***CORNELL CLASS OF 2020 ED RESULTS ONLY***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: College of Human Ecology FSAD

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR 730 M 760 W 790
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math 2 800, US History 780, Lit 780, World History 730, Spanish 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62 (at the end of Junior year, 3.66 right now)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not submitted but probably top 40%
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5, LANG 5, WH 4, ENVI SCI 4, LIT 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, English Honors, AP Studio Art, AP Psychology, AP Physics 1,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective: Message me if interested

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: probably not spectacular
Counselor Rec: not that good probably
Additional Rec:
Interview:not spectacular, but pretty long (1 hour)
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: FSAD
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): Korea but go to boarding school in US
School Type: Private, Boarding
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): CASE STUDY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FSAD!!!

Reflection

Strengths: Case study, SAT 2s, portfolio, essays were really genuine, ECs
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Case study, fit
Weaknesses: GPA, not spectacular recs, so so test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Your GPA matters less than your fit! It is important to demonstrate why and how you could excel in your major (esp for HUMEC!)

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Decision: ACCEPTED!!! :smiley:

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CAS

SAT I (breakdown): 2270. CR: 700. Math: 800. Writing: 770.
ACT (breakdown): 30 - did not submit
SAT II: 800 Math II, 710 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): hmmm, i have 97/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Calculus AB (5), European History (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, AP Scholar and some others. Not notable. A few minor writing awards.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): just check out here, i’m so lazy to fill out: Minh Le's Profile | ZeeMee
Found an organization, a club, president of one and some other minor stuff.

Job/Work Experience: volunteer at state hospital
Summer Activities: studies Neuroscience on Harvard online course, Middle East politics on Boston University’s online course
Essays: Hmm, common App I would give myself 8/10. My Eng teacher loves it though. My Cornell essay is probably 9/10. I love it, probably one of the essays that I write with my heart.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 - my history teacher adores me. And the other one is 6-7/10, pretty generic. Haven’t read it but she doesn’t know me well.
Counselor Rec: haven’t read.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!!!
Intended Major: Literature… Haha, that’s what I put but I think I will major in Government/Politics or Psychology alongside as well :slight_smile:
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant): USA. But i’m a F-1 international student. Come to US 2 years ago.
School Type: Private catholic. A bad school that only have 3-5 people got into Ivy League in 100 years. Our average SAT score is 1200, way below national standard.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: XX
Income Bracket: very, very low. Gonna need a lot of aid.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hmmm, probably an anti-hook since I’m asian but I think my love for literature really show me who I am.

Reflection: CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT IN! I’m still waiting for financial aid. If I don’t get enough I will have to withdraw from the school :frowning:

Strengths: essays, SAT, some of my ECs, recommendations,
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: LITERATURE!!! Can I just say I am so obsessed with novels, writing, books in general and I show that even though I learn English only for 3 years ago I love reading Shakespeare :smiley:
Weaknesses: hmmm, tepid awards. I did not win anything major or big. My minor writing essay awards probably show my love for writing though :slight_smile:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Probably mah essay :slight_smile: and my ECs page :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 31, 31 Superscore 33
SAT II: Literature 710 Physics 610
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 4 English 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Psych, H Human Anatomy & Physiology, AP Biology, PreCalc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar, Human Relations Award, Freshman Leadership Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchesis, Mock Trial Team, Pre-professional dance company member
Job/Work Experience: Child caretaker (Summer)
Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life, National Honor Society (NHS), National English HS, Math HS, Civitas (Social Studies HS), Science HS,
Summer Activities: Dance, work
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview: Yes
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Multiple
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy, strong commitment to both academics and dance

Reflection: Honest essays are most effective. Writing what you think they want to hear is likely what most people will say. Also, applying to the college where you have the most fit and speaking to that, I feel, demonstrates compatibility with that college and any innate passion you have for that area of study.

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my passion for sciences and art (dance) and how they are interconnected;
Weaknesses: SAT subject test scores, work experience
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Essay

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Decision: Accepted

School: CALS Biological Sciences

SAT I (breakdown): did not send
ACT: 31 (31 English 28 Math 31 Writing 33 Science)
SAT II: did not send
weighted GPA (out of 100): 95.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (3) can only take AP’s junior and senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Econ, religious perspectives, AP calc, Honors anatomy, AP Stat, Honors Lit, Honors Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major only local academic excellence

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rowing (4 years, captain, lifting coordinator), frisbee club (secretary), freshman mentoring program, key club (started key club in our school), trumpet (5 years), Spanish tutoring
Job/Work Experience: bus boy and dock hand
Volunteer/Community service: food bank (junior and senior year summers, 125 hours), rowing camp counselor and coach (2 summers)
Summer Activities: same as work and volunteer sections
Essays: common app was about overcoming the swedish teachings of jantelagen (I’m swedish lived there for 9 years). It’s basically the idea that everyone should strive to be average and try not to excel in a particular area. Supplement was about my interest in medicine/biology and how CALS can be a gateway for me to continue my progress towards having s profession in those fields. Additional info section was about the passing of my father sophomore year and how it has affected my financial situation. I pay my own tuition and my mom has had to take up 2 jobs.
Teacher Recommendation: AP chem teacher (known her for 3 years 7 to 8/10), spanish teacher, (2 years, favorite teacher ever and we have a great relationship 8/10)
Counselor Rec: great she was my math teacher freshman and our counsellors are close to their students 8/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: none offered
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: biological sciences
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: black
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <65,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): black, swedish, partial rowing coaches support

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: how I fit for CALS and my transition to american schooling
Weaknesses: ACT, not great ec’s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: rowing coach help, essays and recs
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: LaSalle and Rutgers early action
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: black swede

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Decision: Rejected

Name of Cornell College you applied to: College of Engineering (Computer Science)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2210/2400, 1510/1600 (770M, 740CR, 700W)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 770 Math II, 730 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/70
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), APUSH (4), Lang (4), Stats (tbd), Physics C E&M (tbd), MacroEcon (tbd), MicroEcon (tbd), Lit (tbd)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stats, AP Physics C E&M, AP MacroEcon, AP MicroEcon, AP Lit , Senior Symposium

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, NHS, National German Exam Gold Levels I and II

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Main ones:
multi-varsity Athlete (captain of both),
ISS Research Team (Head Programmer),
Odyssey of the Mind,
Student Government,
COSMOS UCSD 2014 (computer science)

Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Around 100 Hours
Summer Activities: COSMOS UCSD, CS61A at UC Berkeley
Essays:
Common App: 9/10 (wrote about collaboration),

Cornell Supplement: 7/10, in hindsight it appeared manufactured, I talked about tree recursion and Python functions. Fun stuff, but I think it came off as insincere, even though it really wasn’t

Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 Physics and Calc Teacher, 9/10 AP Language and Composition Teacher. I know both of them really well.
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: It was mediocre. The interviewer was somewhat aggressive, even though it was supposed to be a casual interview and not evaluative at all.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (rip)
Gender: Male (double rip)
Income Bracket: <75k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Computer Science focused ECs? Probably not because I got rejected.

Reflection
Eh, I guess the AdComs didn’t like me. My supplement probably came off as braggadocios, because I talked about things that the AdComs probably didn’t understand, like tree recursion, big O notation, efficiency of functions and what not. Oh well, it just wasn’t meant to be.

I would say, if you’re looking at this wondering how to get in, do not try to hard sell yourself. Just be honest, and the AdComs will either like you or not. That’s all there is to it. You have to be vulnerable to the AdComs, so they see you as a real person and resonate with you. Ofc, you should have a good GPA, and over a 33 on ACT or over 2200 on the SAT. That would give you the best chance.

Strengths: Test scores, CS Focused ECs,
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: CS knowledge, Intuitive student
Weaknesses: Too many. GPA, No major awards, Asian Male in Computer Science, Being too Lit for Cornell.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Weaknesses
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet, although I’m applying to 24 schools in total. I’m bound to get into a few good ones, so there are no worries.
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application:
CS Knowledge, Interest in Engineering.

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Decision: Accepted

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

ACT (breakdown): 24
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/46
Senior Year Course Load: Physics,College Calculus, College English, College Government

Extracurriculars: National Honor Society (president), Math club (lead coefficient) Academic allstars, Varsity soccer (state champion)
Job/Work Experience: Family BBQ business
Volunteer/Community service: Sunday School teacher, wrestling statistician, Christian Ed member, Dairy Princess
Summer Activities: Empire Girls State
Essays: A+
Teacher Recommendation: A+
Counselor Rec: A+
Additional Rec: A+
Interview: None

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Food science
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Small public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

Reflection
I am completely shocked.

Strengths: I have a strong connection to agriculture and knew exactly what I wanted to major in.
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My connection agriculture
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I knew what I wanted to do in CALS and have a passion for it. Being dairy princess also helped.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Liberty, Cedarville and Gordon College.
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Dairy Princess, competitive for state title. Also I am a legacy and knew exactly what I wanted to do

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College of Engineering: Accepted

Objective

  • [] SAT (breakdown): 2250 (740 CR, 800 M, 710 W)
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): n/a
    [] SAT II: Biology M (720), Math II (800), Physics (780)
    [    ] Weighted GPA: 4.49/4
    [] Ranking: n/a
    [    ] AP: Computer Science (5), US History (4), Psychology (5), Calc BC (5), Language and Composition (5)
    [] Senior year course load: AP statistics, AP us gov + politics, AP lit and comp, AP spanish, honors multivariable calculus, honors organic chemistry
    [    ] Major awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
    - National semi-finalist to Moody’s Mega Math Competition (math research paper writing competition)
    - Questbridge National Finalist
    - NJMTA 10 year piano award
    - AP Scholar with distinction
    - National Merit Commended Scholar
    - Scholastic Art and Writing Silver and Gold

Subjective

  • [] Extracurriculars (Leadersip; years of involvement):
    - Yearbook (Chief; 4 yrs), consumed my life
    - Literary Magazine (Chief; 4 yrs)
    - Newspaper (Chief; 4 yrs), consumed my life
    - Math league (Regional rep; 4 yrs)
    - Computer science league (4 yrs)
    - Art Honor Society (3 yrs), painted a bunch of murals around the school
    - National Honor Society (3 yrs)
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: none
    [] Volunteer, Community Service:
    - Korean school assistant teacher for 4+ years (also represented school in regional translation and writing competitions, but this part is not comm. service)
    - Played piano at local senior citizen home for 4+ years
    - Church altar service
    [    ] Summer activities: Columbia summer program for high school students - writing workshop, soph. year // otherwise, reading, writing, studying, coding
    [] Essays:
    - Common App: 8/10 - about the lack of passion in education recently; kids at my school tend to just “study” but don’t care about “learning”
    - Supplement: 9/10 - talked about how engineering is an art to me, literally. connected my love for art w/engineering, etc.
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation (waived FERPA):
    - AP Lang teacher (jr.), also lit mag club adviser (8/10): she’s really nice and she kind of likes me??? i think??? hard to tell lol
    - AP Compsci teacher (soph.), also math team coach and compsci team coach (6.5/10): he’s brutally honest but he doesn’t have a negative opinion of me (i hope)
    [] Counselor Recommendation (waived FERPA): 9/10 she’s so nice and sweet and she has always listened when I had a hard time esp. during soph and jr year
    [    ] Additional Recommendation: n/a
    [] Interview: alumni interview, it was eh, about 40 minutes. i kind of ended up talking about writing instead of computer science, so… lmao
    [    ] Additional Information: I had a medical issue in sophomore and junior year that influenced me emotionally and physically. I kind of “got over” it come senior year, but it’s still not “over.” I wrote briefly about it and that it was a good experience for me because it has made me stronger.

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for financial aid: yes
[] Intended major: computer science (woo)
[] State: NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: small (but competitive) public
[] Ethnicity/race: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income bracket: < 40k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): woman in engineering???[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: um. idk. my publication clubs? my essays? my gender despite my intended major???
[] What you tried to focus on in your application: that my artsiness is actually a Secret Weapon To Conquer Engineering, lmao
[] Weaknesses: barely any engineering-affiliated ECs =__=
[] Why you think you were accepted: honestly i have no idea. I was legit singing “rejection” as I opened my decision lol. I think my essays were pretty good? I’m not too bad at writing… so i guess…
[] Other college decisions: none brah, dis be ED
[] Your “Big Red” factor: o___o
[li] Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in, and best of luck to everyone else! I believe in y’all. Remember that your swag is still swag no matter who decides you’re “accepted” or not![/li][/ul]

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CALS, Dyson

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 33, 36 reading, 36 writing, 33 math, 31 science, 31 grammer
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.18 out of 100 ~ 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (2, 3, 5, 5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov and Pol, AP Macro, AP Calc BC, Film Studies, AP Statistics, AP Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): country orchestra, figure skating, math team (president), model UN (overseeing adviser), FBLA, Origami and Rubik’s Cube Club,
Job/Work Experience: Ice skating instructor, waitress
Volunteer/Community service: Christian Mission Outreach Programs

Summer Activities: Brown Supper Program, counselor at camp, study abroad in South Africa, India, and Belgium
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: 2 teacher recs
Counselor Rec: 1
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Alumni interview went well
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Applied Economics and Management
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dad is alumni, dual South African Citizenship

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: why I stand out for cals specifically (I want to do environmental economics)
Weaknesses: grades and act score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: great essays
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My broad diversity in sports, music, economics, international travel, and that i’ve done a lot of things in my past relating to Economics

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (superscore)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (E35 R35 M36 S35)
SAT II: 800 MII 800 PHY 800 CHN
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 45/45 (IB predicted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~ 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): 45/45 (IB predicted)
Senior Year Course Load: 4HLs, 2 SLs

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Intl
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Tests
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Focused ECs
Weaknesses: ethnicity & gender
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: cornell is the first school to reply
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: cornell summer college

Potential foreshadowing:

  1. If your financial aid portal was updated: didn’t apply for FA
  2. If Cornell asked for your first quarter grades: no
  3. If your Applicant portal was disabled in the days leading up to the decision:
  4. If Cornell offered you an interview: yes, alumni
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** Decision: Rejected**

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CALS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): C-33 E-35 M-30 R-36 S-31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) US Gov (4) Macro (3) English lit (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: I’m taking 8 APs, Latin III, and Ocean Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
NLE Cum Laude
National AP Scholar with honor
1st honors
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout, earned all 137 BSA merit badges, bunch of other stuff I don’t feel like writing
Job/Work Experience: Barista for 6 months
Volunteer/Community service: Peru mission trip
Summer Activities: BSA stuff
Essays: bth were 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: no clue/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea
Intended Major: Food Science
State (if domestic applicant): NE
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: Filipino/White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I sacrificed my UPenn legacy status :’(

Reflection
I’m still in shock. I know my stats aren’t perfect, but there was a lot more I don’t want to type out. I can’t believe I wasn’t deferred, just straight up rejected. This college admissions thing is way harder than I thought! I was a great fit. Applied to CALS from a rural location.

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Great fit, i thought.
Weaknesses: Asian? Average Recommendations? AP Scores? I was suspended as well, but it wasn’t for anything big.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I can’t believe I wasn’t deferred fuuuuuuuu
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet :frowning: Just Cornell
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Homeschooled, oldest of 7, rural location, NE idfk

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: ILR

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank students
AP (place score in parenthesis): Literature (5), World (4), US (4), Language and Composition (currently taking), Government (currently taking)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language and Composition, AP Government, Regents Pre-Calc, Regents Physics, Honors French, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book Award, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (team captain), NHS (vice-president), Leo Club - Community Service Club (vice president), Tri-M Music Honors Society, International Club, Odyssey Creative Writing Club, Varsity Rowing (Scholastic Representative), school show
Job/Work Experience: Job-shadowed Senator MaGee and Senator Valesky in Albany through League of Women Voters, Internship at Madison County Local Government through Cornell Cooperative Extension (4H), lots of babysitting and housesitting
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours, some abroad at a home for children in Peru and in a village affected by flooding in Italy
Summer Activities: most summers abroad: Peru, Italy, au-pairing for a family for 2 months in France and Belgium
Essays: not bad. One about Peru, when I had to bring a sick infant to the hospital from the home in a sketchy bus and navigate by myself for 3+ hours while attempting to understand Spanish and to keep the baby from screaming too much. The other specifically about why I loved ILR so much, mock trial, my dad’s an employment lawyer so I’m interested in employment law, etc.
Teacher Recommendation: French teacher (had her since 6th grade, 7 years, and traveled on a school trip to Quebec. She talked about my International Relations interests and how I picked up Spanish last year, the only other language my school offers), AP Gov/AP US teacher (mayor of my town, attended Harvard, had him for 2 years, he has very differing beliefs than me and we debate a lot, so he discussed my interest in politics), and my neighbor (professor at Syracuse University who I discuss politics a lot with as well, talked about me from a professor’s point of view)
Counselor Rec: don’t know him well, probably generic
Interview: went pretty well! we talked for over an hour about the ILR School and how great Cornell is, she didn’t really ask me any questions other than general interests, etc
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Industrial and Labor Relations
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not really sure, but my mom’s a doctor and my dad’s a lawyer
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe mock trial? I know the mock trial team is strong at the ILR school

Reflection

Strengths: extra-curriculars, transcript
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: general fit for the school. Mock trial, extra-curriculars, love of law and politics
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: no idea but I couldn’t be happier!!!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to McGill, Tulane, University of Vermont, and Fordham. Not rejected anywhere.
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: maybe team captain/regionals/5 years of mock trial, since ILR has an award-winning mock trial team that I believe won the national competition last year.

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Decision: Accepted

College of Engineering

SAT I (breakdown): One try: 2360 (Math: 760 CR: 800 Writing: 800)
ACT (breakdown): One try: Composite: 35 (Math: 36 Science: 36 Reading: 35 Writing: 31 (30 Writing Composite))
SAT II: Math II: 800 Chem: 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Only do weighted at my HS, ~4.0ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5) CompSci1(5) Euro(5) Stats(5) Calc AB(5) Physics 1(4) Literature(4) APUSH (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Bio, French 6 (College 301 Equivalent), Calc 2 (at local state college, we don’t offer BC here), AP Macro, AP US Gov, Band, Health (required)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): hahahaha awards? you’re funny

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (captain), Student Gov’t (pres.) Engineering Club (Pres.) Former Class Treasurer and President
Job/Work Experience: Marketing Research Firm (analyst, site manager, general technical handyman)
Volunteer/Community service: Taught English in Taiwan this summer, teach chess at local library weekly
Summer Activities: ^^^ and Stony Brook engineering camp once
Essays: Cornell supplement was decently stereotypical, wrote about AI and applications to elderly care citing faculty and departments over at Cornell CoE, Common Application had nothing to do with engineering, I wrote about my passion for teaching and leadership, focused on my teaching abroad and at home, as well as holding the student body together after a tragic event to a student.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty stellar. My old AP Lit teacher wrote one to match my common app essay and provide the human side to me, and my AP Calc and Stats teacher described academic performance.
Counselor Rec: Idk she writes dozens every year, I think she likes me, so I hope it was nice.
Additional Rec: Nope
Interview: Nope, I applied to CoE

Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): WELCOME TO NEW YOOOORRRKKK (Mid-Hudson Valley, not NYC, I know you were thinking it)
School Type: Public, small ~800 student body
Ethnicity: of the asian persuasion
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Need blind application? Idk what this helps with
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My brother is a senior in CALS

Strengths: Essay, while it had NOTHING to do with my intended major, I hope they liked it. It really discussed my passions as an individual rather than as a student, and a lot of it focused on the hectic day trying to keep the underclassmen calm and levelheaded as Student Gov’t leaders after our small town was rocked by a sophomore’s suicide which coincided with the date we planned pep rally (it was pretty rough for everyone).
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Love teaching, and bossin’ people around is pretty cool sometimes (when I know what I’m doing ~25% of the time)
Weaknesses: Just another Asian Male with high test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My stellar essays ofc, jk idk really I wasn’t expecting anything when I checked it. Maybe my brother helped a bit.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t EA anywhere
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: GET TO KNOW THE COLLEGE AND JUST EXUDE YOUR LOVE YOU REGULAR DECISION APPLICANTS. ALL HAIL BIG RED. OUR LORD AND/OR SAVIOR

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Decision: Accepted

Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (superscore) - 760 CR, 760 M, 770 W
November 2014: 760, 610, 620 (CR, M, W)
January 2015: 680, 720, 660
May 2015: 700, 710, 700
June 2015: 730, 760 770
ACT (breakdown): 30 (Did it once to try it, did horribly on the science section and got a 24)
SAT II: N/A (ILR does not want them)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.75
Weighted: 4.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 as of middle of Junior Year, but definitely more around 15-17 by the time I applied
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Eng. Lang. and Comp., 4 USH, 3 AP Physics (1/2), 2 Macroecon (just took the test without taking the class to see how I do)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit. and Comp., AP Statistics, H Engineering electives (2) for the engineering program that I’m in at my high school, CP Graphic Design, Gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not a single one ahaha

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rampage-School Newspaper (News Editor), Robotics (Team Co-Captain and President), Class Council (President Freshman and Junior years), Public Policy Group (Founder and President)
Job/Work Experience:
Campaign Fellow for a House of Representatives campaign
Intern for a NJ State Assembly Race
Intern for a Senator Cory Booker
Volunteer/Community service:
Holiday Festival (event school does for disadvantaged students in a nearby town) yearly
Local Nursing Home Volunteer (150+ hours)
Summer Activities: See Job/Work Experience
Essays:
Spent a lot of time on both my Common App and supplemental. Def. call the admissions office for the school you’re applying to, the officer I spoke to told me that they don’t like to see essays over 250 words (the word limit wasn’t stated for ILR).
Common App essay: Focused on my internship with the senator and how even though I was the only high schooler, no one could see the difference. Focus on work ethic, and then I also talked about my first congressional campaign and how that had a profound impact on the more personal side of me.
Supplemental: Focused on ILR and my fit with it. How ILR wasn’t trying to force me to do anything unlike the 4 years of my high school career (I thought I wanted to be an engineer so I’ve been in the UP program ever since). Also talked about the Public Policy Group and just in general showed my ambition.
Teacher Recommendation: Junior year history teacher and also advisor for class council; She liked me so I think she wrote a great essay & Soph. year english teacher (but she also was advisor for the newspaper); Def a 10/10, she loved me and I loved her so it was great
Counselor Rec: Prob better than most public school counselor recs., but she def didn’t have a lot of time to just focus on mine.
Additional Rec: 10/10; couldn’t be more grateful, I think this might have been the biggest factor
It was the candidate for the first campaign I worked on. He did an amazing job on it, and it literally left goosebumps on my arms
Interview: Went really well, we connected politically which I think was huge. (risky tactic, talking about politics, but it was def. a great conversation if anything)
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Industrial and Labor Relations
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Extracurriculars and Recs (and SAT)
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Just focus on my fit and tried to show them my ambition and my work ethic
Weaknesses: While my GPA was good, only reason it was so high was bc I took all H electives and AP’s my whole HS career (besides a Spanish 3 CPE I took soph. year). My grades Junior year were just cringe-worthy; 4 b’s and mainly A-
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: They saw my passion and ambition, and I hope that they saw that even though I put getting good grades and excelling academically below a lot of things, I excel at doing things in real life. My rec from the candidate for Congress was beyond amazing.
And while they prob get a lot of people who have great internships and jobs, I think they noticed that everything I did, I did myself. I used none of my parent’s connections or stuff like that, so they saw that I used my connections to build who I am and who I plan to be.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: None :slight_smile:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My ambition and my passion for politics.

OTHERS: Ahahaha yes those events prior gave me high blood pressure consistently. I won’t say don’t think about them bc you’re definitely going to, so here’s my experiences with that:

  1. Updated financial aid portal?
    Nope; last time I checked it still said initiated
  2. They didn’t ask, but I sent them as soon as I got them (November 20th)
  3. No, my self-service portal was still functioning (even when some people’s on CC couldn’t on decision day)
  4. ILR doesn’t do interviews, but I did get an interview with an alum in my town

I never posted, more stalked the Class of 2020 page, but huge thanks to everyone out there. It was such a helpful and positive community, and I hope future threads are just great.

I am more than willing to help anybody who has any questions, and I didn’t put some things on this for security purposes, but please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have ANY questions. My email is dominicllim@gmail.com, so feel free.

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2250 - 770 Reading 720 Math 760 Writing
ACT (breakdown): 34 - 34 English 36 Math 33 Reading 31 Science 30 Writing
SAT II: 770 Math II, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/433
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4) APUSH (4) AP Psych (5) AP Stat (3) (didn’t send any of them though)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB/BC, AP Chem, APES, AP Latin, Band,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/Honor, Gold on National Latin Exam

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
SAT/ACT peer mentor organization (founder, president)
Animated Art Club (co-founder, secretary)
Asian Cultural Club (treasurer)
NSHS
NHS
Band

Job/Work Experience: nothing
Volunteer/Community service: Cashier at Habitat for Humanity Restore
Summer Activities: Hospital volunteer last summer
Essays: commonapp - decent i guess
supplement - pretty good, i thought it showed good fit (wrote about math and wanting to be a vet and also talked about how my brother went to cornell )
Teacher Recommendation: idk probably just ok, i didn’t know them that well
Counselor Rec: probably just ok too, didn’t get to talk to her that much
Additional Rec: -
Interview: -
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: idk my supplement maybe???
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: NO IDEA THIS IS UNREAL
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: NOWHERE
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I LOVE YOU CORNELLLLL

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CALS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 610CR, 650W, 800M
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Biology 700, Chemistry 660, Math2 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB 5, Lang&comp 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance crew (President), Orchestra (Concertmistress), Math team, Photography, Key Club, Honor Society, Camp counselor
Job/Work Experience: Teacher Assistant/ Intern at warehouse/Waitress
Volunteer/Community service: Vice President of Youth Group
Summer Activities: Internship at warehouse
Additional Rec: Cornell alumn

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Management
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Youtuber
Weaknesses: Ethnicity, standardized tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Essay

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Decision: Rejected

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 M, 34 E, 33 R, 28 S) 33 superscore
SAT II: Math II (800), Biology M (730), Chemistry (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.26 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), APUSH, AP Lang, Chem, Bio (all 4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Honors physics, AP calc bc, AP stats, adv graphic design, multicultural lit, econ/gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar stuff

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Service trips to china for 2 summers (group leader), HOSA (co-president and founder), CHOICE (treasurer), solving rubix’s cubes competitively (3rd ranked female in California), foreign exchange program in china to teach english (yearbook manager), Volunteer at hospital, basketball (captain), Badminton (varsity), took classes at berkeley (AP bio and adv biotech)
Job/Work Experience: bookkeeping assistant
Volunteer/Community service: refer to above
Summer Activities: refer to above
Essays: Common App: I talked about how rubik’s cube competitions help me get over stage fright 8/10
Supplement: I talked about my love for bio and chem and how Cornell CAS will help me pursue it 6/10
Teacher Recommendation: APUSH teacher 8/10
AP Calc teacher 7/10
Counselor Rec: 0/10, she didnt even write one she just said “refer to teacher evaluations”
Additional Rec:
Interview: yes, it was fine
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: chemical biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

I am shocked and frustrated. I put my best effort into my applications and I really did not expect a rejection.

Strengths: Rubik’s cube EC, focused ecs (most health related) SAT II’s?, common app essay
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: 3rd ranked female in CA
Weaknesses: definitely supplement, my nonexistent counselor rec, act is on the low side, asian
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i have no idea
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Waiting on UChicago EA
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: cubing, but i guess it wasn’t unique enough

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Decision: Deferred

Name of Cornell College you applied to: Human Ecology
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1940 (650 CR, 640 M, 650 W)
ACT (breakdown): 28
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Latin, AP Macro Econ, Hon Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 200+ hours of community service, president of founder of one club, VP of another club, Class representative
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Summer Medical Program
Essays: Probably could’ve written a better supplement, but incredibly unique. 9/10, Common App Essay: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 for both probably
Counselor Rec: 9/10? idk i’m not allowed to read letters of rec
Additional Rec:
Interview: Alumni interview was pretty good

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Global and Public Health Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

Reflection: I was actually surprised by the referral, I thought I would be rejected

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: how i’ve lived outside of the US, and wrote my supplement around living in a developing country.
Weaknesses: standardized scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i have no clue
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application:

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Decision: Deferred

Name of Cornell College you applied to: Human Ecology (DEA)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 32 composite - 35 english, 31 math, 29 science, 34 reading
SAT II:
Weighted GPA: 4.24
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, I would guess top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp (5), Physics 1 (3), Enviro (4), World History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Principles of Engineering, Masterpieces (it’s an English class, not honors or AP), Spanish 4, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Stat, AP Computer Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Varsity Tennis for 4 years (Senior year: captain)
-Pole vaulting
-Writer on a team of teenagers for local newspaper (managing editor)
-Student Council (sophomore treasurer, junior president, student body VP)
-Technology Student Association (President - 2 years running)
-JSU (President - 2 years running)
-Theatre (Lead actress in many shows)
-International Thespian Society
-National Honor Society (Parliamentarian)
-Captain’s Council

Job/Work Experience:
-StandWithUs teen intern (kind of a big deal)

Volunteer/Community service:
-Key Club
-NHS (parliamentarian)
-Jewish Community Relations Council Student-to-Student program (go to private catholic schools and talk about being a jewish teen)

Summer Activities:
-Genesis Biology @ Brandeis University

Essays: I thought my essays couldn’t have been better. I had many people I really trust (one of whom has written and published a book and one of whom is a teacher at a really prestigious private high school) edit them. I’ve always been a very good writer and my essays were creative and my language command is quite good. I would say 9.5/10.

Supplements: For DEA (Design and Environmental Analysis) you have to do a 3-part design challenge. I spent 30+ hours on it and I thought I put everything I had into it. I thought it was really unique and I know I did the best I could on it.

Teacher Recommendation: I got 3:

  • Honors Biology and AP enviro teacher: 8/10
  • AP Government teacher: 9/10
  • Honors English 2 and Masterpieces teacher: 9/10

Counselor Rec:

  • She doesn’t really know me and I know her’s was really short and last minute: 6/10

Additional Rec:

  • Tennis Coach: 8/10

Interview: Human ecology does not do interviews

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Human Factors and Ergonomics
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: < $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
-I really focused on the DEA program and how it fits perfectly with my identity. I definitely sounded like the embodiment of the department - or at least that’s what I thought

Weaknesses: My ACT could be better and I didn’t report my SAT because I got a 1970 and I didn’t take subject tests because human ecology doesn’t require them. Also, my GPA isn’t perfect.

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I did the best in school my freshmen and sophomore year and last year I didn’t do as well (I got 3 B’s). I think they didn’t accept me because they want to see how I do this semester and because they want to see the other design projects that regular decision applicants will send in.

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I have only heard back from University of Minnesota (accepted to school of engineering) and Kansas University (Accepted)

Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My project and the fact that I am pursuing my a combination of my two passions (science and design)

P.S.: Being deferred is really rough. The waiting will kill you.

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: CALS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): CR - 730, M - 730, W - 690
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/560
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (5), US History (5), Psych (self study/5), Lang (5), Enviro (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP Physics 1, AP Lit, AP Human Geo, AP Stats, AP US Govt, Econ, Peer Helping
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: President of CSF (CA Scholarship Federation), president of Make a Wish club, volunteer coach for middle school Odyssey of the Mind team that made it to state finals, a few other minor things
Summer Activities: Most recent summer I attended a summer program for atmospheric science, other summers I just babysat.
Essays: I’d say 9/10 for common app and maybe 8/10 for my supplement. Common app was about flying across the country alone and learning to be independent, supplement basically talked all about why I loved Cornell and why I thought it was the best fit for me.
Teacher Recommendation: Got 3, would guess they’re probably a 10/10, 9/10, and 8/10.
Counselor Rec: Have a good relationship with him, probably 8-9/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Had an alumni interview, went well.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Atmospheric Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: would prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Really tried to focus on my interest in weather, both essays had to do with that (one directly, one indirectly)
Weaknesses: Scores aren’t extraordinary, no real hooks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Maybe because it’s kind of an obscure major?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: nothing super special

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Cornell College you applied to: College of Engineering

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (CR: 730 M: 800 WR: 760) in one sitting
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: Math II (770) Chemistry (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) Calc BC (5) Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, AP Biology, AP Physics C, AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, Religion class (mandatory), Art I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Varsity Tennis Team, Co-President of Model UN, Co-President of Medicine Club, School Ambassador, National Honor Society, French National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Summer internships at tech companies and research hospitals
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ at a variety of places
Summer Activities: internships and visiting colleges
Essays: 9/10 they were pretty good and talked about my passion for volunteering and engineering (though I made two grammatical mistakes and only realized after I applied… Agh)
Teacher Recommendation: must have been good, didn’t read them but I picked teachers that knew me well
Counselor Rec: good, she was a new counselor so didn’t know me that well
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): woman in engineering? Nothing super spectacular

Reflection

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Good GPA and well-rounded in activities
Weaknesses: SAT 2 scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: probably because I’m a woman going into engineering who’s pretty well rounded in everything
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted at University of Portland
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: not really sure…

Congrats to everyone who got in!