deferred: chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I was deferred from Cornell Early Decision. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Race: White (Turkish)
Gender: Male
Residence: New Jersey
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Numerical Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.62(uw) , 4.13 (w)
SAT(new)- 800M, 800V, 710WR</p>

<p>SAT II Chemistry- 800
SAT II Math IIC- 800</p>

<p>AP Computer Science AB-5</p>

<p>Senior Year APs:</p>

<p>Calc BC
Chemistry
Physics B
Economics
English</p>

<p>Patents and Research:</p>

<p>Invented a garbage receptacle that houses both recycling and trash and seperates the two by means of a foot pedal in the fourth grade. Recieved U.S. Patent in 2001 on the invention.</p>

<p>Recieved $300 minigrant from the Board of Education to develop a new type of electric Motor (2003.) Patent pending. (I wrote the patent application myself, if that counts for anything.)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:</p>

<p>Researcher for the New School University in NY. Research on Project Pericles, an intercollegiate program for civic engagement and community awareness, and methods that the New School could use to implement the objectives of this program. Presented my findings to several New School administrators, including ex-U.S. senator Bob Kerry.</p>

<p>Work Experience:</p>

<p>Landscaping (20-30hrs/wk) (Summer 2003)</p>

<p>A&P Groceries Department (25hrs/wk) (2005, still employed)</p>

<p>Summer Courses:</p>

<p>Precalculus, Microbiology, & Fencing at Montclair University (2002)</p>

<p>Advanced Chemistry at Columbia University (2004)</p>

<p>Clubs:</p>

<p>Asian Culture Club (9,10)
Chinese Honors Society (11) (I took 4 years of Chinese)
National Honors Society (11, 12)
Debate Club (9, 10)</p>

<p>Awards:
Annual Honors (2002-2003)
Honors w/ Distinction (2003-2004, 2004-2005)
National Merit Commended Scholar
National Science League Physics Test Award</p>

<p>Reccomendations:</p>

<p>Got a great rec from Bob Kerry as well as my supervisor at the New School.</p>

<p>Awesome rec from TA at Columbia (talks about my interest and knowledge in electronics)</p>

<p>Also got reccomendations from my Physics, Chemistry, and U.S. History teachers.</p>

<p>what killed me was that they checked 1st quarter grades and i had one C.</p>

<p>So here’s my list of colleges:</p>

<li>Cornell (ED)</li>
<li>MIT (roll of the dice)</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>University of Maryland College Park</li>
<li>Rutgers</li>
</ol>

<p>Please rate my chances. Again, I will be grateful for your comments. Be honest.</p>

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<p>Holy crap..you got deferred?! </p>

<p>Wow. Bring up your GPA, and I would say you have a good chance at Brown/CMU (if you're not applying as a CS major). Columbia and MIT are reaches, as always.</p>

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<p>Ouch. They're pretty picky. Obviously, you want your midyear grades to rock.</p>

<p>The C, combined with your less than perfect GPA, adds a little more randomness to the process. Because I don't trust this whole process, I think I woud add maybe one more school (with a relatively high admit rate) to the list - with a good EE department - unless you like Rutgers enough fro that to be ok. I think you are fine (at about the 90% level) and will have options as your list stands - but not at the 100% level.</p>

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<p>Crap you got deferred??</p>

<p>I thought you would have a good shot at MIT...</p>

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<p>yeah my C was in Calculus so that didn't help.</p>

<p>However it, is definitely going to be a B by midyear. I'm currently getting an A this marking period.</p>

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<p>btw i am applying to columbia SEAS, not the college</p>

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<p>bump..........................</p>

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<p>what were your essays about?
maybe meet with your counselor and see what you could do to get in regular decision. maybe you could write them a super essay andsendthat in, or do something really interesting over winter holiday and tell them about it.</p>

<p>i think you have really good chances at schools 4 through 7. I dont know about MIT, as you said it's a roll of the dice.</p>

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<p>my essays were about my "passion" in applying knowledge.</p>

<p>I think what really killed me was that god**** C.</p>

<p>Maybe I'll have a shot if I pull it up to a B.</p>

<p>BTW, I read your chances thread. I wish you good luck. And don't take it to personal. This admissions process is way too cold and impersonal.</p>

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<p>bump...........</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>deferred usually means that they are looking to see if you will improve your grades. if you do im sure you willg et in.</p>

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<p>hopeful, thats utter b.s., i got deferred from Penn last year, got straight As in 5 AP classes my first semester, didn't get accepted in the end.</p>

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<p>they also want supplementary materials usually</p>

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<p>bump, and can anyone tell me which ones they think i'll be accepted/rejected from. Add Johns Hopkins, Princeton, and TCNJ</p>

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<p>bump.................................</p>

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<p>come on anyone?</p>

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<p>I'm Turkish and got rejected with similar stats for business, from Wharton. Maybe too many Turkish people are applying to Ivy Leagues lately. =P</p>

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<p>Well.. from looking at ur app I really doubt what your missing are your academics. Actually, I think you might have "too" much academics and not enough of the non-academic stuff... like sport or music. remember, colleges don't just look for scores and qualifications, they look for character and extracirricular stuff too. i think you should emphasize outside school stuff that you simply like to do for fun, like watch movies (i know that columbia has a section where u fill in films, festivals, etc that you enjoy), or play sport or anything non-academic. </p>

<p>also, i hope you didn't write something academic based for ur essay..!</p>

<p>i reckon ur app is giving the impression that you concentrate too much on academic scores, achievements and awards, although in reality, you probably dont.</p>

<p>anyways, that's just my opinion..!</p>

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<p>thanx guys. I believe that I rounded myself out well in my app. Maybe i was wrong...</p>