<p>i feel bad starting another chances thread but what are yalls opinions:</p>
<p>--GPA: 4.11/4.0 [1AP in 9th, 1 in 10th, 2 in 11th, 6 in 12th]
--Class Rank: 50/1309 in a very competitive school, one of the best in texas [plano senior high school]
--SAT I: 2250, 2230
--SAT I superscore: 2320 [M:800, CR: 730, W:790]
--SAT IIs: Math1:760, BiologyE:760, Physics:700</p>
<p>ECs:
--HealthOccupationsStudentsofAmerica (9-12th) (officer) [went to state twice and nationals once at competitions]
--Debate/Speech (9-12th) [degrees of distinction, excellence, honor, merit, for National Forensics League]
--ScienceFair (9-12th) (2nd twice and HM once, went to regionals all years)
--Researched a possible cancer treatment at UTexas Southwestern Med Center
--Continued research at UTexas at Dallas
--Volunteered at 2 hospitals and a clinic for a total of 192 hours
--Clinical Rotations Program in 10th [earned my certification to be a nurse's assistant] [also earned a CPR/First Aid cert.]
--National Honor Society (10-12th)
--Whiz Quiz (9-11th) (quiz bowl)
--Tennis (competitive tournaments in 9-10th, casually 11-12th) [advanced to championship level for US Tennis Association]
--Chess [US Chess Federation member 9-12th]
--Spanish Club and Math Club in 9th</p>
<p>--i was invited to and attended a medical leadership summit at Stanford this past summer</p>
<p>--Essays: Solid, one of my essays is really good and the others are ok
--Recs: Im pretty sure they should all be good</p>
<p>ok the only bad thing is that you may be overqualified for cornell-correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems they reject A LOT of really high scoring people. but your ec's are good too, so whatever, why is this thread even here? lol obviously u have a great chance.
please</p>
<p>I don't know if it is true or not but I've also heard about Cornell rejecting "over-qualified" people. Maybe they are trying to prevent people who use Cornell as a safety school from taking up spots for those who put Cornell as their No 1 choice. But owell, Cornell is a great Ivy. For the Ivies, no one can tell for sure whether someone's going to get in or not.</p>
<p>To Ursula:
If u look anything like ursula andress, call me!
To Kevinscool:
I know dude, it's not cool. haha but yea i dunno it does seem like a safety for u, when it's my REACH! come on, man, don't steal my spot! lol jk</p>
<p>trust me it's not a safety. its a slight reach, where as upenn, stanford and harvard are FARRRRRRRRRRRR reaches. I just applied to see if i could get in. Lol</p>
<p>honestly, i think the best way to figure out what your chances are is to find the decisions thread for this year's ed and last years regular and try to find people similar to you. if you look at the ed thread just keep in mind that it is a little easier to get in ed. the adcom's decisions mean a lot more in this process than our opinions.</p>
<p>Dang you are good. I am only 1700 :(. I had the same rating 3 years ago lol. I don't play that much anymore. I am thinking of getting back in though. Want above 2000 by end of senior year. I am a junior. Its not gonna happen.</p>
<p>It's not so much that they reject overqualified people (people with 2300+ SAT scores do get in), it's that Cornell isn't as stats-focused as most other top schools. Even in the ED decisions (where the applicant has to go to Cornell if accepted), you see a lot of high scorers rejected. This could either be good or bad news. It's bad news for the typical CCer because, from what I've seen, most of you guys have high scores but a laundry list of EC's and it seems only the 1900-2100 SAT scorers seem really excited about Cornell. Most of the 2200+ scorers have higher aspirations. Cornell can probably smell the lack of interest from a mile away or (2000 miles away for you CA applicants).</p>