Chances @ RD?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Just wondering where I would stand (i.e. good chance, maybe, or no way).</p>

<p>I'm a white, male from WA state (eastern part, not Seattle), and am a senior.</p>

<p>SAT I NEW: 2200 (740 M, 730 CR, 730 W)
SAT II: (760 Chem, 800 IIC, 730 US History)</p>

<p>My school doesn't offer many (read 2) AP's, but I'll graduate w/ lots of classes taken from my local community college.</p>

<p>GPA UW @ High School: 3.989
GPA UW @ College: 3.92-3.95</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>4+ yrs. HS math w/calculus as sophmore, 3 quarters college calculus 3.88 GPA, will have multivariable and differential equations
2+ yrs. HS science
3 quarters "Advanced Inorganic Chemistry" @ college w/ 3.8 GPA (94% avg.)
4+ yrs. Social Sciences/History
Will have 6 quarters Japanese @ college 3.95 GPA</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>4 yrs. varsity Math Team, 3 yrs varsity captain w/ state level finishes
4 yrs. varsity Knowledge Bowl, 3 yrs. varsity captain
2 yrs. National Honor Society Member (that's the max @ my school)
Eagle Scout
9 years private guitar instruction (I ROCK!!!)
participant of UDOC (a competitive pre-med interested program)
80+ hrs. volunteering @ local hospital</p>

<p>Hook:</p>

<p>I'm thinking of a math-doing boy scout as the "picture" I want to paint. BTW, the career I want to get into is dentistry (the surgery side), but I thought that might complicate things (do you think so?) since I would then be a math-whiz eagle scout dentist to be.</p>

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<p>I think you'll get into cornell with no problems at all. I don't know if saying you want to be a dentist will complicate things. Are you going to apply to higher Ivies too? Because you have a good chance at a lot of those also..</p>

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<p>scores and GPA are competitive, and strong ECs in my opinion
i would be careful to not paint yourself as the "math math" type . .because from what I've heard, Cornell likes diversified and well-rounded people</p>

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<p>Yeah, I applied to Princeton ED, but I got deffered so we'll see how that goes later...So you think that I'd have a "good" (i.e. as good as anyone can) chance?</p>

<p>So the pigeonholing as a math-type might be a bad idea? In all actuality I'm REALLY interested in political philosophy and astronomy, but I don't have any EC's that attest to that (but I do in math). I'm good at math, but I'm not really gung hoe about learning it. What do you think?</p>

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<p>Just my opinion . . lol, i'm applying RD as well
the math would work for something, like, say Engineering, but I think you need to make yourself seem like a all rounded individual, not just a math nerd</p>

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<p>k, that's good, because I'm not a math nerd. Well, maybe a little :I So if I ditch the "math nerd" thing and just present it as one aspect of my personality, what do you think my chances would be?</p>

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<p>As good as anyone with/without the math nerd thing . . .</p>

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<p>Which would be? 1) Sure thing, 2) Great, 3) Pretty Good, 4) So-so, 5) don't bother. Yeah yeah, I'm trying to quantize things but remember, I'm sortof a math guy ;></p>

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<p>4) So-so, in my uninformed opinion.</p>

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<p>Yeah? That's not too bad. I figure a #3 is doing just about as good as you can.</p>

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<p>i think ur in pretty ez... just from ur academic info</p>

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<p>Anybody else have another opinion?</p>

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<p>i think you sound great. but be careful to paint yourself only as you are- you are strong enough to stand on your own without a hook. your scores are competitive and so is your GPA. you're very solid, just be yourself.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that's always nice to hear :D Oh, btw I too am applying to Mac!</p>