diamond in the rough? or student with a fat chance? chance for the unsure!!!

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<p>I am a middle-eastern male rising senior who plans to major in engineering or possibly business.(maybe double major) If I choose to major in engineering I am thinking of going into computer science, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering.</p>

<p>State of Residence: MD</p>

<p>(I am from one of the top public school systems in the nation)</p>

<p>GPA:</p>

<p>3.57 UW
4.2 W</p>

<p>Class Rank:
hasnt been released but could be anywhere from 20% to 35% my school is extremely competitive</p>

<p>AP's (Junior Year: AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AB English Lang. Senior Year: AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP Calc BC, and I will be self studying for AP Gov, AP Comparative Gov, and AP US History)</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:</p>

<p>SAT: 2040 I plan on taking it again to get 2150+</p>

<p>math-690
writing-720 (11 essay)
reading- 630</p>

<p>ACT I plan on taking to get a 32+</p>

<p>I plan on taking SAT II's in</p>

<p>Math II
US History
Physics -------> I dont expect a high score on this because I will be taking it without finishing an ap physics course. Maybe cornell will understand maybe they wont.</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>12 time Honor Roll Recipient
Student of the Month 2011 May/June
AP Scholar
4th Place in FBLA Regional Business Law Competition
2nd Place in FBLA Regional Business Procedure Competition
10th Place in FBLA State Business Procedure Competition
Part of FRC team that won the Chesapeake Regional Award for Innovation in Control and Design</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>4 years of FIRST Robotics, 2 years as head of business department (treasurer), wrote a business plan that outlined the team's finances for the upcoming 5 years and managed the team's finances for the 2 years
4 years of FBLA
3 years of Key Club, treasurer during initial year, participated in various charitable fundraisers and community service projects
4 years of SGA, 2 years of Class Board, 2 years of Executive Board, Treasurer of Executive board
2 years of NHS
2 years of NSHS (science)
2 years of NTHS (technical)
1 year of NMHS (math)
2 years of peer tutoring
1 year of public speaking club, founder and president
1 summer of community service as First Tee volunteer coach</p>

<p>Leadership (some previously stated):</p>

<p>1 year as key club treasurer
1 year as executive board sga treasurer (regular sga is for the class, exec. board is for the school)
1 year as public speaking club, founder & president
2 years as head of business on frc team</p>

<p>Experience:
Internship at UMDCP in the field of electrical engineering (summer)
Internship at JHUAPL in the field of computer science (senior year)</p>

<p>both internships were engineering related internships</p>

<p>Im aware I have a small chance if any, but a chance would be really appreciated.</p>

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<p>Your chances pretty much solely relies on how much of a feeder your school is to Cornell. Your scores are far subpar for someone so privileged. You will need to ED for sure.</p>

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<p>Sorry if that came out a bit harsh - was in a bad mood. You do need to raise your score though and very, very preferably ED - that can help you out a great deal in your situation (where ranking might not be weighed against you as much if you have a great school reputation).</p>

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<p>UW GPA and rank will be tough to overcome unless your school is close to Exeter/Choate level.</p>

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<p>Male admit to COE is one of the toughest at Cornell. SAT, GPA, Class Rank are all below average which makes Cornell a high reach for you.</p>

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<p>Nothing about what you’ve demonstrated screams that you are an elite student at math/science, especially with the SATI math subscore. Top 10% is a good benchmark for Cornell in general, but for Engineering, your math/science performane should be AT LEAST top 5%.</p>

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<p>"your math/science performane should be AT LEAST top 5%. "</p>

<p>See I don’t know if any high school actually does this separately - even class ranking is not given in number or percentages in many schools.</p>

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<p>I didn’t mean that it’s reported, but if you’re not a top math/science student, I can almost guarantee Cornell admissions knows. They see so many applications from so many schools they have a good sense of where a student falls.</p>

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<p>you go to blair? if so you’ll probs be fine since you guys have some very ridiculous students…</p>

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<p>I don’t go to blair hahah</p>