Chances for ED Cornell as an Early College Student

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Demographics: White male Early College student. Will graduate from high school in May with Associates degree in Business

Intended Major(s): Accounting

ACT/SAT/SAT II: Test-Optional

UW/W GPA and Rank: UW 3.8, W 4.3.

Coursework: Fully dual-enrolled since Junior year, will finish high school with 60 college credits (will be applying as a freshman though). 11th grade: Business 101: A, Nutrition: A, Calculus: A, Computer Science: A, College Writing: B, Statistics: A, Honors History: B, Critical Research: A, Theater: A, Honors Communications: A

Awards: Dean’s List throughout college program, member of PTK (largest national community college honors society), MVP of high school’s football team, school-wide scholar athlete award, finalist for national high school photography contest

Extracurriculars:

Entrepreneurship: ran multiple e-commerce businesses throughout high school. Most successful was eBay business that took up ~ 15 hours a week (this is what I will specify on Common App)

Football: 3 year varsity starter, 2 year captain

Residential Real Estate Intern: all last summer. Really just helped around open houses but learned a lot about local market

Community College Honors Society: vice-president of my college’s chapter of PTK with over 400 members. Last semester to present (Lots of involvement in college organizations that I didn’t list)

Nursing Home Volunteer: all of high school for 5 hours a week

Fast Food: worked drive-thru at a fast food restaurant all of 11th grade (30 hour weeks)

Photography: pursued in my free time, part of photography club. National recognition as listed above

Track and Field: 9th grade only. Ran in state meets, was a top runner but not the best

Charity Race Volunteer: helped organize annual charity race in my town. Recruited local businesses to participate in race festivities, did this every year

Essays/LORs/Other: Essay is pretty good maybe 8/10. i wrote about two businesses I ran throughout high school. LORs both 9/10 from college professors (calculus + business)

Schools: List of colleges I’m applying to: ED Cornell, EA Babson, EA Georgetown, RD UPenn

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Congratulations on your considerable achievements and good luck.

I don’t think you can apply EA to Georgetown if you apply ED to Cornell.

“In keeping with this principle, students applying under the Early Action program may not apply to any binding Early Decision programs since they then would not be free to choose Georgetown if admitted.”

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I don’t see you getting in ED. But you’ve accomplished a lot and it’s not impossible.

Why Cornell ? It’s not highly rated in accounting per se.

I just think your GPA is too low, combined with no test score.

That said, you’ll have an Associate so you need to see if you even get in on the first year track or you are considered a transfer because you may be.

I think you’ll get into Babson but I would not say it’s a safety.

Make sure you add a safety - look at your in-state flagship or a school like Ohio State, Indiana, or Arizona State.

If you want to be on the smaller side, Case Western is a slight reach. But Richmond a match, SMU a likely, Miami Ohio a safety. Bentley would be a safety - the compliment to Babson.

Good luck.

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SC Johnson/Dyson is test blind again this year.

OP, agree you can’t also apply to Georgetown EA if you apply to Cornell ED. Georgetown is also not test optional if you have taken any ACT or SAT test(s)…have you?

I can’t chance you, but Cornell, Penn, and Georgetown are reaches. Babson may be a match, but not enough info to say.

Is Cornell affordable per their net price calculator?

What other colleges are on your list? What is your home state?

Can you also please clarify…are you in a regular HS taking dual enrollment classes, or are you in early college, like Bard at Simon’s Rock?

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