<p>I am a 16 yr. old female.. going to be a senior at a competitive high school in southern California...</p>
<p>SATs:
1st try: CR 650, W 720, M 560
2nd try: CR 720, W 630, M 600</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Biology E- 630
US History- 750
Literature- 660</p>
<p>ACT:
1st try: 29</p>
<p>APs:
English Language: 4</p>
<p>GPA:
Freshman Year: UW 3.8, W 3.8
Sophomore Yr: UW 4.0, W 4.2 (2 honors classes)
Junior Year: UW 4.0, W 4.42 (3 honors, 1 AP class)
Senior Year core courses:
AP Gov
AP Spanish IV
AP English
Honors Physics
Math Analysis</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Club Soccer (since 6th grade)- 2 year Captain
HS Soccer (3 year Varsity)- Senior year Captain
California Scholarship Federation
Red Cross Club
High School Volleyball (2 years -Captain)</p>
<p>Awards:
Scholastic Acheivement Award (10th grade)- issued by teachers
CIF Academic All-League (2 years)
Most Improved Player (HS Soccer-11th grade)
Best Defensive Player (HS Volleyball-9th grade)</p>
<p>I would appreciate ANY suggestions for things I should focus on or highlight in my application </p>
<p>Cornell has different colleges..like Hotel, AEM, etc. Just click on the link above and you'll see.
Each college is different for what you want to study.</p>
<p>CAS is the most selective college at Cornell, so I think you have an okay chance, maybe a bit of a reach for you since CAS's selectivity is pretty outrageous :P
Best of luck!!! I'm trying for Cornell Human Ecology 2013 and really want to attend.
I'm already obsessing about Cornell and senior year of HS hasn't even started yet, lol.</p>
<p>tmc09.. It looks to me (keep in mind i'm not a college admissions official) that you would have a great shot in getting in to CAS. As always, i would reccomend a few more EC's while also keeping the leadership roles in your other EC's</p>
<p>Hey ChandlerBing, If you want to get into Cornell Human Ecology 2013 you should post your credentials and people can chance you.</p>
<p>I actually did dcro, in my other thread Human Ecology! Chance me/Opinions.
Only like two people are posting on it though, I'll go bump it to the top so more people can see it.</p>
<p>Hey Cornellians.
I'm definitely going to apply ED to HumEc because I fell in love with it, and I would just like all of your opinions on it.
How it compares to other Cornell colleges, what it looks like to medical schools, even (brace yourself) its prestige <em>gasp</em> :O
Also, chance me!! (I'm a rising senior)
GPA: 96-ish out of 100, unweighted and school does not rank
SAT: 780 math, 720 critical reading, 800 writing, 2300 composite
ACT: 33 (should I send this along with the SAT?)
SAT IIs: 790 Biology E, 750 Spanish, 760 World History, 680 Chemistry, 640 Math I, taking Math II in November and not going to show chem and math i
I have taken the hardest courseload available to me at my competitive and strong public high school, taking honors where APs were not offered.
AP World History- soph year-5
AP US History- jr year-5
AP Calculus BC- jr year-2 (I sent a letter to AP Services to cancel it)
AP Biology- jr year-5
Senior Year Courseload:
AP Spanish
AP English
AP Physics
Calculus 3
AP Economics, emphasis on micro
Very few students in my school have taken as difficult of a courseload as I have, only the top 8 or so who are enrolled in my double-advanced mathematics classes have done so.
Extracurriculars:
Job at an endocrinology office, 25 hours a week in summer, during all school vacations
Volunteering at local hospital every summer for 40-50 hours per summer, this is my third year of doing so
Co-President of school Masterminds (similar to QuizBowl/Jeopardy) team, 3 years of being a valuable asset to the team
Will start Russian Club (since I am the son of Jewish refugees from Russia) as well as Future Doctors of America Club senior year
Played piano for 11 years
Speak Russian fluently, and by far the strongest foreign language student in my class, possibly the entire school
Honors/Awards:
Honorable Mention in Toshiba ExploraVision Contest
Spanish Department Award for Excellence at the College Level</p>
<p>Chance me for Cornell HumEc primary choice and CALS alternate choice?
I'm going pre-med (so original)
Possibly being the son of Russian Jewish refugees/speaking Russian fluently will help me?</p>
<p>People always say "Get more ECs" and this answer is wrong. The admission people know when you are loading on ECs just to look good. It is more important to have ECs that you are passionate about and let that passion show in your essay. Just remember that the person that everybody laughs at; that everybody thinks is the dumbest person at Cornell, was one of the top students at their high school. You need quality over quantity. You need to show that you are a good fit at Cornell and not just another person who gets good grades.</p>
<p>tmc09: I think your SATs are your major weaknesses. I would improve all of your SATs, including Reasoning and Subject Tests. Your GPA is stellar and solid. I don't think I need to know your ethnic background, since it matters little (the common misconception is that URM boosts your chance significantly - not the case in selective college - although it does help).</p>
<p>Keep in mind that one of the requirement for A&S is that it "requires strong involvement in the liberal arts." I hope you have been involved in some sort of liberal art ECs; examples include drama, literature club, book club, or activities that involve languages, philosophy, literature, sciences, or humanities in general. I hope this gives you a generic idea of what A&S is expecting. :D Best wishes!</p>