Cornell University Class of 2013 RD Results

<p>ACCEPTED CoE!! 32 ACT, 4.0 GPA… some awards, varsity tennis. Accepted to Penn too, but will be attending cornell next fall!</p>

<p>**Decision & College: Accepted CALS - AEM **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 740
[<em>] SAT Writing: 750
[</em>] SAT Total: 2290
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 720 Chem
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 34
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC (5), English Language (4), taking English Lit, Stat, Physics: C, and US History this year.
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable):
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.94
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 10%
[</em>] Academic Awards: </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: CommonApp one was pretty decent. I also liked my CALS essay.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Calculus teacher, he was my favorite teacher in high school.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: English teacher, got pretty close to her junior year.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I’m assuming it was pretty standard.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Legacy (Father)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yep
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Key Club Secretary, Math Team Pres, FBLA Treasurer, NHS Vice Pres, some community service stuff.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Legacy? 3 Week program there over the summer?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN! I look forward to meeting everyone next year :D.</p>

<p>my S’s stats</p>

<p>Decision & College: accepted, CAS</p>

<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 780
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 790
[</em>] SAT Total: 2370
[<em>] SAT II: 800M, 750(?)bio, 740(?)chem
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable):
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable):97/100
[</em>] GPA unweighted:
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable):5%
[</em>] Academic Awards: NMF, APS w.distinction, ?</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Essays: ?
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: ?
[</em>] Additional Rec: excellent (music), excellent (summer res. supervisor)
[<em>] Counselor Rec:?
[</em>] Hook (if any): anti – asian</p>

<p>[/list][ b]Location:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] State or Country: ny
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: m
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: orchestra (14yrs of same instrument) concert master, every county and state honors ensemble since fifth grade incl. all state confernece, varsity sports, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>other schools accepted/rejected/waitlisted: accepted - cornell, northwestern (leaning), geneseo; waitlisted - upenn, wusl; rejected-harvard, princeton, stanford</p>

<p>Decision & College: GT CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 700
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2210
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 710, Lit 680, Physics 660
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 32
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s on BC Calc, English Lang, US Gov
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 3.9ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 10th percentile-ish out of 400
[</em>] Academic Awards: </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, had plenty of people read
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Good
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Also good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Employer rec, also good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I assume? It’s public school…
[</em>] Hook (if any): General artsiness with a bit of part-time jobiness</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT
[</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li] Important ECs: Creative writing, theater, chorus, part time job making smoothies!! Etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Vanilla-ness.</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: I really don’t know.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: So I thought it would be either an acceptanace or a rejection, and yesterday I kinda did the quick glance at my letter and I thought “oh, rejection,” and then closed it out and tried to get Columbia’s to load. Then a friend of mine told me she got a GT to HumEc and I didn’t really think about it until today when I remembered that my letter said something about transferring. Then I checked again. So yeah, I got a GT. Yay?</p>

<p>**Accepted: CAS **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 750
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2350
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 770 Math IIC, 800 US History
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Biology (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), English Literature, Environmental Science (5), European History, Macroeconomics, Physics C: Mechanics, Psychology, Spanish Language (5), Statistics, US Government, US History (5), World History (5)
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 1/520
[</em>] Academic Awards: NMF</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App: Stream-of-consciousness narrative with embedded song lyrics about calling Beijing Christmas morning to talk to my relatives. Supplement CAS: My impressions of a Chinese marketplace. Supplement HumEc: Interviewing at the Telluride House and getting the scholarship.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: World History teacher. Should be good.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: English Language teacher. Probably also good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good, but generic?
[li] Hook (if any): TASP, Telluride House scholarship</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Large suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Yearbook, academic bowl, service club, math club, creative writing</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Telluride stuff. And my essays had a lot of specific information about Cornell.</p>

<p>Vindicated after 5 long months!!! Got in to HUMEC after being deferred ED!!!XD Congrats to all those who got accepted!</p>

<p>Accepted, Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 690
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2290
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 750 Physics
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics MechC (4), AP World History (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted: 5.02 (weird scale)
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: Probably 1 or 2 out of about 250
[</em>] Academic Awards: Harvard Book Award, RIT Computing Medal
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Really explained why I wanted to go, pretty great.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Math teacher has known me for 3 years, wrote one that is bound to be amazing.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: World history teacher wrote one that should be excellent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: One from middle school teacher and mentor, another from Bates college professor.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I know my counselor fairly well, and they took this recommendation very seriously.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nothing in particular.
[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Auburn, ME
[</em>] School Type: Small Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Speech & Debate (several state and national awards), 200 hours of community service in the Philippines[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: All of the above. I was satisfied with my application, and I sent in supplemental material.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone that got in. It’s going to be tough to decide between this, Stanford, and a full boat to WPI.</p>

<p>Accepted: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 710
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2220
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Biology
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): N/A
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 33 C (32E, 34M, 35R, 32S, 11 Essay)
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: IB Math SL 7, AP Biology 5, AP Chemistry 5, AP Statistics 5, AP American 4, AP European 4
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 102.2
[</em>] GPA unweighted: N/A
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 14/520
[</em>] Academic Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Intel and Siemens Semifinalist</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common App - strong; Supplemental - pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Strong
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Very Strong
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Strong
[</em>] Hook (if any): Research? Received the Cornell Presidential Research Scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: LI, NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No (I wish for Lax)
[li] Important ECs: Research, 3 years varsity lax, community service, peer tutoring</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: My stats were pretty on par with the other students who were accepted but still, I think that my passion for research proved to be my best selling point.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I’m very happy with this acceptance. Was rejected by Dartmouth, my number one choice, but I am extremely fortunate to have this acceptance so I am grateful. Congrats to all the other students who got in and to those who didn’t, do not feel bad at all. Just the fact that you’re on CC to get info to help with the college process shows your dedication to academics and will serve you well in the future. To future applicants, don’t be intimidated at all by any one who posts on CC and Good Luck!!!</p>

<p>Congrats new Cornellians!! I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I was in your shoes. College flies.</p>

<p>sakurarain: CONGRATULATIONS!!! I got deferred by HumEc and got accepted RD too! What a ride it has been!
The HumEc acceptance after those torturous 5 months of waiting was… unbelievable.
Now I just have to pick between Cornell and Williams ;)</p>

<p>^ choose Cornell! You’ve been waiting 5 long months JK go where feel you’ll be most happy :slight_smile: that’s an important factor.</p>

<p>Accepted: College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2320
[<em>] SAT II: 740 US Hist, 720 Lit, 640 Biology-E
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): n/a
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): n/a
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 AP US Hist, 4 AP World Hist (currently taking Statistics, Gov & Politics, and French)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 98-ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: don’t know
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 7/251
[</em>] Academic Awards: National Merit Finalist, Honor Roll, 1010WINS Tomorrow’s Newsmakers Awards Finalist, New York State School Press Association Bronze Award, National Latin Exam: Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unique and well-written
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: English and Journalism teacher, also my newspaper advisor (never got to read it)
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Physics teacher (never got to read it)
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never got to read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: competitive public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: half Asian, half white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: nope
[li] Important ECs: Student newspaper (Co-Editor-in-Chief), NHS (Vice President), Mentoring Program (Mentor Leader), Archon Community Service Society, Theater Development Fund Open Doors Program (secretary; alternate member), Mu Alpha Theta, NYS Science Honor Society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Unpaid internship at local newspaper, extensive travel, Summer@Brown writing course</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Honestly, I have no clue…was waitlisted or rejected at all of the other Ivies that I applied to!</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats, Cornell Class of 2013! Not totally sure if I will be matriculating, but I do love the school and am so glad to be given an opportunity to attend. :)</p>

<p>Uhmmm because they’re female?
I know colleges do that with race, but I didn’t know they give advantages to females…</p>

<p>**Accepted! CAS **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 690
[<em>] SAT Writing: 760
[</em>] SAT Total: 2250 (superscored)
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2- 790, Lit- 760
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 33
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP English Lit (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): not exactly sure…
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): 2/90
[</em>] Academic Awards:</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good?
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: She let me read it. I thought it was great.
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2:No clue.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not too awesome. My GC has a form letter and spends <5 minutes on his recs.
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: OH
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: didn’t report, but I’m a mix
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Varsity soccer 3 yrs, President of Ecology and Math club, there are more, but not significant. I also have a part-time job</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I think my interview went pretty well. My interviewer was soo awesome :slight_smile:
also, I did some research over the summer before last</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: I didn’t even bother checking my decision on the 31st (I didn’t want to see another rejection). I found out I got in because I got an email saying I was missing finaid materials. When I say I have no clue, I really mean it! </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone!! I hope to see some of you in the fall! And Chandler-- I’m so glad you got in. I was rooting for you :)</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>SAT Reading:670
SAT Math:770
SAT Writing:720
SAT Total:2160
SAT II: Math I 760, Math II 780, US 700, Chemistry 760
ACT (if applicable):34
AP: World History 4, US History 5, AP Physics 4, AB Calc 5, BC Calc 5, Stats 4
GPA weighted (if applicable): 96
Rank or % estimate (if applicable): Top 5 percent
Academic Awards:3 National Latin Exam medals, 2 national french exam medals</p>

<p>Essays: pretty good
Teacher Rec #1:good
Teacher Rec #2: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any):nope</p>

<p>State or Country: NY
School Type:public
Ethnicity:asian
Gender:female
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No:no
Important ECs:yearbook, newspaper, math club, mock trial</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer:
Good grades, hard classes</p>

<p>I applied to CAS</p>

<p>Decision and College: Accepted into the College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (800M, 730CR, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35W, 35M, 32R, 36S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E, 780 US History, 650 Spanish w/o Listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/495
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), US Gov (5), English Language (5), Environmental (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Statistics, Honors Research Methods, Honors Special Interest Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Key Club (Sergeant-at-Arms), Math Team (President), Green Hope Ambassadors (President) Environmental Club, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, Tennis, Taekwondo
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at NCSU’s Chemical Engineering Lab Over A Summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community Service: About 300 Hours From Various Clubs
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship Stated Above; Summer Science Program
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good (One Person Said Best out of a Hundred He Read)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably Good; Waivered Right
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I am the president of the club she advises for.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From Professor at NCSU whom I worked under at internship.
[li] Interview: Awesome. My interviewer didn’t as much ask questions. He basically just talked about Cornell and how much he loved it. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (South Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Highest
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My academics were definitely my best point. I took the hardest courses that I could possibly take and kept straight A’s through high school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, Little Extracurriculars Outside of School
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I just met the requirements that Cornell was looking for.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got rejected from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. I got waitlisted at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. I got accepted at NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU at St. Louis, Duke, and Stanford.[/ul]</p>

<p>**General Comments: Congratulations to everyone that was accepted or waitlisted! **</p>

<p>**Decision & College: Waitlisted, Arts/Sciences **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading:760
[</em>] SAT Math:800
[<em>] SAT Writing:740
[</em>] SAT Total:2300
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC - 800, Physics - 740, Chem - 760
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable):
[<em>] ACT (if applicable):
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: BC Calc, Chem, Eng Lit/comp: all 5s
[<em>] GPA: 3.6
[</em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): number 13…
[li] Academic Awards:International Chem Olympiad recog. various academic teams, there are some other things, but I’d be intensely uncomfortable putting them here. PM me if you want to know how sad this is.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Poured my heart and soul
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: Stupendous
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: Good, probably
[</em>] Additional Rec: I had 2. Again, PM me if you want to know just how annoyed I am, considering.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[</em>] Hook (if any): lol, no</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:------
[</em>] School Type: small, public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (not the Asian everyone thinks of first)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No.
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: <em>giggles</em> No.
[<em>] Important ECs: PM me…and you’ll know why I’m so *</em>**ed off right now.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Seriously, PM me and let me vent to you.</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: Oh, I have my theories, looking at the other decisions.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: </p>

<p>I hate everything right now.</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 660
[<em>] SAT Writing: 730
[</em>] SAT Total: 2120
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 700; Math II: 660; Physics: 630
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] Taking AP Lang, AP Chem, AP Calc AB this year at new school, my old school didn’t offer APs
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.8
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): unranked, probably top 10%
[</em>] Academic Awards: quite a list, but none of them are very impressive</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good, I spent a long time on then and had my parents and my college counselor proofread them.
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: My physics teacher from last year, maybe a little generic (didn’t read it)
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: My math teacher from the past 3 years, very good and personal (he let me read it)
[</em>] Additional Rec: My AP Lang teacher from this year, good but maybe a little generic (didn’t read it)
[li] Counselor Rec: Very, very good (I haven’t read it but I know)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CT, before that West Coast Canada, before that Russia
[</em>] School Type: This year small private university prep school, last year small public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I applied for architecture to AAP, so a very big part of the decision was my portfolio, on which I worked for hours upon hours and am very proud of. I also went for an interview and the professor interviewing me kept me overtime and I think liked me a lot. Some of my extracurriculars are: Crew for 3 years (not hardcore though, and I’m not rowing in college), lots of art outside of school – courses and on my own, many years of theatre – community and school, several school volunteering and leadership projects (but nothing huge here either).</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: What I said above, and also – Cornell knew they were my clear first choice. I showed a lot of interest, visited twice, and it was a great fit for me. I guess they saw that despite my mediocre (compared to many people that apply at least!) grades and scores. I also think that my history of moving from Russia to Canada to the USA showed them that I adjust to new environments well, and helped me even if I am not a minority.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I feel very lucky to have gotten in, but I think this also just proves that grades aren’t everything, even if they are very important. I didn’t believe it myself until I experienced it. Congrats to everyone who got it!</p>

<p>Decision & College: Waitlisted, College of Engineering (Mechanical)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Reading: 730
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 760 (71 gram 12 essay)
[</em>] SAT Total: 2270
[<em>] SAT II: 760 math II, 770 chem, 780 phys, 790 korean w/list
[</em>] TOEFL (if applicable): 117/120 on iBT
[<em>] ACT (if applicable): 34 - 35 Eng, Sci, Math, 30 Reading, 32 Eng/Writ
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: world hist, eng lang/comp, physics b (5), us hist (4)
[<em>] GPA weighted (if applicable): 100
[</em>] GPA unweighted: idk
[<em>] Rank or % estimate (if applicable): top 5%
[</em>] Academic Awards: intel semi, national merit commended, ap scholar w/honor</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: alright
[</em>] Teacher Rec #1: idk
[<em>] Teacher Rec #2: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: rec from research mentor good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good but prolly bland
[</em>] Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: korean
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: science olympiad, tae kwon do, newspaper, etc. and intel</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: moved here from 6th grade, moved from international to regular pool (hopefully) after status change to us permanent resident</p>

<p>Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted/offered guaranteed transfer: maybe grades…?</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: accepted to yale, uc berkeley, and stony brook so dont really care, but i got waitlisted to harvard, mit, columbia, penn, cornell, johns hopkins, and cooper union, so im kind of wondering what i may have done wrong with my application(s) that caused so many (SEVEN out of 12) waitlists… oh and rejected from princeton/stanford.
anyway dudes(and dudettes) if u wanna get into cornell do better than me and get better grades, good luck!!!</p>