If it helps, I’m also a legacy.
update on the online application status page
https://admissions.cornell.edu/news/applicant-update-self-service-and-processing-delay
Hi! I am applying early decision to the college of Human Ecology at Cornell University this year. I know that subject tests are not required, and my subjects test scores are low: math 2- 710 and chemistry- high 600s (I will be getting my score in two days but this is an estimate). Do you think submitting these scores would be a negative for my application or do you think submitting them is better than not submitting any, since I’m sure other applicants will be submitting sat subject test scores?
Thanks!!
@Watermelon1000 I got low 700s scores and I’m submitting mine. I don’t think they’ll reflect negatively.
Will someone chance me using stats above? Nervous about senior grades
@fsadreamer I’m pretty sure if you’re applying early decision, Cornell doesn’t see your senior year grades. Because by the time your mid year grades report comes out, you’ll already know Cornell’s decision. But if you’re deferred they might see your grades later during the regular decision application process.
@BobSagets Okay thanks 
just an FYI… got the Application ID from Cornell Admissions today
@Watermelon1000 thank you!! I also did pretty poorly on my subject tests 
560 and 590 on math I; 660 and 670 on US History i had a really bad concussion that knocked me out of commission for all of my junior spring (the year I took US History, Alg ii, and precalc). Will they consider this? I mention it in my supplement and my counselor is writing about it in her letter as well
@fsadreamer which college are you applying to? and what major? Not all colleges at Cornell require subjects tests. Also, if the college you’re applying to does require subject tests and your counselor is writing about your concussion I think they definitely will consider this.
I’m wondering about my chances of getting into Cornell Arts and Science, ED for a computer science major.
I’m actually open to applying to a different college at Cornell, not attached to my supplement yet.
Sorry for the long post.
Stats:
Stuyvesant high school (#1 NYC competitive public hs!!! I hear that Cornell actually really knows my school.)
GPA 3.5 UW (boooo), though upward trend
SAT (new): 1540, taken one time only.
SAT II subject tests: Math level 2: 800, Physics level 2: 800, each taken one time only.
Essay: Everyone who has read it has really loved it. I still feel it could use improvement, I’ll use the next few days on it wisely. Someone told me I had an edge- that not many Computer science majors will write about Art. I have this surreal dreamy, extremely sensory and visual essay about how art (digital painting) changed everything about who I am.
Supplement: Not bad??? May need work? Will continue to work on it. Should end up decent.
Teacher recommendations-
AP computer science teacher: We were pretty much really close friends. We’d even chat casually and stuff! Very good grades in his class. Always the creative thinker, and he knew it.
English teacher: I always loved participating in class, and she always loved calling on me, she’d always know when I was about to go into a long poetic comprehensive tangent. I’m a poetic, artsy type of person.
Counselor recommendation: I absolutely love the guy. We’re pretty close, I’d reckon.
AP classes: Wanted to take more AP’s for senior year, was waitlisted for all, from lack of seating. In total: 1 AP out of my school’s offered 31 AP’s. Average student at my school takes 4 AP’s. cries
Extracurric’s:
1 year of junior varsity football, Freshman year- stopped sophomore year to give myself time for other clubs, would not mind starting it up again. 2 years of Ultimate Frisbee “Team” (“Non-PSAL-Varisty”), starting on my sophomore year. My replacement for Football. Stopped senior year for college apps, and slight relaxation. Would not mind starting it again. Vice president of trading card game club. Vice president of 3-D digital animation and modeling club. Vice president of guitar club. Member of Competitive computing club, and member of robotics team?? About ten or so more clubs as I tried to reach out and really see what I would like. Most I would stay in for about a year. Also, one summer of red cross volunteering- I couldn’t do more because I had to work for my dad and help out at his clinic.
Needs financial aid? Yep, my sister is currently still in NYU.
Asian-American. Male. Teeeechnically first gen to have a real college education.
Need a TLDR? Here you go:
Bad: 1 AP, when the average in my school is 4. Low GPA, at 3.5 unweighted. Needs financial aid.
Good: Recommendations, Essay, SAT Score, SAT subject scores. Showed interest in sports, I guess. Needs to help out his dad by working for him. Asian-American. Upward GPA trend. Wide extracurricular testing range, though several are actually focused on the intended major. Vice president of 3 clubs. Computer science major who is an artist at heart, with a deep love for the world (fiiiiiine, not really an advantage. I thought it’d be worth mentioning, since so many people are just pure learning machines. Honestly, I know people who read their textbooks for 6 hours a day. They also get only the same amount of sleep, or less).
Additional notes section:
-Did not learn of what an “AP” class was until Junior year. (Ugh, sounds like an excuse. I know it’s my fault)
-Is interested in sports.
-Would have continued Summer Red Cross volunteering, but needed to help dad.
-My teachers understand I’m a “smart slacker” kind of person. I always understand the concepts, but have terrible memory for the little details. Comparatively, I get the 90’s on a test but understand what I’m doing. The people who get 100’s are extremely often just people who recite the textbook, word for word. Unfortunately, I know colleges can’t tell from just the number.
I’d put myself in the “Maybe” or “Probably Not” pile, even for ED.
What do you guys think?
Hi everyone! I’m a current Cornell freshman, and I just want to say that no matter how tempting it is to spend hours reading “chance me”’s and calculating your chances of getting into this school (or any other), don’t. At this time last year, I was on the same boat as many of you, and I can tell you that over time, adding College Confidential threads to the stress of applying and waiting for a decision will consume you! When it came to AP exam and SAT scores, I was not a strong applicant. After hours (maybe even days) of reading the thousands of chance me and results threads, I convinced myself I was not going to get into not only Cornell, but every college I was applying to. These threads were certainly not intended to kill self confidence, but if you’re not careful, they will.
Coming from a Cornell acceptee with a 1350 SAT dcore and not a single 5 on an AP exam, I assure you all that anything is possible! Have faith in yourself, and even if the odds don’t work in your favor for Cornell, in the end, it will all be okay!
Submit those applications, get off of College Confidential, and enjoy yourselves!!!
well, ive decided to not apply ed! my family just cant afford it.
good luck everyone, ill be back for rd 
@watermellon1000 I am applying to CAS (which requires subject tests). Thank you.
sorry, typo! @Watermelon1000 ^
@sekr77 Well, you must have something else other than the test scores that impressed Cornell. For most others, test scores and GPAs are the only things that can make a difference…
@MaizeScream It states on the cornell website that if you apply ED and you cannot afford the school once you get your financial decision, they will let you out of the contract.
For anyone who sent in sat scores, how long did it take for them to be shown as recieved on the applicant portal?
Did everyone send their AP scores? Or is it enough to just enter the score info on the common app?
WHEN DO YOU GET YOUR APPLICANT ID???