Cornell IB chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone!! I'm applying RD to COE at Cornell. Cornell states that it has an acceptance rate of 50% for IB diploma students, and I decided to have a go. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (Indian) male residing in Belgium</p>

<p>SAT math: 740 CR: 590 writing: 720
subject tests Math II: 730 Chem: 750 physics: 690</p>

<p>GPA: 3.59 out of 4 (unweighted) and 4.58 out of 5 (weighted)</p>

<p>Class rank: top 4%</p>

<p>Courses and predictions: (7 is highest grade achievable)
IB math Higher level - 7
IB physics Higher level - 6
IB chemistry Higher level - 7
IB english A1 Standard level - 6
IB economics Standard level - 7
IB spanish ab initio - 6
TOK/EE - 2 </p>

<p>IB total: 41 out of 45 points</p>

<p>Course rigor: I'm taking the hardest subjects offered at our school. French would have been harder than Spanish, but I'm not fluent in French, so I had to opt for Spanish. Also, I'm doing the higher level course for Economics, but will be taking the Standard level examinations this May.</p>

<p>extra-curriculars: research project at hospital (not paid for), helped with electrical wiring at a construction site for a week, 5-6 ecology projects on Belgian farms, delivering mail, high-school choir, school softball team, cricket team for Indian school and for a local club in Belgium, yearbook, sang at gala dinner organized to raise funds for Pakistan flood relief. </p>

<p>co-curriculars: Represented my school in 13th ISMTF senior math competition in Berlin, 2010. Got the highest score for my school. </p>

<p>Awards: Mathematics award grade 11
Honor roll 1st and 2nd semester of grade 11</p>

<p>I have good letters of recommendation and the essay is good too, I believe.</p>

<p>Please chance me!</p>

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<p>Your SATs and GPA hurt your chances. I didn’t know Cornell had a 50% acceptance rate for IB students. Where did you hear that?</p>

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<p>Ur uw gpa n ur cr sat score at gonna be ur demise but apply nonetheless because you never know. Goodluck</p>

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<p>I completely agree. There is no harm in trying. Just make sure your essay is really good.</p>

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<p>thanks for your inputs guys. and @guruofgreatness, here is the link: <a href=“http://www.syvabcplus.org/ibrates.pdf[/url]”>www.syvabcplus.org/ibrates.pdf</a> here it says 47% but it varies between 45% and 51%.</p>

<p>Also, do you feel that they might choose to forgive my GPA of 3.59 since I take really hard courses? I have a really good weighted GPA, so I was just wondering.</p>