<p>Hey, I'm a high school junior and looking to apply to Cornell (probably ED to CALS for Communication). I am also asking for recommendations on others schools with strong communication/pre-law programs (I really like Northwestern and UMaryland). Please do not recommend small liberal arts colleges--they are way too small/quiet for me! Thank you in advance; here are my stats:</p>
<p>White male
competitive NJ public school (~25/400)
4.15 W GPA with a strong upward trend</p>
<p>Legacy!</p>
<p>SAT: 2140
710 CR
700 M
730 W</p>
<p>ACT: 32</p>
<p>SAT II:
taking in June, probably around 740-770 on US and 700 on Math I</p>
<p>AP's
Soph Year: AP US 1
Jr Year: AP US 2 (hopefully 5 on the exam), AP English 3 (exam taken at the end of senior year)
Sr Year: AP European History, AP Environmental Science, AP English 4</p>
<p>(additional 5 other honors courses throughout high school)</p>
<p>EC’s
Leo Club Member (9-10), Treasurer (11-12) <a href="50%20hrs%20volunteer%20work">community service organization</a>
School's Literary Magazine member and contributor (10-11), Co-Editor (12)
6 Years of playing guitar in jazz/rock bands
Stage Crew and Running Crew for school dramas and musicals (10-12)
(100+ hrs)
Committee Member of Town Board (11-12) [local advisory board to help many aspects of my town]
National Honor Society [hope to be an officer]
Spanish Honor Society
Work with special needs children during the summer (3 years)</p>
<p>Plan to have strong essays and teacher recs</p>
<p>I mean honestly dude its really hard to tell.</p>
<p>I know people from my school with 35’s on their ACT that couldn’t get into state schools.
I also know people from other schools who had 31’s and sub 2000 sat scores and got into ivys. </p>
<p>I think your best bet is to put you’re all into the application process and hope for the best.</p>
<p>the scores and officer position you hope to get, and the strong recs and essays you plan to have are worthless unless you actually have them. If there’s one thing I found out it’s that the only thing they care about is what you have done, not what you plan on doing in the future.</p>
<p>I got into Cornell with basically the same test scores as yours, a lower GPA, but a considerably heavier courseload, about 2x as many AP’s and honors (each), and I’m a Native American, so take that for what it’s worth.</p>
<p>If you can get the test scores up, and I’d take Math II over Math I if I were you, then I think you’ve got a shot. It’s a crapshoot. Cornell may be the easiest Ivy to get into, but as it stands right now, 80% of the people that apply get rejected. </p>
<p>I’m not being an ass, I’m just being realistic. I got rejected (WL’d by 2 of them actually ) from the 7 other top 20 schools I applied to, so it’s really a crapshoot. Do your best, work your butt off the rest of this year, summer, and into next year, and put together the best application that you can.</p>
<p>I think one of the best ways to get in is having your extracurriculars reflect your interests. Not only do they look good on the common app but also give you talking points for your essays and interviews. Try to do something this summer, like an internship if its not too late, in something in communication or law. Don’t rely on being a Spanish National Honor Society officer to get you in because they probably like to see extracurriculars relevent to the college your applying too</p>