<p>Hey Guys I'm a white male from a suburban town and from a 2A high school. My graduating class has approx. 300 people. What are my chances of getting into Cornell?</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: 1 of approx. 300
SAT I: 1440; Math:770 Verbal:670
SAT II Math Level 1: 760
SAT II Chem.: 720</p>
<p>Higher Level Classes:
AP Calc BC - 4 ; AB - 5
AP Chem - 4
AP US - 4
Frederick Community College Class - Film History 101</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Basketball
Varsity Outdoor Track
Key Club
Student Government Association
Model United Nations</p>
<p>Leadership:
Freshman Basketball Captain (9th Grade)
Junior Varsity Basketball Captain (10th Grade)
Student Government Web Site Committee Chairperson (10th - 12th Grade)
Student Government Treasurer (11th Grade)
Senior Class Council (12th Grade)
President and Founder of Model United Nations (12th Grade)
Maryland Boys State: President of City Council
Maryland Boys State: State Delegate</p>
<p>Community Service:
Approximately 180 Hours including:
Special Olympics Fall of 2004
Special Olympics Spring of 2005
Walk-a-thon for the Homeless Spring 2003
Middletown Basketball Camp Staff Member (Summers of '03 and '04)
Working with Autistic and Mentally Handicapped Children</p>
<p>Work:
National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity - Frederick Intern</p>
<p>To Assess your Chances check out the Profile of the Class of 2008</p>
<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/profile.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/profile.pdf</a>
For Example:
It lists the Sat Score Distribution showing the number that applied and the number admitted for various groupings:
For The math SAT I 700 - 800 there were 10,800 applicants and 4223 of them were offered admittance (39.1%).
For the Verbal SAT I<br>
700 - 800 there were 7,166 applicants and 3,249 offered admittance (45.3%)
650- 699 there were 4,725 applicants and 1,426 offered admittance (30.2%)</p>
<p>The IRP page shows other statistics by college, <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm</a></p>
<p>This link shows a page listing the % of students in the top 10% of their High School Class that compose the students admitted by each college. <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/Freshmen/top10.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/FactBook/Admissions/Undergraduate/Freshmen/top10.pdf</a></p>
<p>You need to decide which College or School at Cornell most interests you, so you can get a better idea of what the competition is.</p>
<p>They should be posting the stats for the Class of 2009 pretty soon.</p>
<p>Your Stats look competitive. </p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>you've got a pretty good chance. you look like every other good applicant. Make your essays and recs. put you over the top.</p>