I am a white female in public school from Vancouver, Canada.
GPA: 3.9 (UW) 4.4 (W)
Rank: school doesn’t rank
ACT: 29 - I didn’t have time to study much for the June administration. Will take again in September. I’m studying all summer and expecting score of 34-36
SAT II: 730 French Lang - will retake French and take Math ii in October (expecting 750+ on both)
APs: French (expecting a 5), AP Seminar (probably 3 but maybe 4)
Senior Year Course Load: will be taking AP Research (second course in AP Capstone Diploma), AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Chemistry, physics, english and continuing studies in French.
ECs, current:
- President, founder of Medical Sciences Club
- President, founder of French club
- 2 years of being the Social Media Executive at a small non-profit that raises money to send women in Liberia to teaching school
- 4 years of rowing, now I am a coach for the Learn-to-Rows and resident coxie
- Junior Board Liaison on my rowing club’s board of directors 2016-2017
ECs, next school year:
- will be observing surgery or emergency/trauma at a hospital starting in september
- parliamentary simulation club executive starting in september
Awards:
- Duke of Edinburgh award, Silver level
- DELF French language certification level B1 (1 level below fluency), will take fluency-level test in fall
- Science trailblazers student leader (my school got nobel prize winners like Andrew Fire and prominent scientists like Neil Turok to come speak to students and I read the introduction for each speaker)
Job/Work Experience:
- I cox for a rowing club (for rowing: this means I steer)
- worked at kumon in 2015
- observed at an orthodontics office
- have organized many events (non-profit gala with 100 people, speakers for my MedSci club)
Volunteer/Community service:
- raising money for my nonprofit. I raised $1000 in 5 months in 9th grade, and that money funded the 1st year of teacher training for a woman in Liberia
- raising money for my rowing club (this summer we hope to raise a few thousand $)
Summer Activities:
–> 2-week Neuroscience course at a top 3 canadian university (2015)
–> 1-week government/politics forum in ottawa (2015)
–> Mini med school at a private boarding school in my area
–> studying French at an international french school for a week in Quebec
I think my rec letters will be very good and I know ill have a strong essay (AP capstone will have taught me something haha). I have wanted to go to cornell for a really long time. What are my chances for ED?