Cornell 2011 - Match/Reach?

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<p>On the What Are My Chances forum, two people told me Cornell is a match for me, but I definitely don't believe that.
Of course, I already submitted my app, but as Cornell is my first choice, I was wondering if anyone on here could give me some feedback as to my chances...</p>

<p>Cornell CAS</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA: Overall; 96.5/100.0
(Freshman; 94.9% / Sophomore; 97.1% / Junior; 97.4%)
Rank: 13 of 372 (Top 3.5%)
SAT I: 2330 (Critical Reading; 740, Math; 790, Writing; 800)
SAT II: Biology-E; 690, Math Level 1; 740</p>

<p>ECs/Awards:
Math Club - Officer, Vice-President, President
Mathlete Team - Captain
Certificate of Merit - New York Math League
Silver - Nassau County Interscholastic Math League (NCIML)
Spanish Club - President
School Newspaper - Feature Editor
Published by The America Library of Poetry
Local Youth Football Clinic Volunteer - Assistant Coach
General Student Organization Volunteer - Senior Leader
Studio Art
2nd Place - School Art Contest
National Honor Society
Honor Roll every semester
National Merit Semifinalist
1st Place - School Biology Fair
Brown University Summer Program
Babysitting job</p>

<p>State: New York
School Type: Private (Catholic)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Honest assessments greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>I think hardly anyone's a "match", but you seem really qualifyed. I don't see a real direction with your ec's, unless your majoring in...math? and your only science-related sat ii isn't great (by cornell standards). But, hopefully your well-roundedness and great scores/gpa will overcome those things. I'd wager you get in. Good luck and hope to see you with Cornell 2011!</p>

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<p>Thanks.
I don't really think many people are matches for Cornell either.</p>

<p>I think my varied ECs are sort of a testament to my wide range of interests... Math, writing, Spanish, biology... Pretty eclectic. I think that's okay for CAS though? I hope, I dunno. I'm not one of those people who knows what they wanna be yet, so I like to get involved in an assortment of things.</p>

<p>And yeah, my SAT IIs aren't the best, largely because my school doesn't offer AP classes... They average to approximately a 720, which is probably average/slightly below average for Cornell? I tried to compensate with my 2300+ though -- I'm above the 75th% ranges in all 3 sections (CR, M, and W).</p>