Cornell University Class of 2013 RD Results

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<p>I think now is a good time to start this.</p>

<p>Remove all Spaces</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision & College: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Reading:
[ *] SAT Math:
[ *] SAT Writing:
[ *] SAT Total:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] TOEFL (if applicable):
[ *] ACT (if applicable):
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores:
[ *] GPA weighted (if applicable):
[ *] GPA unweighted:
[ *] Rank or % estimate (if applicable):
[ *] Academic Awards:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Rec #1:
[ *] Teacher Rec #2:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:
[ *] Recruited Yes/No:
[ *] Important ECs:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>You fail at HTML.</p>

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<p>Ummmmm no…posters remove the spaces when the post their information so they get the desired text settings. If the commands were typed correctly with no space…posters wouldn’t know which command to enter for the text settings.</p>

<p>And while I’m on this thread: Congratulations to all of the accepted students…enjoy it because you’ve obviously earned it!</p>

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<p>…</p>

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<p>Zenbadabing:
That’s not technically HTML.
It’s BBCode.
So you PHAIL.</p>

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<p>wow weird deja vu of the ED results thread, good thing im in and dont have to worry about the anxiety of December 11</p>

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<p>Why start so early? It’ll just get buried in the next month…</p>

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<p>Isn’t it obvious? People are already accepted.</p>

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<p>I know cals and those schools have already sent out acceptance letters but have people received any likelies from cas yet??</p>

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<p>Accepted (OMG I Cannot Believe This)</p>

<p>SAT Reading: 560
SAT Math: 610
SAT Writing: 570
SAT Total: 1740
SAT II: 570 (Math II), 500 (Biology)
TOEFL (if applicable): 110
ACT (if applicable): n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: n/a
GPA weighted (if applicable):n/a
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1/44
Academic Awards: a lot</p>

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<p>Accepted: CoE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 630
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2080
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Chem, 680 Math1
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): N/A
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): N/A
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: None taken yet, 3 this year
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 4.16, now 4.23
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.94, now 3.95
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): School doesn’t rank, but top 10%
[</em>] Academic Awards: Outstanding student in French, French Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I actually thought they were kind of…missing something. IDK not too great really
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: My AP Chem teacher who pretty much loves me
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: AP Calc teacher, IDK how this one turned out, he was </em><em>ed off when I asked him to write one two days before winter break started.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic, but I think he knows me more than I give him credit for
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM, Hispanic</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type: Small private Catholic with an overinflated reputation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: Church youth leader, officer in a couple of clubs, volunteering</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: URM status</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to those who got in, good luck to those who are still waiting!</p>

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<p>Um…to the two people that have posted their results, that is kind of unbelievable! Especially Celtic, no offence to you, but i cant believe it either</p>

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<p>for the two people who have posted their decisions above, have you already got your decisions or likely letters?</p>

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<p>Likely letter for me.</p>

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<p>Two of my friends got likely letters.</p>

<p>They both applied into Engineering. One was female, the other was Hispanic.</p>

<p>They both had 33 ACTs and 4.0s.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED:CAS!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading:
[</em>] SAT Math:
[<em>] SAT Writing:
[</em>] SAT Total:
[<em>] SAT II: MathII 770, Chem 690
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable):30 =( had a bad day
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calculus BC-haven’t taken, AP Chemistry-haven’t taken, AP Literature-haven’t taken, took MicroEconomics at local university as well as US History.
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable):3.70
[</em>] GPA unweighted:3.70 - bear in mind i ended freshman year with a 1.50 so i improved quite a bit. Last semester, for the mid year report i had a 4.40
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable):Top 10%
[</em>] Academic Awards: Highest average in Precalculus Honors, some national spanish award, NHS, national hispanic scholar, </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Good
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1:Amazing, currently my AP Calculus BC teacher as well as my last year’s precalculus honors teacher
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2:Great, was my US history professor at local college-school ddnt offer APUSH
[</em>] Additional Rec: Mentor at SouthWest Research Institute
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM- hispanic</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Location:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Texas
[</em>] School Type: Private, rigorous
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Chess team VP, Founder of MUN at school, Research in summer on black holes at SouthWest Research Institute, mentored-for free- by two professors in number theory at two universities, other generic ec’s.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
I guess URM status?
General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Pretty stoked, can’t wait to go to Cornell!</p>

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<p>I can’t believe I can finally do this :)</p>

<p>**ACCEPTED CALS!: **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading:700
[</em>] SAT Math:780
[<em>] SAT Writing:710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2190
[<em>] SAT II:Bio M and Chem - 710, Math 2 680 (swatted the night before…didn’t work out)
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):n/a
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): n/a
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores:AP equivalents - equivalent of 5’s on 5 exams
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable):n/a
[</em>] GPA unweighted:4.0
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable):top 1% decile
[</em>] Academic Awards: honors every year and awards for outstanding performance in CAPE and CSEC (external exams)</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Pretty good. Common app one was on what I hope was a unique topic
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1:AWESOME
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: pretty good
[</em>] Additional Rec:none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ok
[</em>] Hook (if any):URM</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:somewhere in the Caribbean
[</em>] School Type:large, reputable public school
[<em>] Ethnicity:black
[</em>] Gender:female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs:Chess (president, captained 2 teams etc), capoeira, volleyball team for a year, interact, other community service</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Honestly I’m not quite sure. Pretty good SAT, nice essays, diversity, very strong academic record</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all who have been accepted to far! To those of you who haven’t yet, don’t lose hope! The 31st isn’t far away.</p>

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<p>Likely Letter/Acceptance - College of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 770
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2330
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics 800 Math 2 760 US History 750 Chemistry
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): Nay
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): Nay
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: This year: AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Euro Hist, AP English Lang, AP English Lit. Last year: AP French Lang (5), AP US History (5), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 103.3 – 4.0
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 96.2 – 3.91
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1 out of 713
[</em>] Academic Awards: National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate, AP Scholar with Distinction, Xerox Award, Junior Achievement Titan Business Competition State Champ, Tri-State Math League Top 3 Award</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I like my essays a lot. Main commonapp one about professional wrestling, another about family heritage, and a third about my research interests and where I want to take them.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: I didn’t read it. I assume it was good.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: I didn’t read it. I assume it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Two research mentor recommendation letters from MIT Nuclear Engineering and Harvard SEAS professors. The MIT one was phenomenal. I didn’t read the Harvard one.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t read it. I assume it was crappy. I go to a massive school, and I barely know her, although we are on really friendly terms and I provided her with ample material for any sort of rec letter.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Research is most definitely my hook.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[</em>] School Type: Private (Realistically, it’s public though)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy: Wustl, Harvard Legacy
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nay…I wish. Anyone wanna hook me up with a ping pong coach? :stuck_out_tongue:
[<em>] Important ECs: Microfluidics summer research internship @ Harvard SEAS, Nuclear Engineering summer research internship @ MIT, Hospital Volunteer, Varsity Math Team Captain, Solo & Orchestral Violin, Granite State Challenge/Quiz Bowl Team, and Greater Manchester Red Cross. On resume: Obama for America volunteer, Community Alliance for Teen Safety Youth Board, and local State rep candidate’s campaign manager.
[</em>] Work experience: Freelance PHP Programmer/Website developer</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: A sweltering degree of awesomeness? I sent in my research abstracts, two mentor recs, a resume, presidential scholars candidate update, etc. Loads of supplementary material for them to judge. I have also self-taught myself around 7 programming languages and am fluent in French, proficient in German.</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: I think the research is what did it. Cornell loves my school and is fantastic for engineering, so I decided early on that Cornell would be my match school. I really fell in love with Cornell, but events since then have dragged me away from going to attend pristine Ithaca. I’ve gotten a Dartmouth likely and a MIT acceptance, both of which are closer to home so unfortunately I won’t be headed to Cornell this fall.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I wub you Cornell, but I’m going to MIT or Harvard. Maybe I’ll see ya guys in 4 years!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED ENGINEERING</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2260
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 800 Math II 800 US Hist 800
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Chem 5 US Hist 5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 96.7 / 100
[</em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): doesn’t rank</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: bad common app, I would say cute engineering essay
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: generic
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: detailed
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good I guess
[</em>] Hook (if any): female, though asian</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York, New York
[</em>] School Type: public, around 700
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: some, diverse selection of ECs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: good interview, amazing interviewer</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: because I deserved it, especially after seeing some of the other stats</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to those who got in.</p>

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<p>Accepted!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Reading: 730
SAT Math: 760
SAT Writing: 740
SAT Total: 2230
SAT II: 780 bio, 780 Math2
TOEFL (if applicable): N/A
ACT (if applicable): 33
AP/IB taken/scores: 12 taken, 9 5’s, 3 4’s
GPA weighted (if applicable): 4.5
GPA unweighted: 3.91
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): School doesn’t rank, but top 10%
Academic Awards: Lot’s of Science Olympiad awards (at national level), published research at international and national level as both first author and 5th author, National Merit Finalist, all that AP award crap</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I didn’t think they were great, but not horrid either
Teacher Rec #1: Great
Teacher Rec #2: Great
Additional Rec: None
Counselor Rec: generic
Hook (if any): White lol, so not anything to do with race. Probably research and being published of first author of my own study</p>

<p>Location:
State or Country: midwest
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: Nope
Recruited Yes/No: Nope
Important ECs: Science Olympiad, Mock Trial, lots of volunteer stuff, Cross Country
Other Factors: Praying?</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Research/involvement?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everybody just for going through this crazy process, regardless of the result</p>