Cornell, UPenn, and other Ludicrously Prestigious Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I tried looking all around for a general "Cornell Chances" thread, but couldn't find one. If one of y'all have one bookmarked somewhere, please redirect me to it please, and an admin or somebody can shut this one down. </p>

<p>I'm looking at Carnegie, UPenn, Cornell, and some other less known schools.</p>

<p>I am an Asian (AKA "undisclosed" for admission sake) attending a rural area high school renowned for its drug trafficking and swaths of students who don't care much for school spirit and academics. That said, I am in the STEM program, a program seemingly exclusive to Maryland in its schedule focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.</p>

<p>SAT || 2180 (retaking to expect 2300)
PSAT || 225 (national merit qualifier (yet to hear results))
SAT 2 || 800 Math 2 ;
740 Biology </p>

<p>APs || 5s : Calc AB, Calc BC, Computer Science, English Lang 11
4s : Biology
Current: Physics C, English Lit 12, Psych (2 college courses: Sociology and Multivariable Calculus) </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars: Track, Cross Country, Basketball, Volunteer at Animal Shelter, student government, National Honor<br>
Society, Founder of a computer club
Interned at the University of Virginia
Completed my STEM Capstone project on "Usage of Computer Science to Mathematically Model the Spread of Disease within a closed school environment"</p>

<p>My school has a system where College classes and AP courses are weighted a 5.5, and honors are somewhere in between 4-5. That said, I have a 4.7 GPA. Haha.</p>

<p>Unweighted, it's about a 3.8, and that's a topic of concern for me; I didn't do very well in my junior year; the famed, most critical year of the high school career. I messed it up, got caught up with girls. I'm really hoping that the work I put in this year will be enough to make up for the <em>nothing</em> that I did last year.</p>

<p>I intend on:</p>

<p>Starting a school sports televised network
Running for class president
Winning Valedictorian
Fundraising
Joining Robotics Club
Playing Tennis
Get 800 on Physics Subject test.</p>

<p>So, assuming I complete everything on this list, what are my chances for Ivy? I've never considered myself Ivy League material, but now that I'm a senior, it's all very surreal and the realities of my potential are catching up to me. I would like to go into engineering. All three of the schools I aspire to be accepted into are very competitive, and students who apply are often just as multifaceted as I am.</p>

<p>Mathematically, there are tens of thousands of schools, and if every single one of those schools has a valedictorian, that makes up still for ten thousand very talented individuals competing for Ivy League Schools.</p>

<p>Do you all think I could make it to any of those listed schools? Thanks for taking the time to read and perhaps answer. </p>

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<p>Hi! Very impressive stats and extracurriculars! I think your best bet would be Cornell ED especially if you can pull the 2300 mark. LOL on the undisclosed part, that might help, though they may be able to figure it out. Just make sure your essays are not too generic and are very well written. Your ECs are a bit mundane, the hypercompetitive people for the most part have done crazy things. That said, I would recommend doing something that shows a lot of initiative, maybe relating to the club you started :). anyways, best of luck and chance me back if you have a few minutes! the post is my one and only thread</p>

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<p>If you are able to achieve the items on your list, you have a chance at all of these schools. I would be sure to visit them all if you can, and be able to be specific about why you want to attend their school. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>You are competitive, but still a Reach, as are all Ivies for everyone.</p>