<p>The title says it all. >_<
Also what were your SAT scores?
Is a 1900-2100 too low????</p>
<p>Thanks! (Junior-class of 2014) :)</p>
<p>(also i know EC's matter! I'm just curious about the GPA and SAT's for now!) haha :)</p>
<p>What does a 89/90 translate into on a 4.0 scale?</p>
<p>3.6-3.7 according to collegeboard. :p</p>
<p>If you aren’t worried too much about your financial aid and Cornell is your first choice and your GPA and SAT scores concern you, then you should definitely consider applying early.</p>
<p>In the last 3 years from my school, someone got in RD with an 85.52 and someone got in ED with an 88.03. The lowest accepted SATs from the last 3 years are a 1900 (RD) and 2020 (ED). Remember Cornell looks only at your CR/Math scores from the SAT though(I’m pretty sure, anyway). </p>
<p>So yes, people have gotten in with GPAs of 89, 90, or even under. People have gotten in with SATs in the 1900-2100 range too. But maybe they had some special hook about them – amazing extracurriculars, legacy, etc. You might have a chance. Just be aware that college admissions seem to be getting more competitive each year so you might have an even lower chance compared to previous years.</p>
<p>Also remember that there are multiple schools within the system, so depending on which of the seven you decide to apply to, your chances will definitely be impacted.</p>
<p>89/90 is only 3.6-3.7 in America. In many other places, it could be a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>I had like an A- average, probably around a 90-93. I had a very high sat score though (2370) which may have balanced it out a bit.</p>
<p>Are you sure about the “lowest ED SAT score being a 2020?”…we’ve had students from our school get in with lower scores than that, especially recruited athletes.</p>
<p>Sorry, just reread your post & now realize you were only referring to your school. here is link to Common Data Set. 12% of enriolled freshman had SAT CR scores of 500-599, of course no way of knowing how many of those were “hooked” (I suspect the majority)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000504.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000504.pdf</a></p>
<p>I applied ED and was accepted. I had a GPA unweighted of 97, and a weighted GPA of 110. My SAT, though, was a 1920, and my ACT was a 30. </p>
<p>Bottom line: don’t worry too much about the “stats” part of the application. Focus on showing your personality in your essays. Make them remember you as person, not just numbers.</p>
<p>In general, GPA matters significantly more than SAT. A high GPA candidate with a low SAT will more often than not get accepted versus a low GPA and high SAT applicant. Most accepted applicants have both a good GPA and good SAT, which makes sense since GPA and SAT are highly correlated. But for those students where the SAT and GPA are not consistent, I’d expect the high GPA candidate to be accepted ALL ELSE EQUAL (which of course it never is).</p>
<p>I know plenty of people who were accepted to Cornell with SAT scores in the 1900-2000 range, but most of those applicants are in fact rejected. 1900 is a decent cutoff though since I think I’ve only seen a handful of people on these boards say they got accepted with anything below an 1800. </p>
<p>As for GPA, it’s hard to define a cutoff since most high schools have different grading standards. Cornell admissions reads hundreds of thousands of applications so they know where you stand even if your school doesn’t give class rank. If you have a sense that your GPA puts you in the top 10% of your class, your GPA is on the right track.</p>
<p>You’re GPA alone means nothing. What actually matters is where it places you among other students in your graduating class. Top 10% is what you generally should shoot for but if most of your top 10% doesn’t get into top colleges then it needs to be even higher to be competitive. </p>
<p>Something like 2mil students at least take the SAT each year, so using that as a benchmark, top 10% of those students gives 200,000 students. Thus I think a high SAT score (And by that I mean an actual high SAT score like 2200+ which is 99%) can outweigh a good GPA since there are so fewer high SAT score kids than high GPA kids. That said if you have a mediocre GPA and are well outside the top 10% then you are getting dinged.</p>
<p>Also disagree with the advice above about not focusing on stats. FOCUS ON STATS, without them you will not even get your ECs or essays seriously considered. Also if you have to ask if you have ‘amazing EC’s’, trust me you don’t have them. After being here four years, what I used to think were good ECs aren’t up to snuff with a lot of these kids. </p>
<p>I would imagine also it is very hard to stand out with an essay or recommendation and I think it’s pretty silly for chance threads to say you are above average in this category. Think about it, you have a group of highly intelligent people who have been working on these essays for as long as you. Unless you have an unbelievable story, you’re essay won’t stand out so don’t rely on this. Same goes for teacher recs.</p>
<p>Sorry if this sounds harsh but people need real information here to accurately assess their chances.</p>
<p>This thread gives me hope because my GPA sucks but I have high scores and great ECs. You never know, just give them something to remember! Good luck! :)</p>
<p>I really don’t think a high SAT can outweigh a good GPA. The SAT is a poor predictor of college performance. GPA is usually a much better predictor. That said, while a top 10% is a good general benchmark, the reputation of your school matters too. Cornell sees thousands of applications from every sort of school; they have a much better idea of the relative merits of your GPA than you ever could hope to. If your school doesn’t rank, Cornell may even know where you stand in your class better than you do.</p>
<p>A good GPA/high SAT won’t get you into Cornell but a low GPA/low SAT can certainly remove you from consideration.</p>
GPA can easily be inflated, depending on the teacher, or school. SAT she which student know how to THINK and whose problem solving skills are on point.
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Also, for the Hotel school, if that happens to interest you, they seem to worry more about fit than stats (which of course has it’s limits, but…). So if that was your goal and you have experience and ECs in that ares, that would help.
2100? Maybe still in the ballpark, less than that, not so much.
Your GPA is not a literal conversion of 90 into 100/4.0. You need to do each grade in each class. Is it an A? Then you get 4. B? You get 3. Add them up and average them. It is possible to get a 90 in each class and have a 4.0, So do it properly before you assume you are 3.5. It may be higher than you think.
I got in with a 99.0/100 for Engineering but GPA isn’t everything
Also had a 32 ACT (2120 SAT)
…lol just noticed this question was from 2013