<p>well Cornell sent me an app so i decided why not!
Asian Male/CA
SAT 1: 2140 730 cr 720 wr 690 math (one sitting)
GPA: unweighted 3.4
Freshman year:
Alg 2 honors
Eng honors
BIO
Spanish
History
Soph year:
Eng honors
HIst honors
Math Analysis
Chem honors
Spanish
Junior year:
Ap ENg
AP physics
AP calc
HIstory honors
i got to ARcadia High School (ranked 190 in nation, public school) </p>
<p>Hooks/EXC: Internship for MIcrosoft (400 hours, 2 summers) Have written rec from them :D pretty nice, 4 years free tutoring at a Kumon, tennis 4 years </p>
<p>Essays: great</p>
<p>Annual Income: 23000 (dad works in korea so he sends us moeny, not recorded as American income) </p>
<p>yeah, i know everything on my application is strong/competitive except my GPA which has really been a thorn in my side for all the schools im applying too..so i really dunno what will happen w/ cornell seeing Northwestern rejected me from Early Decision</p>
<p>gpa is not important
i got in CAS with a 200/1021 rank...
but maybe its cause i had extenuating circumstances that was explained.... you should too if there are any</p>
<p>iono my family suppsoedly makse 23000 a year ? hahaha. Im not banking on Cornell but id love to go there. Its my reach/dream school not a realistic school i can get into. I think i have a shot if they get past my GPA and look at my SAT and internship and essays. but iono maybe u guys think my GPA is too much of a factor</p>
<p>I'll give you a real estimate. You will have 33.3333...% chance of getting in, 33.3333...% chance of getting rejected, and 33.3333...% chance of getting waitlisted. No wait, actually you have a 50% chance of going and 50% chance of not going. See? Easy.</p>
<p>how low is ur gpa really? cornell might take into account that u do go to a competitive school, as long as ur class rank isn't that bad. </p>
<p>when i applied early decision this year, i had less than average sat score, but high gpa, class rank, and great essay + rec. so transcript defi worked in my favor here (i got in), but maybe the opposite will happen in your case. Because i know from my acceptance that cornell does look at the whole package and does not have some sort of cut off score for the sat's. </p>
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<li>i'm just afraid cornell's see u as someone who's bright but not willing to work hard if u have high sat and low gpa. but get some great rec from teachers who love u and write the best essay the admission officers have yet to see. good luck.</li>
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<p>my class rank is decent im prlly in top 15-20 percent. my gpa is really a 3.4 including freshman year. but i wasnt lazy i just went over my head w/ scheudling. Took too many honos classes in a span of Freshman + Sophmore year (2 fresh, 3 sopH) and i just wasn't prepared to take the work load so i got B's in a few of those classes. </p>
<p>My essays turned out great since my AP ENG teacher who ive had a great relationship with since 9th grade (also wrote me a spectalar rec, top of his career for personality/energy) helped me write my essays about my Microsoft Internship. I really dont expect to get in, haha i nkow im reaching too far with my GPA, but thanks for the support guys.</p>
<p>hey flong,
i also have high sats and not-as-high gpa(in an ultra comptetitive school), but great internships/ec stuff and great recs/essays. hopefully we will both get in! best of luck :)</p>