chances (please!)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Academic Achievements</p>

<p>Urban League for Bergen County
African-American Scholar</p>

<p>Excellence Award from the Urban
League for Bergen County</p>

<p>National Honor Roll</p>

<p>United States Achievement Academy</p>

<p>National Honor Society</p>

<pre><code>Principal’s Honor Roll

High Honor Roll

Honor Roll
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<p>School Activities</p>

<pre><code>Music
</code></pre>

<p>Marching Band, grades 9, 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>Flute Choir, grades 9, 10, 12</p>

<p>Pit Orchestra, grade 11</p>

<p>Concert Band, grades 9, 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>Sports</p>

<p>Tennis, grades 10, 11 (player)
Grade 12 (manager)</p>

<p>Clubs</p>

<pre><code>Literary Magazine, grades 11, 12
</code></pre>

<p>THREAD (performing arts), grades 11, 12</p>

<p>Studio 2B (Girl Scouts), grade 12</p>

<p>Rank: 39 out of 377. GPA: 4.072
3 Ap classes this year/2 honors
I've been taking honors ever since freshman year
my grades are very unstable. freshman year bad, sophmore year straight As, junior year mainly As (like 2 Bs or something), this year...er. 5 As, 2 Bs, one C (don't shoot me! AP Chem is hard...)
SATs...here comes the horrible part...1640. Gasp! But I'm almost certain I've gone up because I retook it and the first time I was really tired.
So...yeah. You can tell me how funny it is that I'm even applying now.
Oh, and I'm African American, if that helps. And a girl.</p>

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<p>Forgot this:
Private Organization Memberships</p>

<pre><code>Church choir, grade 9
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<p>Work</p>

<p>Secretary at Benjamin Franklin Middle School, grade 11 (the summer before)</p>

<p>Tutored a 3rd grader in reading and math, grade 10</p>

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<p>whats ur SAT out of 1600 (minus writing)</p>

<p>I don't think you can make it due to your low SAT score</p>

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<p>Good luck =)</p>

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<p>out of 1600...like 1150 I think...dang.</p>

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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>The SAT score is definitely the weakest link in your app. Ultimately, what will make the AdCom overlook it is the relationship they have with your high school. They get a lot of applicants from Bergen County, so they are likely to know your school well. Does it have a strong reputation? If so, this will help them to overlook your scores. They do realize that some of us are just bad test-takers and that we have bad days. </p>

<p>How are your SATIIs and APs? These may help, too. Remember, they use SATs merely to standardize your grades, that is, get a better idea of how an A at high school X compares to an A at high school Y.</p>