Cornell ... do I stand a chance

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, This is my first post. Heart is set on Cornell University right now.</p>

<p>Weighted GPA 4.57
Classes:
will have 5 years of Latin -- all advanced
4 years of English - last two AP
3 years of science
3 years of math - through precalc/trig
3 years of theatre
3 years of chorus</p>

<p>ACT plus writing 31
English/Reading both 35 --- math/science 27 and 28</p>

<p>Extras:
Tennis team all four years - captain sophomore year of sophomore team
Badminton team all four years - captain senior year
Peer Helping Board Member</p>

<p>Well is there a chance????</p>

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<p>If those are your only EC’s and that’s your ACT score, I’m sorry to say that it’s very unlikely to get into Cornell :/</p>

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<p>Thank you for being blunt – even with a 35 in reading and writing… of course offset by the lower scores in science and math</p>

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<p>31 is a middle act for cornell I think</p>

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<p>thank you – kind of wanted to get a sense of probability before I made the eleven hour drive out to see it. Cornell has everything I am looking for size, location, academics, etc.</p>

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<p>What are you applying for in Cornell? You dont have a chance in engineering but Cornell looks at applicants separately for each school.</p>

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<p>I think your EC’s will hurt you a lot. You have no community service and beyond minimal leadership. Your academics are strong, but not strong enough to compensate for essentially no EC’s. So realistically no for Cornell, though you will be a strong applicant for schools that care less about EC’s.</p>

<p>On a side note, having only three years of math (especially when you could have taken calc) and science will hurt you.</p>

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<p>Which school in Cornell are you applying too? What is your class rank or estimated percentile?</p>

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<p>I am interested in Latin and Classic STudies. I took a 3-week class in Italian at University of Chicago over the summer — got a 94%</p>

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<p>I have not really thought of schools other than Cornell – okay I come from the best public high school in Illinois and one of the best in the country. My class rank is top 20% – the top kids in my high school go to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Amherst, Stanford, Penn, Darthmouth, etc. etc.</p>

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<p>I am not sure what I am understating in EC’s — I was on two interscholastic teams that take a ton of time. I took theatre and chorus – was in a play - went to Australia with the chorus. Peer Helping is a community service club…</p>

<p>What is wrong with that? What am I missing?</p>

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<p>Since you are going into humanities you have a decent shot at the school ed</p>

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<p>If that did take up a lot of time, make sure you notify them of that in your essays</p>

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<p>I think by more EC’s many of us mean many forms of community service, leadership experiences, clubs, competitions, sports, organizations/startups, immersions, research/internships, etc.</p>

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<p>[Cornell</a> University - Admissions - Overview](<a href=“http://www.cornell.edu/admissions/]Cornell”>Admissions | Cornell University)</p>

<p>Cornell has 7 schools/colleges. Which one of them are you planning to apply to?</p>

<p>You may also need 2 subject tests?</p>