Cornell ED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I will be applying to the CALS at Cornell early decision in the fall for Applied Economics and Management. </p>

<p>White male, nationally ranked public high school from NY
GPA: ~94 UW/ ~95 W (not finalized yet) -- School does not rank after valedictorian and salutatorian
SAT: 660 CR 750 M 690 W -- 1410/1600, 2100/2400
SAT II: 760 Chem, 780 Math II, 640 Math I
ACT: 34
APs: Stats (5), APUSH (4), Chem (4), and English Lang&Comp (3)
Senior course load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>National Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society (running for office position next year)
All-County Band
All-State Band -- alternate
Marching Band (drum major)
Jazz Band
Pit Orchestra
Video Production Club (treasurer)
Mercy College Future Business Leaders Academy -- Winner of Innovative Thinking (Elevator pitch competition)
Varsity Winter Track & Field since freshman year
Travel baseball 6+ years
Guitar 10+ years
Counselor/coordinator for a bible school at my local church
Little league umpire
Teacher Assistant at our district's summer music program
Private sax tutor</p>

<p>Other schools I will be applying to:
UPenn
Duke
UNC
Boston College
Villanova
Pitt
UMD College Park (maybe)
UConn
Binghamton</p>

<p>Please let me know if I stand any sort of chance. Despite being very passionate about music, I know my ECs are not really focused on my intended major. How much will this hinder my application?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>EDIT: essay will be about my dad battling cancer.</p>

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<p>you seem to be good for ED, lots of kids from my school with muuuch lower stats have gotten in (not to say yours are bad, theyre very good). UPenn and Duke are wildcards for almost everyone, but youre definitely competitive there. Youre in at Pitt, UConn, Bing, and UMD. UNC will be hard cause they rarely accept OOS kids. I don’t know too much about Villanova, but you seem really competitive at BC. i think your ACT is above the 75th percentile average at all these schools</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input, Cornell accepts a handful of kids every year from my school as well.</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>Bumper cars</p>

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<p>I agree with @ard1995. One thing I’d like to mention is in regard to the last thing you added about the essay and writing about your dad battling cancer. Be careful with this. Don’t just write about your dad and his cancer battle. If you do, the admissions officers will say, “OK, so what?”. I know that’s harsh, but its true. You need to explain how that affected you in a specific way and why it did.</p>

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<p>agree with pixels. def good advice.</p>

<p>you got lots of ECs and good scores.</p>

<p>i’ll be applying cornell ed also but scores and grades really low (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1376297-not-stellar-grades-scores-ecs-there-still-hope.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1376297-not-stellar-grades-scores-ecs-there-still-hope.html&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>i hope the ed part really helps me out.</p>

<p>My high school probably ranks in last 5 %, and 1-2 people accepted to ALL Ivys put together every year. i’m scared that will also affect me. </p>

<p>sry got carried away about myself.</p>

<p>you got a great shot and describe the difficulties you suffered b/c dad’s cancer and you’ll be good to go.</p>

<p>if miraculously i make cornell also, i’ll remember to give you a yell</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses guys, and I agree @pixels. The focus of my essay is how it affected me and how I will be able to handle tougher obstacles like college as a result.</p>

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<p>About an average chance; AEM is probably the most competitive program in Cornell. What do you think your percentile is? (top 1%, 2-4% 5%, 10%, etc</p>

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<p>Well there’s about 700 kids in my graduating class. Top 5% would be around the top 35 students so I think that’s a pretty safe bet, probably a little higher.</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Just an update, I will probably be applying to Georgetown instead of UNC. Not sure if I should take another SAT II since Georgetown requires three, and I have two solid scores and one kinda crappy one.</p>