Chances for COE

<p>I'm interested in Computer Science and possibly double major/minor with Econ. What are my chances for this?</p>

<p>Profile:
School: Public, IL
Gender: Male
Year: Senior
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
GPA: 3.97 UW 4.68 W.
Rank: 2/1100</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I: 2390, superscored 2 sittings
ACT: 36 superscored, 2 sittings
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem
AP: 8 so far, one 4 and all others 5.
Taking mostly AP's and Calculus 3 next year</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
JV/Varsity Cross Country Team (10-12)
Played for Club Soccer Team outside of school (9-12)
Student Council (10-12) Class Representative
WYSE/JETS Competition (10-12) Vice President
BPA-Business Professionals of America (10-12)
Scholastic Bowl (10-12)
Interact Community Service Club(10-12)</p>

<p>Awards:
Some regional stuff through Scholastic Bowl, WYSE, and JETS.
1st in state for Java Programming, 2nd for C++, 12th at nationals for Java (all in BPA)
National AP Scholar
Likely National Merit Finalist(235 PSAT)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
125 or so hours at hospital and in activities at my school</p>

<p>Very solid, you have an amazing shot. BTW, as a CS major starting cornell next year, what did u do for the 1st in state for java (or C++)? I never heard of these competitions xD</p>

<p>Chances are more than excellent. You may even qualify for [Hunter</a> Rawlings III Presidential Research Scholars](<a href=“Cornell Commitment | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>Cornell Commitment | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University) . As an incoming freshman you don’t apply for it. If you are selected, they will let you know mid-March of the year you are applying for.</p>

<p>@slurmz: The competition was basically a coding contest where you were given a business-related problem to create a program for, and you were judged on the effectiveness of it and your speed. The problems aren’t incredibly challenging or anything, but I did have to learn a bit of coding on my own. </p>

<p>@2coll: Thanks for the input. Does Cornell offer any merit based scholarships?</p>

<p>No there are no merit based scholarships at Cornell only need based. However, if you quality you have Presidential Research Scholarship, Meining Scholarship, (google Cornell Commitment). You also have BioRes Fellowship if your research is related to the biological field, then there is NASA grant, and other external corporate awards. All these are highly competitive.</p>

<p>bump… does anyone else have any input?</p>

<p>Excellent chance!</p>