Chances for an atypical Asian girl

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<p>Korean female
Competitive HS
ranked ~39/390
GPA 3.78 weighted, slump in sophomore year</p>

<p>Scores:
720 math/790 cr/780 writing</p>

<p>Classes Taken and Grades Received:
Freshman year:
Honors Geometry: B+/B+
Honors Biology: A-/B+
Honors English: A/A
Latin II: A/A
World History: A/A-
Honors Orchestra: A+/A+
Gym: A
Health: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Algebra II: A-/A-
Honors Chemistry: B+/A-
Honors English: B/A
Honors Latin III: A-/A-
American History I: A/A+
Electives: C+/A
Gym: B+/A</p>

<p>Junior year
Honors Precalc: A/A-
AP Biology: A/A-
AP English Language: A/A
Honors Latin IV: A/A
AP US History: A/A
Gym: A
Health: A+</p>

<p>Senior year:
AP Stats
Honors Physics
AP English Lit
AP Latin Lit
AP Psych
Gym
Honors Euro</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate (9-12)
1 jv, 3 varsity years and 2 years varsity captain, 1 year jv captain, extremely competitive and single digits national ranking, defending champion, attended and won countless state/region/national tournaments, national qualified 4 years over, captain of school team, President of league, TOC qualified 3 years in a row, only debater in nation double-qualled to two Tournament of Champions, attended most prestigious camp in the country two summers, national finalist many times over, All-American, this is my PASSION and I plan to do competitive debate in college along with coaching HS</p>

<p>Politics (9-12)
intern for state Senator, campaigned for Kerry, Edwards, Dean, House rep and local offices, Secretary and co-founded of Young Democrats and member of state-level Young Democrats, GOTV initiatives, Rock the Vote, DNC volunteer</p>

<p>Music (9-12)
Honors Orchestra 9th grade, Districts, All-States, Principal Violist, Concerto soloist with full orchestral accompaniment, Viola 5 years, Violin 7 years, Piano 13 years, and I'll be sending in a demo tape with Viola and Piano pieces</p>

<p>Tutoring (10-12)
I've tutored in math and Latin for 3 years, and I'm the co-founder and secretary of a school group that organizes tutoring for kids at school</p>

<p>Amnesty International (9-12)
Secretary (10) President (11-12), organized Women's rights initiative for Belarusian women, Get on the Bus, wrote many letters to focus areas including Sudan, China, Tibet, India, Jamaica, outspoken protestor of human rights</p>

<p>Korean School (9-12)
Assistant teacher for Austistic kids at local Korean school</p>

<p>Tae Kwon Do (9-12)
Black belt, first degree</p>

<p>Random (9-12)
leader of church youth group, candy striper at local hospital, Boston Marathon volunteer, published in anthology of Korean-American writers, National Latin Exam 3 Gold medals, 2 silvers, Editor in Chief of satire magazine, student editor of Korean newspaper</p>

<p>I LOVE International Relations, and I'm looking for a school that has a strong program for IR/Middle Eastern Studies, while having a competitive Parliamentary Debate team. However, my GPA and class rank aren't that great. In fact, they're pretty bad. What are my chances for CAS and the school of Human Ecology?</p>

<p>I'm not sure which one I should apply to, because I could pursue my interests in either one. Any and all help would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>Oh wow...Im just like you...i want Cornell too...and I am president and founder of the young democrats at my HS...I work for amnesty international, lol...i did tutoring....</p>

<p>Where are you from? And are you a junior?</p>

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<p>Forget your weighted GPA and grades, and throw gym and health out of the equation.</p>

<p>Your grades look fine, one or two little slip ups is not going to be a problem. What is your unweighted GPA not including gym and health, that is what cornell looks at (and weight an A+ 4.0 not 4.3)? </p>

<p>Your GPA is fine either way however, as is your rank, and your SATs are quite good.</p>

<p>Do you have any SATII scores? You should take some if you're planning to apply to cornell otherwise you're screwed.</p>

<p>Senior schedule is aptly challenging and looks good.</p>

<p>Your ECs are frickin' sweet that debate stuff is mad cool, you sound like a pro. All-state for orchestra is quite an accomplishement too in most places. I would focus on debate in your essays, but thats up to you.</p>

<p>I'd say you have a rather good chance of being accepted based on this info alone. More confident than usual, because instead of having just good stats, and some dedicated ECs, you've got a very unique and impressive overall profile that is charactaristic of the students cornell supposedly likes. The atypical in your thread title was not a bluff...</p>

<p>Out of curiosity, what style taekwondo are you from?</p>

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<p>Asian....perfect grades...debate...tae kwon do....violin......</p>

<p>Where does the "atypical" part come in? Without any sarcasm....seriously, you are describing like 50% of cornell students...</p>

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<p>Not really that atypical but you're more than qualified for Cornell.</p>

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<p>Haha I would say that I'm seriously atypical because I'm so into debate and politics, with about zero aptitude for math. I was horrified this because my dad wants me to submit my bio to be one of the super super nerds that are featured in the Korean newspaper, lol</p>

<p>thanks for all the feedback!
anyone else?</p>

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<p>Oh and I do the modern style of TKD in the *** (lol it's world tkd federation) with poomsae and whatnot</p>

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<p>Suckiness at math doesn't make you an atypical Asian, just a typical female (j/k:)</p>

<p>Seriously though, you're in, esp. if you apply ED.</p>

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<p>Cornell yes you have very good chance 80%.</p>

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<p>sweet i'm ATA (songham). cornell supposedly has an awesome taekwondo team! i'm psyched</p>

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<p>Too bad about those Democrats. Oh well, just wait till Nov. '06.</p>