Cornell ILR Chance? [RD]

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<p>Unweighted GPA: 88.55/100 :c
(good upward trend : 84 Freshman - 88 Sophomore - 93 Junior)
My school, Stuyvesant High School, is a very large and competitive magnet school, ranked highly in the nation. Strongest public school in the city.</p>

<p>**AP/IB/honors courses <a href="unfortunately,%20my%20school%20caps%20the%20amount%20of%20AP%20courses%20we're%20allowed%20to%20take%20-%20depending%20on%20our%20GPA">/b</a>
Junior Year: AP Comp Sci
Senior Year: AP Calc AB, AP Statistics</p>

<p>Senior Schedule
CORE: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, Government, Economics, Literature and Composition
ELECTIVES: Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Environmental Studies, Racial Ethnicity and Gender Issues, Medical Ethics, Photography (Required course)</p>

<p>Class Rank / Size
School doesn't rank. Class size of around 800.</p>

<p>SAT/ACT/AP scores
-SAT I: 750 R / 770 M / 760 W : 2280 composite
-SAT II Math2C: 760
-SAT II Physics: 680
-SAT II US History: 640
(Retaking all of my SATIIs in December)
-ACT: Composite: 32 (Eng 32 Math 34 Read 30 Sci 31 Write 29/8)
-AP Comp Sci A - 4
-AP Statistics - To Be Determined
-AP Calculus - To Be Determined
-AP Macro/Microeconomics (Self Study) - To Be Determined</p>

<p>Extracurrics<a href="probably%20my%20main%20weakness%20along%20with%20my%20GPA">/b</a>
-Tutored students grade 2-10 at a community tutoring organization from Freshman->Junior year: 5 hours a day during summer weekdays, and 2 hours a week during the schoolyear: about 150 hours logged altogether
-Saturday Chinese School for 10 years up until Junior year
-Volunteer website designer for new nonprofit organization made my an old teacher of mine (Sophomore year to now)
-Writer of school newspaper for junior and senior year
-Assistant Editor in Chief of Publications: Graymatter Foundation (senior year): it's a new student run volunteer organization focused on funding underfunded schools in the city
**Not sure if these count:
-Have animated sprite videos on Youtube all throughout High School to express myself
-Founder/Administrator/Moderator of an online animation forum with 600+ members
-Family Responsibilities: Family Translator : only English speaker in the household (might not include this since it sounds pretty desperate; what do you guys think?)</p>

<p>Recs/Essays
Physics Teacher Rec - He's an author. Probably pretty good since I was the only kid who took his class seriously.
US History Teacher Rec - Okay, I guess. He knows of my extracurrics.
Guidance Counselor Rec - Average
Common App Essay - Personal, and it shows that I enjoy communicating with people.
ILR Supplement: It tells about why I want to be economist and how ILR will help me reach that goal. </p>

<p>Additional Info
-First Generation College Student
(both parents didn't graduate high school)
-New York City Chinese Male (ORM right?)</p>

<p>Thanks everyone. I'll chance back if you want me to.</p>

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<p>Reading your stats, I feel not over wowed. Why is your gpa so low?? Could be a problem.
Your physics SAT II is much lower than your math SAT I or II. Not usual.</p>

<p>You need to be able to explain and present yourself better.</p>

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<p>My common app essay explains that I went from introvert -> extrovert during my high school years. That GPA’s going to haunt me for a while, though… Average at my school’s an 88. My 84 freshman year was because of a 75 in Music, and a 75 in Art. Sophomore year I got a 75 in Drafting.</p>

<p>The three SATIIs were taken on a day that I was sick, so I feel pretty disappointed about them. Definitely retaking them all.</p>

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<p>Here is my school’s RD decision list (for ILR only), if that helps.
It seems like a very ‘fit’ based school.</p>

<p><a href=“http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8863/assfdfs.jpg[/url]”>http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8863/assfdfs.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Would mid-reach or low-reach seem to be me?</p>

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<p>it seems like below a 90 gpa not too many get in, your SAT’s are fine. I would hope for an interview where you have a chance to shine. Make sure you have some good backup schools and good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks to both of you for your inputs. I really appreciate it. :D</p>

<p>Do you think I should spend the time and retake SATIIs for Physics and US History at all? ILR seems to only require the Math one.</p>

<p>And do y’all think that ILR will help me become an economist? I like the school’s labor economics and social statistics concentrations. I’ll be emphasizing how being a forum administrator helped me get into industrial relations.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>TheSternLock: The link you provided is very interesting. Where is it from and what do the numbers represent? That last candidate must have had a major hook. Do you know what it was? Can you give some description about the link?</p>

<p>How does that GPA look on a 4. scale? Is it just a percent?</p>

<p>I know this post is old, but please help. Did you get in?</p>

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<p>Wouldn’t a major in economics be more prudent if you wanted to become an economist?</p>