<p>Im just another CALS ED kid who just can't wait until 2:00 PST Thursday </p>
<p>Residence: California
Income: Average
Race: Indian (Asian)
UnWGPA: 3.82 [ 2Bs junior year five Bs junior year]
WGPA:4.3/4.5</p>
<p>SATI: 720 CR 770 M 730 W 11:E total: 2220</p>
<p>Sat II: 730 M 740 Chm 750 Ush
APs: 5 Calc 4 Stats 5 UsHist
Rank: top 10% (my school only ranks by deciles (10% intervals))
School Competition: relatively competitive
Course load: hardest possible ( taken(ing) ap calc bc ap econ ap stats ap ush) took all aps but comp sci and art history
Took college level Bio, Chem and Literature at local Community College during the school year</p>
<p>ECs:
VP FBLA (member for all years)
Treas. Mock Trial (member for two years)
Prez/capt improv team (member for three years)
prez/capt soccer team ("member" for all years")
Act in large scale productions
Prez/shift leader of hospital junior auxiliary (400 hours and counting)
Financial manager of Robotics Team
Financial manager of Drama department </p>
<p>Attended a summer program at UCSD regarding global economics and its role in pandemic prevention</p>
<p>Awards and Recognitions
6th regionally job interview fbla
3rd regionally entrepreneurship fbla
2nd regionally business ethics fbla
4th state wide business ethics fbla
1st state wide business management fbla freshman yr
2nd state wide business management fbla soph yr
1st state wide business management fbla junior yr
9th nationally business management (1000+ competitors)
6th nationally business management (1000+ competitors)
1st place in Bay-Area wide "tech challenge"</p>
<p>hey, got your visitor message. first of all, i want to say that you should relax! dont worry too much before thursday; the decisions have already been made. you can’t change the decision either way now, and worrying is not going to get anywhere. i know this, because im a big worrier myself.</p>
<p>as for your qualifications, your EC’s look really good. you have a lot of the same things i had when i was applying. stat-wise, GPA & SAT’s are good but not outstanding. what AEM looks for, though, is fit. hopefully you addressed your passion for it in your essay. overall, though, you seem very competitive. i would advise you to expect the worst and hope for the best. there’s really not much i can say to you right now or you could do, so don’t hype yourself up too much. and if you do get in come thursday, one of us in the dyson undergraduate council (formerly AEM ambassadors) look forward to congratulating you personally!</p>
<p>I think AEM is a reach for you, here’s why: 1. AEM ED can be more competitive than RD (<em>emphasis on can</em>) 2. Too many B’s 3. SAT scores are competitive but not enough to make up for your transcript (especially because you are an ORM) </p>
<p>1.) AEM ED is more competitive because many athletes take up spots. This is so because AEM, while very difficult to get into, is really easy once you’re in: it’s the ideal place for a coach to hide an athlete. </p>
<p>2.) You have too many B’s (self-explanatory). I think the only exception to this is possibly that your school engages in grade deflation and that your highest UW GPA is ~ 3.8. </p>
<p>3.) You are Asian (like me!). Data suggests that being an ORM is equivalent to cutting 50 points from your SAT score. </p>
<p>That said, I think that your ECs might make you stand out - your chances truly depend on how good your essays are, how good your school is, and how much you demonstrate fit in the college.</p>
<p>Thanks MT8989 your post really put things into perspective - something that is tough to do as a starry eyed cornell ed hopeful XD</p>
<p>As for my school it is pretty competitive but no so much so that a 3.8 is a top 5 % GPA. I am in the top 7-9% (odd numerical range but thats what my counselor gave me) so I guess it is moderately competitive.
My Essays were pretty well revised by “reliable” editors but I enjoyed writing them which for me at least generally indicates some level of quality.
It took my a while but I have “come to terms” (and I say this in jest) with my realistic chances of acceptance - which aren’t exactly winning odds. From my race and state of residence all the way to the specific program to which I am applying and the special attributes ( hiding athletes) of said program, this entire process seems to stack the odds against me - something that even I can find a bit of humor in. But in the end I guess we’ll all find out what Cornell’s admission board thought on December 9th! XD</p>