Chances / Suggestions

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Greetings everyone. I'm currently a Junior and wondering what my chances are at some schools.</p>

<p>White male attending fairly decent suburban public school
Unweighted GPA: By the time I'm done w/ Junior year, around 97-98
Weighted GPA: By the time I'm done w/ Junior year, around 105 or so</p>

<p>My school does number grades on a 100-point scale (obviously) and all of my grades are 95 or higher. I've taken all honors and AP's.</p>

<p>My school doesn't do rankings, but I know I'm in the top 5%.</p>

<p>AP Biology 5
AP Psychology (Junior year)
AP Chemistry (Junior year)
AP US History (Junior year)</p>

<p>Next year I will take AP Comp Sci AB, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Gov't, Honors Physics.</p>

<p>I got a 218 on my PSAT, and I've been working hard to improve that. Expecting at least a 2200 on the new SAT.
SAT II: 800 Biology
Will be taking US History, Math IIc, and Chemistry.. expecting 750+</p>

<p>Member of the Drama Club (all 3 years) (While my EC's look rather meager, it is because Drama Club has drained all of my free time... our school is considered to have one of the best theater programs in the area)
Mathletes (Sophomore and Junior year)
Many different volunteer activities run through Student Civic (Senior Citizen Prom, Food Drives, etc.)
Best in School on AMC 10 last year
Best in school on AMC 12 this year.. qualified for AIME
NHS for Junior and Senior year.. planning to run for officer position.</p>

<p>Currently at an internship at a local web development company
Worked at McDonalds for a summer
Worked at a local district BOCES program over the summer as a teacher's assistant for K-7th graders.</p>

<p>My essays will be outstanding, as will my reccomendations.</p>

<p>Please give me my chances at
Cornell (Agriculture and Life Sciences... I'm a NY Resident)
I have my sights dead set on Cornell, will be applying ED. I am unsure of what other schools to apply to. Any suggestions?</p>

2

<p>I'd say your chances are pretty good right now. If you get your predicted scores, you have a very good chance. Your NY residency, ED, high GPA, solid test scores, good essays, and decent ecs should be enough, but it's not definite. Do you have any research/activities in science besides school coursework? You've scored well on biology exams, but a clear interest outside the classroom seems to be missing. You might want to consider a summer program. Everything else seems fine. :)</p>

3

<p>I'm going to be looking for some kind of research opportunity in Biology or Genetics with nearby SUNY Stony Brook during my senior year, hopefully. That should help out a bit :)</p>