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<p>Hey everyone!
I am a rising senior and I am applying to Cornell Early Decision this fall. Do I have a chance? I am applying to CALS for Nutrition. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 32 (E: 35 M:33 R:33 S:27 Writing: 9)
- science is not that great - should I retake the ACT in September?
GPA (on a 5 point scale) Weighted: 5.83
Unweighted: 5.0
Classes:
Freshman- 3 honors, 3 regular classes
Soph - 4 honors, AP US History (5 on exam), 1 regular class (gym)
Junior - AP Gov, Econ & Eng Lang, all others honors (I did two sciences)
Senior: AP Calc BC, French AP, AP psych, AP Chem, Rhetoric (a dual enrollment English course with a local community college) and I am a teachers aid for a freshman gym class</p>

<p>ECs:
Math team (state competitor all years)
Sports med club - volunteer sports med aid
Key club - started a school supply drive for an orphanage in Thailand
French club (hoping to be president this year)
French honor society
National honor society
Out of school mini medical school program
Volunteer at local hospital in the cancer center (I want to go into nutritional oncology)
Cross Country (varsity 2 years)
This summer I am interning with a nutrition professor at a university - all of her research is nutrition based</p>

<p>Also, I was born in Australia and lived there for the first 10 years of my life - does this count for anything? I am an Aussie citizen and a permanent US resident. My mom never went to college and my stepfather is African American. That probably doesn't count for anything haha but it's worth a try? :) </p>

<p>Thank you in advance! Cornell is my dream school and I am in love with their nutrition program! Sorry for any funky formatting - I typed this on an iPhone.</p>

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<p>Forgot to add that my class rank is 2/500 ish. I am also a National Merit Commended Scholar.</p>

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<p>What does your GPA convert to out of 100?
Also what state do you live in, that will factor in for the contract colleges. CALS, HumEc, and ILR.</p>

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<p>ParadiseCity - I am from Illinois.
I honestly have no clue what my GPA is out of 100. Since I’ve received all As I’m assuming it would be 100? My school doesn’t grade based on A+, A,A-, etc so I have no way of knowing. My As are usually high so it would probably be above 96/97.</p>

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<p>Thats good, I asked because I don’t know the 5.0 scale. I’m also applying ED in the fall, except to HumEc. And about your ACT, the science section isn’t so much science as it is graph reading. Although if you don’t like your score you can take it again. A 32 is still within the CALS range.</p>

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<p>Good luck! I was between CALS and HumEC but decided CALS was a better fit. I will probably study a little this summer for the ACT and try to boost my science a few points, just to be safe. </p>

<p>I completely forgot to add that I am a girl. I’m not sure if that helps, especially for nutrition, but you never know!</p>

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<p>Thats a good question, I know that there are more girls than guys in HumEc. I’m not sure about specific majors though, I don’t know how one would get that information.</p>