<p>Everyone post your results, beginning at 5:01pm EST on Thursday.</p>
<p>I'll edit this later to reflect my own admissions decision.</p>
<p>lol oh man...what is it FOUR DAYS</p>
<p>copy from the MIT or Columbia boards so people know the proper format...</p>
<p>i think that there are some veteran Cornell posters that usually start these kind of threads</p>
<p>Deleted because my point has been made.</p>
<p>honestly who cares who starts the thread!</p>
<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...Only provide your decision, this forum is NOT for discussion or argument. Provide your stats, and read other applicant's stats.</p>
<p>Use the format below, delete spaces between the brackets when you post to get the right formatting.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>Decision: Pending...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA:
[</em>] Rank:
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[li] Gender:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED </p>
<p>CAS, BIOLOGY</p>
<p>The Reason For Getting Accepted: Mother's prayer</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED CoE!</p>
<p>Stats:
• SAT:2030
• SAT IIs:Chem 720 Math2 740
• GPA: 4.0
• Rank: 5/102
• Other stats:
Subjective:
• Essays: pretty good I'd say. Engineering one more passionate.
• Teacher Recs: Dunno- hopefully good
• Counselor Rec: seems like she likes me so again hopefully good.
• Hook (if any): none maybe being international and well traveled, or my athletics or my passion of music- I'm one of 8 percussionists chosen from around the world for the International Band Concert being held in Luxemburg this spring. Or is that not a hook? maybe not!!!!!
Location/Person:
• State or Country: Saudi Arabia
• School Type: private
• Ethnicity: Pakistani
• Gender: Male
General Comments: Cornell! Yeah baby!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1940 (660/650/630)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 - World History, 740 Chem, 660 Math Level I
[<em>] GPA: ~97/100 UW (Not sure of exact decimal and my school doesn't weight)
[</em>] Rank: Not given
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 30
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great I think (My English teacher liked them). I decided to not go straight forward in the supplement and actually used the change in Andy Roddick's tennis game over the past year as a metaphor for my intellectual interests.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing (At least the one I was able to read, but the other had to have been good since the other teacher is known for great ones and I had a 100 average in his class)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Assuming it's good since she always seemed impressed with me.
[<em>] Hook (if any): 7.5 years of martial arts maybe. Possibly that my school has a lot of success sending kids to Cornell.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York (Albany region)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: EC's: Cross-country, tennis, martial arts, Key Club, tutoring, NHS, Masterminds, Model UN Vice-President, and band for 7 years. I'm also a first generation college student.
General Comments: I know for sure Cornell is the place for me and I'm excited to have gotten in.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO CAS </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 2100 (740W/690R/670M)
SAT IIs: 760 Spanish, 660 US, horrible world history
GPA: 3.9
Rank: top 15%
Other stats: </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: Really funny and unique.
Teacher Recs: Amazing. They've both known me for a long time.
Counselor Rec: We're really close. She's written great recs for me before.
Hook (if any): URM, national achievement scholar, first generation college student</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Upstate New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: leadership, 450+ volunteering hours, went to cornell's multicultural thing. who knows?
General Comments: So glad I'm in! I can rip up those other college apps! ahhh</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted; School: HumEc</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2180 (740V, 670M, 770W)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 700 American History, 750 Literature</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0/4.0 Unweighted</li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>APs: Am. Hist. - 5</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I liked them and so did my english teacher</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: They must have been very good... and I think they were because both teachers liked me a lot...</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: again... must have been better than i anticipated</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Going to the World Individual Public Speaking and Debate Championships in March</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY resident... school in Ontario, Canada</li>
<li>School Type: private boarding</li>
<li>Ethnicity: caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: Reseach at the University at Buffalo on Policy issues (I am a PAM major); interview went OK; I had a good talk with HumEc admissions when I visited in the summer...</p>
<p>General Comments: really pumped...</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected from CALS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 2240- M: 800, W: 790, R: 650[/li][li] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 740, Physics: 700, Chemistry: 720[/li][li] GPA: 3.47/4.0[/li][li] Rank: doesn't rank[/li][li] State or Country: NJ[/li][li] School Type: Public Magnet **[/li][li] Ethnicity: **Asian[/li][li] Gender: Female[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Thought I'd (at least) get deferred....</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED-CALS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2160 (740CR 690M 730W)
SAT IIs: Math IC: 730, US History: 720, Math IIC: 670, Bio M: 620
GPA: 93UW, about 3.8/4.0
Rank: Top 20%
Other stats:
AP: Comp Sci A: 5, US History: 5, World History: 5, Physics B: 3</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good, showed fit at CALS
Teacher Recs: Computer Science: pretty good
Counselor Rec: pretty good, although i had a new guidance counselor-just started in my senior year
Hook (if any): NOPE</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State: NY
School Type: Competitive Public HS
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Attended CALS Summer College, A+ grade and on the Honor's List, 300+ hours in church praise team
worked with information systems during the summer of my junior year, did some lab work, Varsity Tennis, 150+ community service hours, National Honor Society
General Comments: YES!!!!!! See you all in the fall!!! Go CALS!!!!!</p>
<p>Originally deferred,
dad called alumni and development office, got a deferred with GT if rejected regular</p>
<p>hook: legacy</p>
<p>what does gt mean?</p>
<p>guaranteed transfer</p>
<p>bearcats, how does GT work? is it explained on cornell's website?</p>
<p>Accepted - Engineering School</p>
<p>SAT:2260 (750CR 730M 780W)
SAT IIs: 800 Chem; 790 SAT II
GPA:4.44
Rank:3/720
National Merit semi finalist</p>
<p>accepted - architecture</p>
<p>ACT: 33
SAT IIs: Matt IIC-680, Biology M-720
GPA: 3.98 uw, 4.76 w
APs: Biology- 5, Language-3
Rank: top 5%
finalist in the maryland distinguished scholars talent in the arts competition</p>