Chances of getting into Cornell, Columbia, NYU ?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Race: White
Gender: Male
Family income: most likely do not qualify for need-based aid


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Academics

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GPA: 4.0 (weighted/4.0 scale) / Weighted Avg: 100.62
PSAT: 1250 (1520 scale) [R/W: 600 / Math: 650]
SAT I: 1390 (1600 scale) [R/W: 650 / Math: 740] - will take again
SAT II: Chemistry: 690 / Math 2: 640
AP: AB Calc: 5 / APES: 4 / Eng Lang: 3 / US Gov: 3 / US Hist: (did not pass)
Rank: Top 10 in high school cohort


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Extracurriculars

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-Robotics/Arduino club (10th/11th)
-Senior center volunteer (11th)
-Arista Honor Society/NHS (11th/12th)
-Database application design bootcamp at NYUL (11th)
-Intro to Engineering College Now course at CUNY school mechanical/computer engineering


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Desired Department/Major

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Cornell: Engineering / Computer Science
Columbia: Engineering School / Computer Science
NYU: Tandon School of Engineering / Computer Science

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Thank you

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Your stats are a little low for those schools (esp engineering departments) TBH. Perhaps keep them as a reach and try to find more schools where your stats are in the top 75% for school’s admits… (keep in mind that the new SAT is running about 60-80 points easier than the old one so you might really need above a 1500 for an ivy and for eng. SATII Math 2 my guess is you’ll need to bring that score up a 100 points for ivy)

Perhaps look at CUNY? You might get good merit there.

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Agree with @runswimyoga, Cornell and Columbia are both very high reaches with your test scores. NYU is probably a high match.

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Thanks for the info. Considering the same intended major, would my chances be at least slightly higher for UPenn and Rensselaer? Or hard to tell?

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NYU: Tandon School of Engineering has an acceptance rate of 60 - 75%, so very easy to get into - High Match.

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Not for UPenn at all -but yes for Rensselaer!