<p>3.67 UW GPA (4.24 W, 3.84 UW without freshman year) - hardest curriculum available at a well-regarded public HS</p>
<p>35 ACT</p>
<p>taking Math II, Physics, & Chem SAT subject tests in Oct...gonna get all 800s </p>
<p>Extra-currics:
-Editor-in-Chief of school yearbook (award-winning)
-Leader of volunteers for inner-city relief work with underprivileged kids
-Varsity Forensics team (consistent tourney finalist/semifinalist)
-Varsity ski team (skiied since age 3; also have raced Nastar since I was a kid)
-JV A tennis team
-Robotics team (FIRST & local tourneys)
-Freshman mentor</p>
<p>Work:
Lifeguard (year-round)
Kumon tutor
Babysitter</p>
<p>Community service:
-Providing free day care to underprivileged kids/ beautifying the city of Detroit
-art camp counselor
-Safety Town instructor
-tutor</p>
<p>Honors:
NHS
President's Service Award
Distinction in Forensics
AP Scholar
Principal's List</p>
<p>Fantastic essays, great recs (physics & math teachers)</p>
<p>Biomed engineering major</p>
<p>White female from MI</p>
<p>I think the said on the Princeton board that you could probably get into most Ivy’s. No exception here.</p>
<p>Princeton?? Nooo way, when I posted in the Pton one they killed me with criticism</p>
<p>I can only speak for myself.</p>
<p>I do think Princeton’s a high reach or me, especially with my UW GPA. So you think my chances at Cornell are pretty solid?</p>
<p>You still have the subject tests, but I think your essays, recommendations, and other stuff will be very important. You’ll also need to figure out which college you’re going to apply to since both CALS and Engineering offer your intended major.</p>
<p>hahaha thanks for answering! what does CALS stand for? does cornell give any merit-based aid?</p>
<p>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Did you visit the link? >_>)</p>
<p>As for the aid, Cornell and other Ivy’s don’t give merit-based aid, but instead give need-based aid, which is based on “financial need”. They determine that with tax returns, pay stubs, and other data.</p>
<p>I’m on the CC app so I can’t easily visit it! And I don’t want to study agriculture!</p>
<p>:| It’s not really agriculture per se, but CALS has several majors, some of which aren’t even agriculture related. I’m a business major in CALS, and I knew a communications major in the college, as well as a brilliant pre-med in biological engineering. Cornell has some of the top engineering programs in the country, and you’ll be best served to do some research before applying.</p>
<p>What’s the advantage of doing one over the other for engineering???</p>
<p>Each college has its own set of courses and its own requirements. Whichever college you choose is probably going to depend on that. It’ll also help if you could actually visit webpages. :|</p>
<p>I’ll have to look at them soon! Does engineering in CALS use the same resources as the Engineering school does? And is Cornell awesome or is it kinda in the middle of nowhere?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the first question since I’m not an engineer. As for Cornell, it’s in a smaller city (Ithaca) in central New York. No major cities are really close by (New York is 4-5 hours and Buffalo is 3-4), but there’s still quite a bit of stuff on campus and around campus. If I’m not mistaken, Cornell is the largest of all the Ivy schools. There are plenty of useful topics on this board about Cornell, Ithaca, and other stuff.</p>
<p>Ahhhh Liv, another one to look at, eh :-)</p>
<p>For a woman, Engineering is probably easier to get into than CAS. Acceptance rate is somewhat over 1/3.</p>
<p><a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000147.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000147.pdf</a></p>
<p>Haha sorry I’m just freakin out! Your daughter got into Cornell right? Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Is she super excited about NU??</p>