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<p>I might be applying ED; am i a competitive enough applicant?</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Income: will not be needing aid
URM?: nope, Indian
State: NJ</p>

<p>Intended Major:
civil engineering</p>

<p>GPA UW: 94.5/100 we don't weight
Class Rank: we don't report rank; probably top 10/70 though</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
MathII- 780
Bio- 740
Physics in october- estimating at least 770</p>

<p>SAT: 2260
CR 710
Math 780
Writing 770</p>

<p>APs: 5 on AB calc and bio</p>

<p>Courses: I go to a Magnet school, where all courses are considerd Honors level
9th Grade:
Biology
Tech
Combined Algebra
Spanish I
World History
English I
Fitness
Foundations of Science/Data Analysis</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Chemistry
Physics
Tech
Pre-Calculus (skipped geometry over the summer)
Spanish II
U.S. History I
English II
Fitness</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Tech
Spanish III
U.S. History II
English III
Fitness</p>

<p>12th Grade Anticipated:
AP Physics C: E/M
AP Literature
AP Chem
AP Euro
Multivariable Calculus-(self studying BC calc over the summer)
Fitness
Tech
Comm Media (we have to take "arts" requirement to graduate)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Tennis (9-12)- co-captain 11th and 12th
Dance-
Bharatanatyam since age 6; have completed an arangetram (solo dance recital symbolizing graduation)-highest possible achievement
FOGANA dance competition summer of 08- 1st place Regionals; 2nd place Nationals; also participating this summer, going for 1st place nationals
Active member of:
National Honor Society
Student Council
Science Olympiad- secretary '08-'09; treasurer '09-'10
Math League</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
hospital: 100+ hours
library: 50+ hours</p>

<p>Junior Year Summer:
Paid internship at an engineering company in NYC; 3 days a week, 9-5:30 for 9 weeks
also:
teaching dance at my dance school
volunteering at hospital</p>

<p>my recs are going to be great
essays will be great as well</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>bumppppppp?</p>

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<p>Pretty average for a cornell applicant I’d say. Not bad at all, but nothing spectacular.
Your extracurriculars are, to be frank, all over the place and are not coherent with your intended major (except the one engineering job).</p>

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<p>hmm see i would have loved to have more ecs that were engineering related, but like what else is there to do…
was hoping my math league/science olympiad clubs and my course selections would show my passion for engineering…but i guess that doesn’t work?</p>

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<p>If you stress it enough it is fine. I ONLY wrote about science competitions and what not and I applied to CAS.</p>

<p>Your scores are pretty decent but again, higher the better.</p>

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<p>I have doubts about the importance of relevant ECs - I literally had none that applied to Engineering and I got in - with slightly higher scores, I must note.</p>

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<p>sat is good. SAT II is not that bad. GPA is a bit on the low side. You can probably pick some ECs to support engineer, dont think its that important. I know plenty of cornell engineers that didn’t do any engineer related EC. some barely even had any EC lol. </p>

<p>Don’t really think it will help since its 12th grade but maybe you can take differential equations after multi if your school offers.</p>

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<p>30-40% chance I’d say</p>

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<p>Like most applicants, you’re the definition of a Bright, Well-Rounded Student. You would fit into almost any college on paper, but you’ll need to write great essays and have great teacher recs in order to stand out from like 80% of applicants who all look very similar on paper.</p>

<p>Of course, you’re a girl applying to Engineering, which may be the biggest plus for you. Even so, engineering applications look much more at the raw numbers like SAT scores (especially in science and math), AP scores, and GPA. They also want to see that you’ve won awards in math, science, and engineering competitions, although that’s not necessary, just another plus.</p>

<p>Good Luck though, and I wouldn’t stress that much. College is just one step in your journey through life. :)</p>