Chances for cornell?

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<p>Gender: female
Sat: 2110 cr:780 m:670 w: 660 ( all first time, hoping to raise it to a 2200)
Sat II: will take phys math and ush this spring
Ap: ush, eng lit and comp, bio, and calc.</p>

<p>note: these are ALL of my school's AP options despite my protests. My lack of APs are somewhat supplemented by my courses at a local community college: stats, psych, government, economics, English</p>

<p>Courseload: every single upper level class possible, several honors (in English, chemistry, pre calculus, world history)</p>

<p>Gpa: uw 96 point something, w 101 point something
Rank: top 2 percent, possible bid for valedictorian or salutatorian </p>

<p>Honors:
Principal's honor roll ( since freshman year)
Nca all American nominee: 2008,
2009, 2010
NCA all American admitted: 2009, 2010
Artwork selected for gallery show ( I have omitted details for security)</p>

<p>EC: varsity cheerleading 4 yrs, varsity lax 2 yrs, youth/ volunteer groups, student govt</p>

<p>Work experience: lifeguarding for 3 years all year round</p>

<p>Volunteer: during summer @ a local cat shelter, in various areas with my youth group, French tutoring </p>

<p>Summers: lifeguarding, cat shelter volunteering, will be attending summer@brown program </p>

<p>If I have forgotten anything please tell me! Thank you!</p>

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<p>I may also become CFR certified over the summer</p>

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<p>Nothing hurts you. Good chance.
Which college are you going for and do you have any ECs for it?</p>

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<p>Seems good, though nothing seems to really stand out. Are you planning on doing ED to Cornell?</p>

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<p>What do you mean by EC’s for cornell? As for early decision, it is definitely a possibility. My parents are only allowing me to apply to schools ED if we can afford it w/ o FA. Under the land grant act I can go to Cornell for state tuition.</p>

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<p>And remote, what do you suggest I do to “stand out”?</p>

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<p>“State Tuition”? Isn’t Cornell a private thus not having state tuition? Sorry if I’m wrong, I’m just being a total noob
:slight_smile:
EDIT: Oh, I see it now. Being a noob</p>

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<p>EC’s for Cornell refers to extra-curricular that relate to the course of study that you are pursuing - ie if you applying for Hotel School, you need hospitality/restaurant experience - if applying to AAP, you need Architecture/Design experience. Student Government and Cheer leading are sort-of generic and uninteresting, unless you can tell a great story about the experience. </p>

<p>Cornell’s state schools are both highly selective and highly specialized.
If applying to ILR, you’re going to need more than Student Gov. You need to be involved in some sort of labor issue or inequality-related community action, as well as involved in mock trial or debate or some other related activity. If your school has no forensics-related club, you need to start one.</p>

<p>If applying to HumEc, you need to figure out what HumEc program attracts you and start preparing. If you like Apparel Design / Fiber Science, start building a portfolio. If you like Nutritional Sciences, you should become involved in a community action effort to fight obesity. If you like Human Development, do something that shows that you care about something.</p>

<p>If applying to CALS, well, write great essays about volunteering at animal shelters or something. Just find relevant activities to the course of study that interests you at the school. It shouldn’t be that hard…</p>

<p>Basically, you have to want to go to Cornell for a reason… and you have to come off as an interesting, well-rounded,and motivated person.</p>

<p>If you manage to improve your SAT scores, and assuming your community college transcript is similar to your hs transcript, you have about a 50-70% chance of getting into Arts & Sciences ED. If you apply RD, you are doubtful… unless you write great essays. </p>

<p>You need to find more community action efforts or research opportunities, and you should rise to positions of responsibility within your organizations. If you can’t find anything that interests you in your community, you need to found an organization. </p>

<p>Applying only to schools w/o Financial Aid is an unrealistic limitation. Use this handy estimator to see about how much you’d pay at Cornell: [Financial</a> Aid Estimator | Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/cost-attend/financial-aid-estimator]Financial”>Financial Aid Calculator | Financial Aid)</p>

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<p>I’m inclined to disagree with WillHeMakeIt. I actually think your extracurriculars and GPA sound great and by no means are student government and cheerleading “sort-of generic and uninteresting”. But a lot is about how you manage to frame them - you have to convey what you’re passionate about and how the Cornell school fits your passions. It’s also great how you’re taking the most challenging courses available.</p>

<p>I know for CALS this year, the essay topic was “How have your interests and related experiences influenced your selection of major”? I applied to AEM (Applied Econ and Management) within CALS, and I just talked about how my interest in economics came about and how my interests could be met with specific Cornell programs and classes. Nothing even remotely about agriculture.</p>

<p>I’m sure doing extracurriculars that in some way relate to your intended school within Cornell will help, but I don’t think you HAVE to go out and join random clubs in those areas. </p>

<p>Good luck! I was accepted this year, but I’m not going.</p>