Cornell ED vs RD Chances

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<p>Hi Everyone! I'm an Asian Indian from small town 99% Caucasian Maine, and I was hoping you guys could help me out with a couple things.
I know I have a horrid GPA and SATs, but I was wondering if I had a shot at Cornell ED or RD, and whether applying ED would be beneficial to my admission to Cornell.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 90.3/100 unweighted, 98/100 weighted. 75-85 = C, 85-93 = B, 93-100 = A
SAT's: 1910 overall, will retake in October.
SAT II's: Taking in November.
ACT's: Waiting on results.
Class Rank: top 23%
AP's (by the end of senior year): AB Calculus and English Literature as a Junior, Spanish Literature, English Language, Biology, and Statistics as a Senior. One of three juniors to be the first to take AB Calculus. I've taken all but two of my schools offered APs (and of course, other language APs.)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Yearbook Editor: Junior and Senior Year
Swimmer: Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year
Interact Club: First member as a Sophomore, ran it as a Junior and Senior
Speech and Debate: Only girl Student Congress debater, Member since Sophomore year, CoCaptain Junior and Senior Year, National Qualifier Junior and Senior Year
Took two classes at UC Berkeley (freshman + sophomore level) and passed both summer of Junior Year</p>

<p>High School Awards and Honors
RYLA, one of ten kids selected to go on full scholarship
Outstanding Spanish Freshman Year
Outstanding Scarborough Terrace Volunteer Sophomore Year
Speech and Debate Regional 1st-6th Place Awards, National Qualifier
Honor Roll
Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 5 Graduate</p>

<p>Volunteering
Maine Medical Center: Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year (150+)
Scarborough Terrace: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year (100+)
India Association of Maine (Volunteer Hindi Teacher, Youth Coordinator): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year (20+)
Interact Club: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year (10+)</p>

<p>Recommendations
Cognitive Science UC Berkeley Professor or Head of Math Department at University of Southern Maine
Speech and Debate Coach</p>

<p>Other
Wrote a Cognitive Science Graduate Level Proposed Study at UC Berkeley
Fluent in Hindi and Punjabi, taught it to kids
Year younger (I skipped kindergarden and will be graduating HS at age 16)
Hopefully will be starting the first volunteer tutoring program for kids in my community this year
Played Piano for eight years</p>

<p>Overall, I think I had a really adventurous high school transcript as most kids at my school don't take that many APs (I'm one the only kids to take this many APs), and I contribute to diversity as I'm from Maine (and Indian). I'm writing my college essays on moving and how it affected me, and teaching Hindi to kids. Also, my dad was in the hospital and had medical problems most of my Sophomore and beginning of my Junior year and I'm going to note that on my application, because thats why my grades suffered those years. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Seeing your class rank is only top 23%, i would say it is an incredibly high reach…</p>

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<p>well, most of the colleges at cornell require SAT IIs. So if you’re not taking them until november, I would say you’ll have to apply RD. your ECs are very impressive, so that is a boost. Your SATs will have to be higher, but you said you’ll be re-taking so hopefully that won’t be a problem. your class rank could be higher, but apply anyway. it could be well worth your time :)</p>

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<p>hey</p>

<p>I think if you can touch around 2100 on ur SATs, show a passion for ur prospective major (im guessing cognitive science or math?), and ud have a decent shot. its also good that you have a reason for your relatively low grades since adcoms will want to know why you have excelled outside the classroom but your in class performance doesnt match. but yeah those ECs are quite impressive. just get ur SATs up. good luck</p>

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<p>32 on my ACT composites.
Does that help my chances at all?</p>

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<p>Yes your ACT score is much better than your SAT & should help your chances considerably.</p>

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<p>Aside from your ACT/SATs your class rank is very low. This will be a major blemish. Sure the ACT score is good, but your transcript is of course more important.</p>