<p>I get so lazy at my current school (a community college) since I have little to no sense of competition (and A's come easy). Cornell is gonna knock my socks off! I know it's gonna make me work my a55 off like I never have.</p>
<p>Well, there is that one minor detail... I have to get accepted first. :-)</p>
<p>If I get accepted, I wonder if I would be the first high school dropout accepted to Cornell engineering? Probably not, but it would be cool if I was. lol</p>
<p>I'm curious, what do those "math levels" refer to? (As in math level 200, 300, 400, 500) I didn't know there were standardized course number descriptions that could be understood across schools...</p>
<p>How are all your classes? Do the A's really come easily? It seems that many of you people are taking much higher level classes than me... I have only taken my core class so far and I am already a sophomore. And I am getting absolutely <em>crushed</em> by my classes this semester. I feel like even though my GPA is high, my courseload was much too weak for Cornell engineering to accept me. Oh well, we shall see in a couple weeks....</p>
<p>My course load is reasonable... I'm currently taking differential equations and linear algebra. Btw, I'll be taking 2 level 400+ math classes next fall (IF I stay here at University of Arizona), and I don't think I'm a putnam winner, lol. . . . .. . . .. . . . . But yeh, some honors courses and even some over the summer....(bummer), so my course load is reasonable, but not as tough as it Cornell's I'm sure....</p>
<p>What if you have SAT scores (verbal/writing) between 500-600, though? That's where I am, but everything else is alright I think (see my preveious post on my stats...) This is what fears me...</p>
<p>My course load isn't crazy, but I do work full time, so I'm taking 18 units. (I could take more, but a lot of community college teachers are too picky about attendance.) My courses now are Differential Equations, Electricity and Magnetism, General Chemistry, Intro to Philosophy, and a special project in vector calculus (3 units).</p>
<p>I've taken the most rigorous courses my CC offers (calc I-III, lin. algebra, diff, calc based physics 1 through 3). But since I'm at a community college, I tried to prove in my essays that I'm ready for a lot more.</p>
<p>I'm in my second year at my cc, but if I get accepted Cornell will probably accept me as a sophomore and not a junior. And I would actually prefer that, since I know my cc doesn't compare with Cornell's rigor. It would give me a better foundation, I think.</p>
<p>I posted these a while back somewhere on the Cornell forum, but here are my stats:</p>
<p>Applying to: College of Engineering First Choice Major: Engineering Physics Second Choice Major: Electrical Engineering Current School: a 2 year cc GPA: 4.0 (most rigorous courses offered at my CC) SAT I: 800V, 720M, 730W SAT II: 740-Physics, 740 Math Level 2, 790 Spanish w/ Listening, 780 Regular Spanish EC's: Just some math tutoring and I've worked full time for almost 10 years. On my EC sheet I listed a lot of hobbies and self-learning adventures. Rec's: Very good (but they are all from cc teachers... No famous people or anything :-) Essays: If I get in, these will be my golden ticket. Writing comes to me much more naturally than math/science. Hooks: The fact that I'm 27 years old and I dropped out of highschool when I was 16 might work in my favor at Cornell (I think my essays do a pretty good job of explaining everything in an enjoyable and engaging manner).</p>
<p>As you can see, my Verbal and Spanish SAT scores rock, but my math and physics scores are only solid. That worries me a little... Especially with the competition I've seen in this thread!!!!</p>
<p>John- Your stats are incredible, and I've read a lot of your posts (interesting). A lot of incredible stats in here. I'm worried about my SAT situation... Anyone, what are your opinions?</p>
<p>It is sad that Cornell, undoubtedly one of the best schools in the nation, continues to suffer from amour propre of other Ivy League schools and students who need Cornell (or often times Penn, or Brown) to justify their self worth.
Schools, whether public or private or Ivy or non-Ivy, should be valued by the type of education they can provide rather than how they play the admissions game.</p>
<p>I don't know about you people, but I am not expecting a decision utill at least mid-May (for engineering), and plus I am not sure getting a decision before the finals would do me any good (even if it's an acceptance).</p>
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<p>I agree. I think we are all doing ourselves up the butt believing that we will get decisions soon, and as I make this statement, I am checking for my decision now :) .</p>