Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Vanderbilt, UVA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Jesuit College Prep High School in Kansas City Missouri</p>

<p>SAT:
Math 710, Reading 640, Writing 700</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite 32</p>

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<p>I think I want to apply to the school of engineering. May be better off studying physics or chemistry though</p>

<p>I'm applying to Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Vanderbilt, UVA.</p>

<p>Am I wasting time applying for any of those schools?</p>

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<p>Cornell- reach
JHU- reach
UVA- reach (OOS)
Vandy- slight reach
Lehigh- match</p>

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<p>i think everything looks good, i think you'll get in to all those schools, be sure to ED cornell :) or JHU</p>

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<p>I applied to JHU and Cornell. One thing to consider is there seems to be a NY bias at Cornell, where 1/3 of the people come from that state. </p>

<p>If you have any questions about those two schools, feel free to ask.</p>

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<p>I also applied to both of those schools. Im from NY, yet i got waitlisted from cornell (CAS) and accepted to JHU. My stats were similar, rank barely top 10%, SAT 1500/2180</p>

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<p>I am retaking my SATs. But unless I do much better, like above 2100, I was thinking of submitting only my ACT score. Would anybody recommend that?</p>

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<p>your act composite score is equivalent to 1420(M + V) </p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2002/pdf/ten.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2002/pdf/ten.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>i think JHU is a clear reach, I think by september or october at least you should make up ur mind which school u really want to go and ED or EA to that school so it will increase your chances of getting in</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross very good school 1 hour from Boston. HC has very good chemistry program and ties with engineering school WPI. Holy Cross is SAT optional.</p>

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<p>I thought about holy cross and wpi but i really don't like the area very much. Does anybody think Tufts is a good idea?</p>

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<p>I think that NY kids at Cornell are a self selected group since they get to pay a cheaper tuition at a few of the colleges at Cornell. And most people apply to a school within their state as opposed to outside of (especially in such a large northeastern state). Best of lucK!</p>

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<p>My point is that I have a hard time believing that there isn't some consideration there for NY students. I doubt that 49 states (and the rest of the world) had 66% of the qualified applicants while NY has 33%. (This number does seem to be going down. I think it was around 40% when I applied.)</p>

<p>The colleges that are land-grant are agriculture, labor relations, and human ecology. The endowed colleges (non-NY sponsored) are: engineering, arts and sciences, architechure, and hotel administration. I don't think the number can be completely attributed to the land-grant colleges.</p>

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<p>Could be wrong though. Just my thoughts.</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>use your ACT score, not your SAT scores, unless they improve dramatically. a 32 is awesome.</p>

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<p>Just think about what they are trying to do tho. Why would they try to get people that are all from the same place (although they get money from NY they don't have to take students from NY). They are going to try to get a diverse student body from all over. The problem is that there are probably A LOT of qualified applicants from NY. NY is a giant well educated northeastern state so it would make sense to have a lot of smart people from there. I definitely do agree that the number is really high so don't misunderstand me, but I really believe that it is just because there are a lot of qualified NYers. It would be pretty stupid of Cornell to just take a lot of NYers for no real good reason. :\ (lol if it sounds hostile at any point in this post, don't worry...it's not. I'm just trying to get to the point of the discussion :))</p>

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<p>Cornell is known across the country as a great school. It's not some regional school that wouldn't garner interest from student from other parts of the country. I know NY is a big state, but I'm just saying I don't think that alone makes up for the 1/3 figure. It seems (to me) that being from NY is a plus for applicants. I tried to find some figures about what percentage of a school like Columbia is from NY, but wasn't able to. If you look at Harvard's stats you can see that there is no such pronounced bias there. 18% of people come from New England (including Mass, another well-educated state). This shows that the geographically argument isn't totally convincing. 26% come from the entire Mid-Atlantic (not just NY but other large states). So you can't comtribute it to how smart those NYers are. </p>

<p>I'm not trying to get in an argument. I just think the statistics point to it being easier than one would think to get in if you are from NY. I was only trying to bring this possibility up with regards to the OP's chances question.</p>

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<p>Ya I know it's a good discussion. You should bring it up on the Cornell boards for the answer.</p>

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<p>i think u just turn in both of them for schools near Midwest u use ur ACT score, but for schools in other areas you can use SAT or ACT and they will probally take the highest one but just call the university to make sure</p>

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<p>Actually an ACT score of 32 is the equivalent of 710/710/710--so it's better than the SAT scores listed, but not by all that much.</p>

<p>The problem I have with ranking you Cornell and John Hopkins is that you neither give class rank, nor do you give SAT II scores, so I'm just guessing with these:</p>

<p>Cornell--slight reach
John Hopkins--slight reach </p>

<p>As far as the other schools:
Lehigh--match
Vanderbilt--slight reach
University of Virginia--match to slight reach (OOS)</p>