Cornell AEM Program - please advise

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<p>Hi,
If you applied to Cornell's AEM program, please share your stats and admission decision (as well as any other useful info).
My Junior is interested in the program, and any info would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Applied to Cornell AEM</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85 UW
ACT: 33 (35 english, 34 math, 33 reading, 29 science)</p>

<p>I’ll update this post with my decision in 7 days.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot, UVAorBust, and GOOD LUCK!!</p>

<p>If you don’t mind, please share info pertaining to your extracurricular activities and any additional info.</p>

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<p>SAT I: 2350 (750CR, 800M, 800W)
SAT II: 2x800
IB: 44/45
Awards: Many business related awards, school awards and math awards
ECs: 2300 (not a typo) hours of community service, 8 different activities with good leadership positions (all are geared towards community service but they are vastly different), 1 dance crew, 1 varsity sport, business, work experience (ranked in top 5 internships globally)
Nationality: Indian
Financial Aid: No</p>

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<p>Thanks.
What an impressive profile, RishabhB!
Are you an international student and have you applied ED?
Please update in 7 days with your decision…
Good luck!!!</p>

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<p>I’m a first-year AEM student now, and the following is basically the relevant part of what I posted last year around admission time. I applied ED, but got deferred and later accepted because of some material issues.</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 670/670/750

  • ACT: 29 (never submitted)
  • SAT II: 700 Math I, 720 Math II, 750 Biology, 790 U.S. History
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure about GPA, high 90’s average
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): somewhere from 3-10
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: English, AP Calculus AB, AP European History, AP Biology
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and Field Team (four years), National Honor Society (president)

  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service:
  • Summer Activities:
  • Essays: Very good. A former teacher of mine who was working on his political theory doctorate advised me.
  • Teacher Recommendation: One very good one and one fairly good one.
  • Counselor Rec: I never saw it, so I wouldn’t know.
  • Additional Rec: My coach sent a fairly good recommendation sometime in February.
  • Interview:
    </code></pre>
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<p>Thanks for the useful info, Islander4.</p>

<p>Are you pursuing a double major, and if so what is your second major?</p>

<p>Also, any tips you can offer to increase the chances of being admitted to AEM?</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

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<p>I’m not a double major, but as far as I can tell, standardized testing and some other numbers do not have as much weight on AEM admissions as it may with some other majors. That being said, AEM still only accepts only around 120 people each year, so distinction (essays, recommendations) is really important I would think.</p>

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<p>I’m an international RD applicant.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the tips, Islander4.</p>

<p>As per the AEM website:
Class of 2014: Admitted - 167; Enrolling - 111 </p>

<p>Did you apply ED and are you a NY State resident (I understand that CALS is committed to admit many NYS residents, since it is a NYS endowed school).</p>