Cornell ED Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Any idea on a chance would be great, thanks. Will always chance back!</p>

<p>School: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -> Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Major: Applied Economics and Management
Application type: Early Decision</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
High School: Top 10, upper-middle class, public school in New Jersey. We send 10-15 kids to Ivy Leagues ever year, including 4 Asian-American ED acceptances to Cornell last year.
GPA (4.0 weighted): 4.0583
GPA (4.0 unweighted): 3.685
Class size: 354
Rank: School does not rank but I'm top 10-15%
Courseload:
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<p>Honors Management (A)
AP World History (B+)
AP Physics/Lab (A+)
PE 12\Lab (A+)
Honors Modern Fiction\Non-Fiction (A)
Honors Chinese III (A-)
AP Psychology (B+)
AP Calculus BC (A)</p>

<p>Honors Humanities
Honors U.S. History II
AP American Gov't & Politics
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP Statistics
Honors Biology w/Lab
Honors Chinese II
Grade 11 Health/Lab
PE 11\Lab</p>

<p>Honors American Literature
Honors U.S. History I
Honors Geometry
Honors Chemistry/Lab
Chinese I
A.P. Economics
Mktg. 1 Promo & Sell
Driver Education/Lab 10
PE 10\Lab</p>

<p>English 9
Freshman Rhetoric
World History and Cultures
Honors Algebra II/Trig.
Honors Physics/Lab
Spanish II Enriched
Contemporary Business Tech.
Symphonic Band
Physical Education 9/Lab
Health/Lab 9


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&lt;p&gt;SAT: 2250/1470 SS (780 M, 690 R, 800 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 690 Biology-E
AP: 5 Economics, 5 Statistics, 5 Government & Politics&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ECs-&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Activities:
Fencing 9/10/11/12  Varsity
Korean Culture Club 11/12   Founder
Valley Hospital 10/11/12    Junior volunteer
DECA    10/11/12    Participant
Debate Club 9/10/11/12  Varsity
Mock Trial  9/10/11/12  Vice-President
Stock Market Club   9/10/11/12  Participant
Multicultural Awareness Club    9/10/11/12  Participant
Chinese Club    10/11/12    Treasurer
Science Club    9   Participant
Church Summer Catechism School  10/11/12    Director
Church Youth Group Student Council  9/10/11/12  President
Church Altar Service    9/10/11/12  Vice-President&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Job Experience:
Michael Academy – Teacher&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Achievements:
DECA Northern Region Blue and Gold Conference – 3rd place overall - January 4, 2011
DECA High School State Career Development Conference – 2 x State Finalist – March 6-8, 2011 & February 24-26, 2011, 2 x 1st place role play award – March 6-8, 2011
Debate Competitions – 2nd place team award – November, 2009; 3rd place team award – October, 2010 & February, 2011; 1st place speaker award – December, 2009 & October, 2010; 2nd place speaker award – February, 2009; 3rd place speaker award – November, 2008 & January, 2009 & October, 2011
Fencing Competitions – 6th of 24 @ NJ Division Y14 Summer National Qualifier – Mar 29, 2009, 13th of 23 @ NJ Division U16 Cadet Summer National Qualifier Cadet – Mar 28, 2009, 6th of 32 @ Denise O'Connor Youth Championship RYC Y14 – Mar 7, 2009, 15th of 32 @ Bergen Saber Open – Jan 23, 2009, 3rd of 16 @ Bergen Saber Unrated – Nov 14, 2008&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honors/Awards:
National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar (222 PSAT)
Honor Roll
National Honors Society
AP Scholar Award 2011&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Essays: Not to be arrogant, but great.
Recommendations: No idea. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All feedback is appreciated; thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Cornell usually accepts upwards of 30% of its applications Early Decision, so you’re already at an advantage :D</p>

<p>Furthermore, excellent course rigor and a very good GPA ties the whole package well together, and you’re SAT score show’s academic prowess and capability in its own right. Honestly, I think you have a very good shot at Cornell. If you focus in on your intended area of study in your application, my personal belief tells me you’re quite set, and I wish you the best of luck!</p>

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<p>@TheChance I’m really hoping everything you said comes to fruition. The thing that really scares me is that my particular program at Cornell only accepts 100-150 kids per year (104 last year, 12% acceptance rate). I’m hoping that the ED is really the kicker and pushes me forward.</p>

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<p>Good chance.</p>

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<p>Fairly good chances because of your high SAT, ECs, and rigorous course load. Although I think your GPA might lower your chances because it is not that high. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@bobtheboy Thank you!</p>

<p>@michael2 That was pretty much my thought process as well. If anything is going to get me rejected, it’s the stupid GPA. Really wish my sophomore year grades were better, damnit. Thank you.</p>

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<p>…danggg. XD your test scores and ECs are outstanding. The only thing that may put you at a disadvantage would be your GPA, but honestly, I think you still have a good chance of getting in. :slight_smile:
And I don’t know about the advantages of ED/EA though…the applicant pool for those are usually the more competitive students. However, they might admit more students, so it could go either way. XD</p>

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<p>i wanted to ED aem but changed to stern in the last minute…
i think your SATs are fine, (heard aem is comparatively easier than other colleges of cornell, especially in ED!)
great leaderships,decent gpa and achievements
you’re just totally fine i swear. the only thing that’ll hurt you could possibly be your reading score, because when the cornell admission came over to our school he said they prefer students with 700+ reading
but i think you have enough of other things to cover that!
good luck! are you korean by any chance?(sorry if asking that is not appropriate…new here^^)</p>

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<p>@hirano123 Interesting, I heard that AEM is actually comparatively more difficult during my interview. Thank you though. And yes, I am Koeran.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot! SATs are good, GPA is good, and your extra curricular activities are solid.</p>

<p>Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>

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<p>@cdissolute
i have lots of friends in 외고, and you know how they are so systematic and everything for college app right? yeah and they told me aem is the less comparatively easier, especially ED. 나 quarter 한국인이야^^</p>

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<p>@hirano123 I sure hope you’re right. Given its 12% acceptance rate and only 600 undergraduate student body, I assumed it was extremely selective. My interviewer affirmed. Hopefully he and I were both wrong!</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>

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<p>first off you’re courseload is insane. youre sats and everything is great. the only thing i see holding you back is your gpa, but again youre courseload is very good and youre sats can offset that. so i think you should have a good chance but you never know about ivy league schools.</p>

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<p>@Arr0ze I sure hope so! I’ve always been built on the foundation that GPA/courseload always supersedes SAT. I really wish I could change my good SAT for a better GPA haha. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Bump :)</p>