<p>Hi I'm an rising senior and i'm currently FREAKING OUT about getting into college [due to parental pressure and self-motivation] and i just need to know what are my chances of getting into such a wonderous college such as brown university :]
-My current GPA: 3.75
-SAT score:1850
-Community service hours [up until this point]: over 700 hours
-my school doesn't rank :/
- received a 4 on the US History AP exam & English and Language Composition AP Exam
- received a 3 on the French Language AP exam
- currently the President of my debate team
- involved in numerous clubs [3]
- has no work experience as well as no internships</p>
<p>uhhh thats all i can think of at this point but ask if ya need to know more !! [just to delineate a proper picture of my chances!!]</p>
<p>Agree with CS dad–scores need to be higher. Cornell is also known for their choosing students based on “fit” (or I suppose you could also call it a “hook”)-- what school/major are you applying to? And have you had any work or EC experience that demonstrates your passion for that area of study?</p>
<p>I hate to be harsh, but your grades and scores are pretty low, and if you don’t have a specific hook or something that demonstrates your fit for a major at Cornell, then your chances are pretty slim.</p>
<p>I’m sorry but my boyfriend had higher stats as a high school student and he got denied. Your grades aren’t terrible, but Cornell is difficult to get into.</p>
<p>okay i understand and appreciate everyone’s advice !! but would organizing and colllecting books from local libraries to send to deprived children in Awlaw, Nigeria as well as organizing “Jammin for Joplin” inorder to help raise money for the tornado disaster in Joplin, MO better my chances? also both my parents have english as their second language, but i wouldn’t be the first one to go to college.
and I love community service and always want to advocate for the common good so I would love to major in legal studies or history. To be evident to my passion, I volunteer for an organization called Youth Court in which the volunteers are attorneys for teens who’ve committed first-time misdemanor crimes, i’ve been apart of this program for about 4 years now.
Some special awards I’ve gotten include a Presidential Service award [bronze] and two other Presidential Service Awards [silver]. My school also offers academic awards based on a GPA greater than 3.65 throughout the school year so I’ve received numerous of those. Also, i’m the Vice President of the NAACP youth council in my area.
And then for debate, me and my partner placed 6th for the regional KCPLD tournment and i placed 9th place for Top Speakers of the Year. In addition I recieved a bar as well as a Degree of Distinction from the National Forensic League</p>
<p>Those things are very helpful once you get yourself to be considered. However unless you get your SAT / ACT scores up, I fear you won’t be at the point that the other things are considered.</p>
<p>I second that. SAT’s aren’t the biggest admissions factor but they’re pretty important. I’d look toward the SAT prep board for advice on how to effectively study for it.</p>
<p>I really don’t mean to pick on you and your question about Cornell, but rather to raise a more general question about these “chance me” questions. I honestly don’t understand why you and others post these. As a casual reader of CC, it doesn’t appear that there are ever any useful responses, but more importantly, it’s virtually impossible for someone to post anything useful. The average profiles of admitted students are readily available for most schools, and the truth is that the more selective the school, the less comfort one can take from meeting or exceeding the average stats. It strikes me that you and others who post the “chance me” questions are simply completely freaked out about the whole application process and are looking for assurance of admission into Cornell, or whatever school is being chanced. Unless an admissions officer who has your completed application is responding, I don’t understand the purpose. This seems like a huge waste of time and energy and just another ingredient that makes an already stressful process even more stressful. If you really want to go to Cornell, you should put your best efforts into your application and hope for the best. But, please don’t rely on responses from people who have nothing more than opinions to help you decide your course.</p>
<p>Though I often respond – swampscottsue is, of course, correct. Responses here are generally based on published data (and you have the same access to it as we do).</p>
<p>This being said – OP indicated that he/she is VP of the NAACP youth counsel, suggesting that he/she may be a member of an under-represented minority. In the FWIW category, according the the prevailing thinking in these threads, OP’s statistics are probably in the ballpark or close if this is the case.Of course, only admissions can evaluate an application.</p>
<p>^ I was about the post something similar to Zephyr before I read the last post. If involvement in that NAACP club implies being African American (an URM), the OP has an excellent chance, although raising the SAT and grades a tad couldn’t hurt, either. </p>
<p>@swamp, I think many people post these threads because they want to know if it’s even possible to be admitted, given that most of them have a deficiency of some kind (e.g., I had a deficiency of extra-curriculars, and that made me ask the same questions.) I don’t think many people on these threads are looking for an absolute answer, but if they are, your criticism certainly holds.</p>
<p>Your extracurriculars are impressive. When I was applying to several colleges I would post several “chance me threads.” The majority of people that told me on this site that I would get accepted to a certain college and that school denied me. When I would post a Cornell thread it seemed as though a lot of people said I was going to get denied, but I was accepted. It really depends on you. I would not apply to a school because everyone else is indicating “you’re pretty much not getting in.” I’m so glad that I followed my own instinct because now I am going to Cornell. You should never feel belittled because people say you’re “not good enough.” I feel like college is a competition between yourself, not others. I’m sorry about posting that thing about my bf having better stats, but I was just being honest. I’m not saying that you will get accepted or denied. Just trust your gut. You will thank yourself in the long run. Oh and by the way, standardized test scores aren’t everything and they don’t prove how “intelligent” you are. All you can do is just try your best! I know that I’m a smart individual and those tests did not define me or my capabilities.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, did you say NAACP council? There is an African-American girl from my school who is going to a top tier ivy (harvard/yale/princeton) and I can almost guarantee her extracurriculars and SAT score are lower than you. If involvement in the NAACP council is indicative of your race, I would say you have a damn good shot at not only Cornell but also a number of T-10 universities. </p>
<p>Even if you are not an African American student, I would say that you have a shot, but not a good one, at getting into Cornell. I think that on their website they talk about median SAT ranges, they don’t publish the writing SAT scores, but the majority of Cornell students score between a 650 and 750 in math and critical reading. I’m not saying your writing score doesn’t matter, but I do believe the M and CR scores are worth a heck of a lot more to Cornell. I don’t know if this fits you, but I know a few people who have excellent math and CR scores but absolutely atrocious writing scores.</p>