Chances of getting into Cornell ED?

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<p>Hii I'm a high school junior and I visited Cornell today and really fell in love. I would love to go there but I need to know whether I would even be able to make it. (I would apply to the College of Arts and Sciences or College of Human Ecology) I think in terms of my numbers I'm pretty good; I'm happy with my transcript and GPA. I'm taking the SAT again in a few weeks to improve my score a bit. </p>

<p>SAT: 2160
(Critical Reading 700, Math 750)
GPA: 98.5
Transcript:
last year: AP World (4), AP Psych (5)
this year: AP US History, AP Lang
next year: AP Calc AB, AP US Gov, AP Bio, AP Art History, AP Lit, AP Spanish</p>

<p>What I'm concerned about is extracurriculars. I have a really weak resume of extracurriculars. This year I joined a few more clubs, but it's still not enough considering that I don't do sports. </p>

<p>ECs
DECA Business Club (9th-12th)
Future Leaders of America (10-12)
Interact Community Service Club (9)
Awareness Community Service club (11-12)
Young Woman's Forum (11-12)
Book Club (11-12)</p>

<p>Volunteered at nursing home over the summer - (~100 hours)
Dance - Tap/Jazz/Ballet/Contemporary (2002-2010)
Last summer took a marketing course at Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC
This summer: applied to summer precollege programs at Emory University and Barnard College</p>

<p>I'm curious to see what you think my chances are as of now. Also I want advice as to what I can do to raise these chances between now and next year. I plan on doing a precollege program at a university, but my summer is open to suggestions. I plan on running for leadership positions in the Awareness Community Service club and Future Leaders of America. I also want to do some more volunteer work. </p>

<p>HELP ME OUT, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK :)</p>

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<p>All Ivy League schools are reach, that being said Cornell’s ED has a high acceptance rate (~30%) in relative comparison. So it will boil down to your essays. Your grades are good BUT you didn’t challenge yourself enough this year (Idk if your school had more AP’s you could take, if not then ignore this sentence). You have a chance but your EC’s are very weak. Summer Pre-college programs are great learning experiences, but are not good as EC’s because they arent really honorable. I think you should work on that. Leadership will help but consider doing something unorthodox with your current passions and your chances will balance out and match the remainder of your application.</p>

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<p>An extra 150 points on your SAT would go a long way. Maybe try memorizing every vocab to increase your Critical Reading score. Whatever helps. Cause a 2300 looks so much better than a 2160.
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