Cornell

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>About me: Female from California, URM (Half black), raised by single mother
My School: My school is only 4 years old and as far as I know hasn't sent any kids to any stellar schools besides Berkeley. </p>

<p>I think my GPA is a bit too low. It's probably around 3.5 or 3.6 weighted.</p>

<p>APs: I've taken AP US Hist, got an A in the class and a 5 on the test.</p>

<p>I have a very rigorous senior schedule:
Honors Eng. 12
AP Government/Econ.
Human Anatomy
Russian 2
Russian 3
Spanish 4 AP (Year-round)
Academic Decathelon</p>

<p>I'm on a block schedule.</p>

<p>SAT 2100 CR 800, M 600 (Low, I want to retake), Writing 700
SAT II: US Hist 740, Lit 700</p>

<p>ECs: I've played guitar for about 6 years, I played in my school blues band in 10th grade, played guitar for the school play, participated in drama club (10th grade), during 11th grade my after school time was pretty much all sucked up by my fast food job (have held the same job over 1 year). I'm a little late when it comes to volunteering. I'm starting at an animal shelter next month. I think I should have started sooner. For my high school senior project I'm learning New Testament Greek and doing a translation project.</p>

<p>I was told that a might have a better chance at Cornell because of my URM status, background, and because I want to major in an uncommon field (Linguistics. I also want to learn some computer science and maybe get into Comp. Linguistics, natural language processing, or AI). What do you think? </p>

<p>Cornell is my #1 reach school and anything you can think of is very much appreciated!</p>

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<p>Anyone? Please?</p>

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<p>Your EC's seem average.
Good SAT's
Good SAT II's</p>

<p>You can greatly improve your GPA by taking AP classes.</p>

<p>hope this helps, please chance me? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/555419-help-me-get-into-my-dream-school.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/555419-help-me-get-into-my-dream-school.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I don't see how I can bring my GPA up. I want to apply ED and the deadline is Nov.1. My semester grades don't come in until mid Nov.</p>

<p>Unless there's something I'm missing?</p>