Cornell University Official Class of 2011 Early Decision Results

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<p>Decision: [Accepted School: ILR]
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: pretty low
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2c 700
[<em>] GPA: 3.6
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]**
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: did not really wrote about my intellectual interest but Good. i like it and so do my teacher
[<em>] Teacher Recs: 1 from an ILR alumni, i assume that is good, 2nd, good i guess
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good. speaks about my background as an immigrant
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]

Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NYC
[<em>] School Type: Public, Competitive within honor students
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]

Other Factors:** doing alot of tutoring, went to an information session before
General Comments:</p>

<p>but how do you get the colorful titles? :-)</p>

<p>it's in one of the brackets ( [] ) of the template, color= red, for example, stands for red font.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted; School: CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1880 (590V, 620M, 660W)
SAT IIs: 660 American History, 580 Literature
GPA: 99.6/104
Rank: 11/600
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: one awesome, other i have no clue
Counselor Rec: generic
Hook (if any): Latin Nationals, URM, football for four years
Location/Person:
State or Country: TX
School Type: public
Ethnicity:hispanic
Gender: M</p>

<p>ACCEPTED-CALS AEM </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: never took ACT:31
SAT IIs: Never took
GPA: UW 3.8 W 4.0
Rank: top 20%
Other stats: sent in bassoon supplemental CD, Founded Investment Club, Simpson's Club, Chairman of Discipline Council, football for three years
Subjective:[ /b][ list]
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Hook (if any): Bassoon?
Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
State or Country: TX
School Type: Competitive Private
Ethnicity: Mixed Breed
Gender: M
Other Factors:[ /b]
General Comments:[ /b] See You guys next year!</p>

<p>I haven't been able to get onto this site for a while, and I'm guessing that's why so many can't post their decisions. Here's mine:</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED (CAS) *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (790 M, 710 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Molecular Bio, 760 World, 740 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 (unweighted, but my school has a weird weighting system)
[</em>] Rank: 8 out of 511
[<em>] Other stats: Would've been valedictorian but switched from Spanish to Latin in freshman year so couldn't take honors latin till later, so messed up ranking, but only senior in school with 3 years Latin
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Personal Statement was awesome (unique, music, funny, etc.), Supplement was great (I was on the fence about it the whole time since I strayed from the standard anecdotal approach and talking about just the major)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Don't know (waived right) but guessing one great, and one amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don't Know
[<em>] Hook (if any): Relative is an alumnus and wrote a letter to admissions (but I'm not a legacy)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA (Suburb of Philly)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:I was able to demonstrate both a strong passion in one thing (music - many activities with clarinet, many hours per week, leadership, honors) while still being extremely well rounded (Model UN, 3 honor societies, worked over summer, summer physics program). I think that Cornell CAS really looks for people who fit their school, and I just had that gut feeling that with the personality I evinced in my essays, they would know I was a match for them. I'm not a generic, stereotypical high scorer who does as many extracurriculars as possible to get in to college (I know some like this) - I did everything in high school because I enjoy it, and I think Cornell saw that, and that's what sets me apart
General Comments: I'm speechless for the most part. The feeling walking into school today was great - news of acceptance spread like wildfire, everyone congratulating me, people bringing in food. I'm really glad it's all over, and now I can flush all of my other applications down the virtual toilet. Congrats to all who got in, and if you didn't get in, you're too good for Cornell anyway and if you got deferred, just don't lose hope - and if you're a 2012 applicant looking at all of these posts while anxiously waiting for your decision look I did, just realize that if you feel that Cornell was a match and you demonstrated it, you'll be fine. Hell yeah!</p>

<p>if you applied for a 2nd major at CALS, how do you know which one you got into?</p>

<p>I am not kidding here guys. I am pretty sure that Hotel School is only accepting females during the ED round!! Not kidding at all, I know of only 2 males who got accepted but at least 25 girls i know did. Dont worry guys we have a better shot RD.. Prob just girls and legacies during ED!!</p>

<p>[ size=+3][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted CAS[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2080
[ *] SAT IIs: 770 Math IIC, 770 Bio E, 730 Bio M, 690 Physics
[ *] GPA: 4.26w/3.93uw
[ *] Rank: top 7%
[ *] Other stats: APs: Psych 5, Comp Sci A 5
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good, it was about identity and I tied in Psychology
[ *] Teacher Recs: Probably very good, I somewhat saw half of one
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good as well, my senior class is the smartest in MO
[ *] Hook (if any): umm, I work 10 hours a week ever since Junior year? Maybe debate? Maybe I started a breakdancing club at my school? I really don't know.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person: Parkway West HS[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Missouri
[ *] School Type: Large public (20 national semi qualifiers for PSATs, most in state)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: umm, fairly good ECs. Teachers love me. Good supplement essay.[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: 3 of my best friends and I all got into our EDs. Wash U, Wash U, Cornell, and Brown's med program (this one was a big surprise haha, but its awesome) Anyway, to all of you who did not get accepted, the best of luck to wherever you were meant to go to. Cheers to those who I will see next year.[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected, CALS
Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 650 CR, 800 M
* SAT IIs: 740 US, 800 Math IIC, 800 Math IC
* GPA: 3.7 UW
* Rank: No Rank
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good, talked about living alone for 2 years of my life.
* Teacher Recs: Also pretty good, had one faculty write me a letter.
* Counselor Rec: Very good, explained a lot about me, and the reason for my low GPA
* Hook (if any): None.
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person: NJ</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: USA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Comment: I know it was a reach.. but damn, felt freakin terrible...</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED CAS *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570/2330 (800V, 770M, 760W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 World History, 800 Chinese, 760 Math II, 690 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 3.94UW/4.04W
[</em>] Rank: 20/600 (might've been 35/600 when the transcript was sent)
[<em>] Other stats: seven 5s on APs, one 4.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay, I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good, but not necessarily awesome.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: meh
[<em>] Hook (if any): Lived in Israel AND China. Living in Colorado. That's about it.
[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:Colorado
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:** No notable ECs except about 150 hours of research. No leadership, no awards except National Merit semifinalist and AP national scholar.
General Comments: I could've sworn that the ECs would bring me down. Guess now.</p>

<p>

Congrats! The first fellow ILRie I've seen on CC get accepted. I hope to see your next year studying well into the night at Catherwood Library in Ives Hall. :P If you have questions about ILR, feel free to shoot me a PM or an IM.</p>

<p>*Decision:ACCEPTED CAS *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (780m, 740cr, 710w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 math iic, 690 chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.3
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: fine- spent a lot of time on them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: should have been good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: uh, doesn't matter?
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Lots of leadership- student council, yearbook editor
General Comments: I'm really excited! And congratulations!!!</p>

<p>*Decision:ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENGINEERING!!!! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2140 (V:650 M:790 W:700)
[</em>] SAT IIs:IIC:800 IC:780 Chem:740 Bio:700 Physics:630 lol
[<em>] GPA:W3.92
[</em>] Rank:no
[<em>] Other stats:ACT:34
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Great. Simple and honest.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:1math,1chem both great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Excellent.
[<em>] Hook (if any):nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type:Public (in top 10 NJ public high)
[</em>] Ethnicity:Aasian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:President of 3 clubs, Columbia SHP, and EMT
*General Comments:THIS IS BEYOND SURREAL. WOOOOOOHHHHAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! *</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted CHE!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:2240
SAT IIs: 750,740,610
GPA: 4.3
Rank:top 10%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:very good
Teacher Recs: i don't know
Counselor Rec: very good, i think
Hook (if any):nominated for a national writing award?<br>
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: good public
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasian
[ *] Gender:female
Other Factors:very good fit for the major i applied for
General Comments:Sooo relieved, yay!</p>

<p>Congrats to evryne accepted, I hope to join all of you next year</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED-HOTEL</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:2240 (V:670 M:770 W:790)
SAT IIs:IIC:720, French: 800, Bio:690
GPA:W4.05
Rank:no
Other stats:ACT:31</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty damn good, if i do ssay so myself
Teacher Recs:1 decent science, 1 excellent lit.
Counselor Rec:dont really know
Hook (if any):french?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:CA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:french
Gender:Male
Other Factors:good leadershipp ec's no hotel experience
General Comments: I dont consider myself officially in yet. i think i bombed a few finals last week and im so scared i got c's in some classes. but if they turn out fine, FUTURE HOTELIE HUZZAH!!</p>

<p>Decision: accepted to CAS</p>

<p>i think u've seen enough stats to overlook this one.</p>

<p>Good luck to all others! and Congrats to people who got into colleges already. Go Class 07!!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED HoE DEA</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1480/2160 (680V, 800M, 680W)
* SAT IIs: 800 World History, 790 Korean, 800 Math II
* GPA: 3.55UW/3.89W
* Rank: i donno
* Other stats: one 5 on AP, 8 community college classes
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: unique, pretty good. I thought my supp essay was pretty darn good
* Teacher Recs: AwEsOmEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
* Counselor Rec: pretty dang good
* Hook (if any): parents separated for over a yr
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:Cali
* School Type:Public
* Ethnicity:Korean
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: +350 hrs of community service hrs, 2 leadership positions, 3 yrs of varsity bball, pretty dang good art portfolio, male applicant in female dominant major.
General Comments: YIPPPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>