Chances Please

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<p>I'd apppreciate any comment son my chance for cornell (rd) CAS</p>

<p>Name: Ian
Ethnicity: African American Male
School: Queens High School for the Sciences at York College ( a specialized high school in nyc...its competitive...we have had students sent to top schools such as Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Uchicago..in only two graduating years with each class of around 90 students...unfortunately no HYP acceptances)
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 600 CR 610M 630W OUUUUUUCHH!!!!
SAT2: 700 BIo 620 US (TAKING MATH AND BIO AGAIN IN OCT.)
I TOOK THE ACT IN SEPTEMBER AND HOPE TO RECIEVE A 30+ SO I DONT AHVE TO SEND THESE
Courseload: ALL Academic Classes are honors. My school doesn't offer many AP classes. I took AP BIO and AP US so far.
AP Grades: BIo- 4 US - 2 (ouch)
Senior Courseloud: AP Lit, AP French, AP Calculus BC, Senior Math Team, Advanced Swimming, Astronomy
Awards:
Venture Scholar
Lincoln Douglass Debate Octafinalists
Women's History Month Essay Contest Finalists
Poety Contest Finalists (poem is going to be published)
Programs:
NYU STEP PROGRAM
York College Now Jazz
York College Blue Notes
Clubs:
Co Founder of Baroque Club (Violin)
Captain of Debate Team
Drama Club
Swim Team
Summer:
Engineering Internship
Job at Daycare
Activites:
A Pletheora of Community Service
I can play the piano, trumpet, and violin
trumpet-a jazz group
violin-orchestra
piano- have completed NYSSMA</p>

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<p>sigh i no chances threads are foolsih..but i wish someone would chance me lol...</p>

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<p>i am usually the one asking for chances, but as someone who has read hundreds of chances threads for tens of colleges i'm going to go ahead and hope that you somewhat respect my opinion</p>

<p>gpa is there if its UW, sats are obv right below the range for sats which is annoying and which probably cannot be made up for as easily with CAS because its harder to show a match to that college, ECs look good</p>

<p>IMO, if they somehow look over your SAT scores which I hear cornell is good about, you stand a chance right now but so do most people who apply, so you really need to hope for the best but at this point you're probably working with a reach</p>

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<p>oh and by the way i think you need to send in at least 2 SAT II's which would mean even if you want to send in your 30+ ACT you'd still need to send in 2 SAT's and therefore by default also your SAT scores</p>

<p>is your sat score your SUPERSCORE? (as in best from each section combined over multiple sittings)</p>