Cornell ED

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, just want to know where I stand. I am going to apply to CALS (in-state) with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Thanks for chancing.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA- 96, don't know weighted.<br>
will have taken 11 AP's upon graduation.<br>
senior year-
AP bio, Environmental science, spanish, calc ab, us gov, Lit
Junior year-
US History (5), Physics B (4), Lang (5), Psych (5)
sophomore year-
World history (3, lol)</p>

<p>SAT: 2270 superscore (800 M, 770 W (10E), 700 CR). Didn't take ACT.
SAT2s: 770 chem, 750 us history, 690 Bio e (9th grade)
School doesn't rank or put in percentiles, so I am not sure. Probably in top 5%.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>over 700 hours total volunteer, including hospital work, working with kids with disabilities, tutoring, etc. Have letter of approval for each activity</p>

<p>Astronomy club: president for second year
Technology club: vice president second year
Math club: all four years (no office position)
National Honors Society</p>

<p>Research:
Have had three successful science research projects throughout high school. Tenth grade won various county and state wide first place awards. currently doing research with various scientists, hopefully will be published by application time, applying to Siemens and Intel. Hoping for semifinalists in both.</p>

<p>Ap scholar with distinction.</p>

<p>Have over 50 hours of shadowing doctors.</p>

<p>Those are the major EC's, I have other minor ones with some awards though not as important to me as these.</p>

<p>Summers:</p>

<p>9th grade- volunteering
10th grade- highly prestigious science program, research
11th grade- Research through research program (highly prestigious, accepts about 30 out of hundreds of applicants).
12th grade- Probably will continue to research</p>

<p>Essays:
Counselor loved them, really different compard to others I have seen.</p>

<p>Letter Rec's
Formal: 11th grade AP US teacher, 11th grade AP lang teacher, both should be incredible.
My mentor is going to send one in as well, which should be interesting.</p>

<p>Sending in my research abstract as well.</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I hate to sound desperate…haha</p>

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<p>What is your passion? That is the question that only you can answer, and it’s what colleges are looking for in reading applications. Grades and scores are one thing, and yes they are important, but once you have those, how does an admissions officer separate the remaining thousands of qualified applicants? </p>

<p>You have to be unique. No matter how you decide to present that, you have to have something interesting about yourself that adds something to the class that cannot be filled by another Asian math genius, as statistically they will beat you every time (kudos to you, intelligent Asians!). </p>

<p>To me it looks like community service is your strong suit, as well as the medical field. I would play those up in your resume. Not many people have 500+ hours of CS. That’s definitely impressive. As is all your medical/doctor work. </p>

<p>From what I can see, you are right in the thick of things. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Good chance, I’d say it’s likely as long as you don’t screw up your essays. Personally, I think you’ll get in but wouldnt be surprised if you dont.</p>

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<p>Likely to get in with REAL STRONG ESSAYS.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Might as well do one last bump…</p>