Cornell or Columbia Early Decision: What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm currently deciding where I'm going to apply early decision. I'm thinking Cornell or Columbia. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>To start off, I am white, male, and come from a middle-class suburban community.</p>

<p>SAT Superscore: 2250 (800 Math, 750 Reading, 700 Writing)
-Two individual SAT's, both 2180</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II(760), World History(800), Physics(800)</p>

<p>GPA: 93(unweighted, I am taking the most advanced curriculum offered at my school)</p>

<p>AP: World History(5),Calc BC(5 on both subsections),America History(5),Physics B(5)
Currently taking:English,Stats,Bio,Econ</p>

<p>College Courses(taken during summers):Two local colleges(two A's)
Cornell Summer College(Physics I:A+,Sociology:A)</p>

<p>Research Internship in Physics at local College for full year (no research abstract)
Internship at local observatory for one summer</p>

<p>Music: French Horn (in Empire State Youth Orchestra)</p>

<p>Student Government: Class Council Treasurer(Grade 10), Student Senator(Grade 12)</p>

<p>Clubs: Philosophy Club(President), Political Debate Club(Vice President), School Newspaper, Masterminds, Science Olympiad, Model United Nations, Math Honors Society</p>

<p>Recommendations:HS math teacher, HS physics teacher, Physics Professor at local college I am doing research with</p>

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<p>Awards:Science Olympiad 2nd Place-Cell Biology<br>
Saint Rose Summer Youth Music Scholarship<br>
Johns Hopkins Gifted & Talented Program College Scholarship Award 2006</p>

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<p>What school at Cornell? Non CAS schools are much easier to get into than Columbia.</p>

<p>Hard to say without rank, your scores won’t keep you out, but Columbia is very tough for the unhooked from NY.</p>

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<p>I would apply to the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell. Our school does not rank, but I am almost certainly in the top 15% at minimum. As I said, I am taking the most advanced curriculum offered at my high school. </p>

<p>Just to clarify, what do you mean by “unhooked”?</p>

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<p>Hi, I am an international student from India, High School Senior, enrolled in IB diploma program. I have passed from National Curriculum Grade 10 with a score of 90 percent which is 84 percentile nationally. MY combination of subjects and grades achieved so far is as follows:</p>

<p>Maths HL - 6/7
English A1 HL -6/7
Business Studies HL -5/7
Psychology HL - 6/7
Biology SL - 6/7
Spanish Abin - 7/7
grade 11 end of semester grade- 36/42</p>

<p>My SAT scores are :
Maths - 680
English Writing - 660
Critical Reading - 630
Total - 1970
My SAT-II scores are
Biology - 730
Maths - 650
English A1 - 580</p>

<p>At School I am invoved in a variety of activies ;
MUN since Grade 8 (5 years) Chaired Human Rights,DISEC,Security Council
Environment Club
AIDS Club- President
Media and Publicity Head for School Magazine</p>

<p>Community Programs :
Habitat for Humanity - Volunteer 40 hours
Invovled with Children from the School for Speech challenged Children</p>

<p>1o Day Student Exchange Program With Malaysian School students</p>

<p>Have learnt Indian Classical Vocals
Basics of Keyboard and Guitar</p>

<p>I am appearing for SAT again and will better my scores by more than 200 points</p>

<p>I am going to apply for undergrad Business Programs with a combination of Business Management, International Relation/Studies and a Foreign language.
My shortlisted colleges are as follows-
1 Huntsman Program at UPenn
2 Stern,NYU
3 Cornell,Ithaca,NY
4 Carnegie Mellon, Tepper
5 Richmond , Robins
6 Georgetown , Mcdonough, DC
7 Boston College, Carroll
8 Northeastern, MA
9 Boston University
10 Villanova / Georgia Tech</p>

<p>What are my chances?What are my chances</p>

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<p>Whether or not your school officially ranks, they will give colleges enough I fo to rank you. If you are not within the top 10%, chances of getting into either are remote.</p>

<p>A hook=recruited athlete, minority, legacy, development. These are the applicants that make up the few percent not in the top few percent of their class.</p>