Chances Shot Already?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey. currently, i'm an asian sophomore, and will be a junior in the fall. i have many MANY people from my school who have made it to cornell, and cornell is currently my dream school. i doubt i'll get in...any suggestions?</p>

<p>i go to a small suburban township in new jersey. my graduating class is about 600 kids, my rank is def. in the top 10 percent, but we dont know exactly until senior year. anyways, here're my stats:</p>

<p>unweighted GPA
9th grade 10th (first semester)</p>

<p>Algebra 2 E 92% 3.68 precalc E 83% 3.32
French2 CP 88% 3.52 french3 CP 87% 3.48
English 1 CP 90% 3.6 english2 E 85% 3.4
WorldHistCP 90% 3.72 US histI E 90% 3.6
Biology I E 94% 3.76 Chem I E 94% 9.76
Cartooning* 94% 3.76 Orcestra 99% 3.96
Comp sci* 89% 3.56 </p>

<p>*semester course</p>

<p>i am in all of the highest courses availible, with the exception of english freshman year. i am also a year ahead of everyone else(except for about 20) in math. here're my courses for the next two years, in which i hope to get straight As.</p>

<p>junior yr<br>
AP gov<br>
AP USH<br>
Phys E<br>
AP Calc AB
French 4 CP
AP english</p>

<p>Senior yr
AP Physics
AP Calc BC
AP Art
AP french
independant study *
AP Bio</p>

<p>*my school requires an extra study hall or independant study for students who double up on sciences.</p>

<p>here're my extra curriculars:</p>

<p>-Model UN/Congress-4 yr member, president junior year, mentor senior year
-FBLA-vice president 2 yrs(9/10), president 2 yrs(11/12)
-Science League - Bio/Chem/Physics team, 4 yrs. top scorer
-Science Olympiad - 3 yr member 10,11,12
-Rutgers Academic challenge- we went to semifinals, freshman yr. only one year due to discontinuation of the competition
-Student Council. freshman yr
-Class Cabinet. Freshman yr
-WSSP waksman research program. its a program by rutgers university, where students help decode the genome of nematodes, and carry out new genetic experiments. i will be interning at rutgers over the summer next year, and be copresident my junior year. we will be attending the AAAS national meeting this year.
-National Honour Society- junior and senior year
-National French Honour Society - junior and senior year
-Art club - i'm founding it this year, and will be president this and next year (10,11) at least
-Outside Art Classes
-Outside culture classes - Chinese School 6+ yrs
-Violin 4+ yrs</p>

<p>Summer activities:
'03 - rutgers prep summer school - Geometry
'04 - CTY- latin
'05 - rutgers prep summer school - French or physics
Waksman institute internship
'06 - governers school (hopefully)
RSI(hopefully)</p>

<p>i got a 730 twice on the bio sat II
and i'm assuming i'll fare decently on the new SAT, hopefully 2100+.</p>

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<p>dude... ur a sophmore... i think thats all im going to say.</p>

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<p>^not really, there are sophomores who are preparing that early, and IMO, if it doesn't hurt them in any way, sphomores are smart to start early.</p>

<p>back to the original poster, your EC's are not much stand outs. All that seems pretty decent, is your Art Club that YOU oragnized. I suggest cutting out all the freshman-year-only clubs, since they don't count at all. Also, keep in mind that many colleges look for a 3-year commitment, from at least 10th to 12th. (With exception of only junior or only senior clubs).</p>

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<p>Interesting Tami. You didn't tell me it was good to be on here as a sophomore. You told me I should get a life basically and that I wasn't going to a good college because there are loads of freshman in AP classes.</p>

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<p>tami, i think my ECs are enough. i'm easily the most active student in my grade. and will most likely get better. i am guaranteed, more or less, at least 4-5 presidential/vice presidential positions in the next 2 years. i'm also most likely getting research recognition at the "big" national American Association for the Advancement of Science convetntion for the research paper i'll be publishing. additionallly, i'll be going to a model UN conference overseas, and since i'm a great debater, i'll be up for international acheivement. </p>

<p>the thing i'm worried about is my grades. i have 2 Bs as final grades, albeit high. and i'm worried that that'll be the thing that kills me.</p>

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<p>Interesting Tami. You didn't tell me it was good to be on here as a sophomore. You told me I should get a life basically and that I wasn't going to a good college because there are loads of freshman in AP classes.</p>

<p>When did I tell you it wasn't good to be on here as a sophomore? And I never told you to get a life. And I never said you WEREN'T going to a good college, I just said that you have to take into consideration the competition you're up against. Or did you miss THAT point as well, as you did with all my other posts?</p>

<p>I never realized how dense a person could be, until now. Maybe you should get your facts straight before posting some BS about a post you don't understand.</p>

<p>And evilolive, that's great that you think your EC's are great. I was telling you my opinion, from what I've seen. The point I was making is that you didn't have a three-year commitment, since you posted (freshman yr) and I believed you were referring to only being a member for 1 year, which as a matter of fact, really DOES NOT MATTER much to colleges. Also,did you post any of that in your original post? NO. So there was no way I could have know your "most likely" awards, now is there?</p>

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<p>tami...you seem tense. chill down.</p>

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<p>riiiigghhht. whatever.</p>

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<p>Ladies and gentlemen, I think Tami is getting a bit offended.</p>

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<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't care.</p>

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<p>Lol..seriously...everyone just chill.</p>

<p>But I think she's mad because you made up stuff she never said, Texas.</p>

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<p>I wasn't quoting her exactly, sorry if I exaggerated. Hear that, I'm sorry Tami. I'm honestly sorry and I want to make ammends. Besides I think you're cool now since I saw the way you handled eliteprincess.</p>