:98</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mock Trial (Captain, Lead Lawyer (10-12)) Student Government (President, Class Rep all four years) Basketball (Captain 10-12) Moot Court (Captain, Lead Lawyer) Forensics (Co-Captain) Fed Challenge (Co-Captain) Euro Challenge (Captain, 10) Yearbook Business Editor in Chief, Debate, Model Congress, International Law</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:Lifeguard, worked at brothers business </li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:Lifeguard, Organization for mentally challenged</li>
<li>Summer Activities:Lifeguard (no extra schooling)</li>
</ul>

<p>the last time i sent an app to cornell i didnt really focus much on my essays. i will definitely do that this time. my recs are great though. one from a college professor thats literally 3 pages long.</p>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant):NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type:Private Jewish</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White Middle Eastern</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, urm? (maybe)</li>
</ul>

<p>Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: YU Honors with full ride, NYU (Presidential Scholar), Macaulay at Hunter, Binghamton
Rejected: Columbia, Penn, Hopkins</p>

<p>should i apply?</p>