<p>I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what my chances for getting into Cornell are.
I live in India but am a domestic applicant (i.e. a US citizen)
11th grade scores- Mostly A's and ranked in the top 5% of this school.
The 10th grade scores are lower.
My SAT score is 2250 (Math 800, CR 760, W 690)</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars:-
I have not been involved in any international contest like the IMO.</p>
<p>Selection for a couple of national seminars in graduate mathematics
(Representation Theory, Commutative Algebra, Topology)
The indian equivalent of the USAMO in grades 10th and 11th (but didn't do well at the IMO selection camp tests)
The RMO which is more or less similar to the AIME (500 people selected from the country) in grades 9th and 10th. </p>
<p>Clubs (Do they really matter?)
Math problem solving club
Reading club (Western literature)</p>
<p>Active involvement in community service.</p>
<p>I have represented my school in a couple of tennis tournaments but no awards.</p>
<p>I am sending a recommendation from a university mathematics professor. It will be really strong and will certainly help me.
The English teacher's recommendation is quite good too. (I wrote parts of it).</p>
<p>I have 3 papers in mathematics (far from being groundbreaking research).
2 in abstract algebra and 1 in combinatorial mathematics. But Cornell probably doesn't consider additional material.</p>