Click here if you applied to Cornell (2009)

<p>sure why not?</p>

<p>** CAS**</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200= 770W +750M + 680CR
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 790 M1, 750 M2, 710 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Bio, French Lang, Comp Sci A (all this year, my school is in Canada, and we have 4 years of pre requisites before each AP course, so its hard to take to many. Also we are not allowed to self study or take a course in a subject in which we are not enrolled (the cooresponding AP course.)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Comp Sci, Psych, English, Weight Training
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: Bronze, Silver, and Gold, (national Canadian award for community service, skill, phys recreation); Honour Roll 2004-present, ISTAR Academic Honours with Distinction 2008
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Leader for Girl Guides of Canada (3 years, over 1000 hours to date), Team Leader for Ismaili Young Volunteer Corps (2 years), Vancouver Ismaili Muslim youth Choir (Soprano 1, choir student rep, 3 years), Literacy Tutor at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation (1 year), Founder of the “Get Down With Downs” club at school to raise DS Awareness, Junior/ Senior Netball Team (4 years, Wing Attack) and many more.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor (2 years), Counsellor @ Camp Discovery (one month summer 2008)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: see extra curriculars
[<em>] Summer Activities: Shad Valley 2008 @ McMaster University (competitive program in canada to get into for students interested in Business and Science)
[</em>] Essays: excellent… common app was about a personal struggle, my Why Cornell (college interest) one was also very well written
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: so good! one made my family cry haha
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great!
[<em>] Additional Rec:none… .not really necessary.
[</em>] Interview: SOOO good!!! my second best out of 5!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): BC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: competitive “magnet” public
[</em>] Ethnicity: East African
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-120, 000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essay and ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of APs, hopefully they will look at it in school context
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not yet :wink:
[/ul]General Comments:
what do you think? I know its a crapshoot :P</p>