<p>SAT: 2020 (650CR, 720M, 650W, 10E)-------SUPERSCORED
Course Load: Freshman (all honors) Sophomore (2 AP's and remaining honors) Junior (4 AP's and all honors)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Freshman (3.33) Sophomore (3.71) Junior (4) Overall: 3.68
Weighted GPA: Freshman (3.64) Sophomore (4.21) Junior (4.79) Overall: 4.21
AP (grade on Exam): Computer Science (2) World History (4) Statistics (4) Chemistry (4) U.S. History (5) English (4)
Total Number of AP's (not including senior year) : 6
Extracurricular: National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Robotics, Volunteering at Local Hospital
Leadership: Captain of the Robotic Team, Teach India Every summer
Awards: 3rd Place at Science Fair Regional (10th), 1st Place Science Fair Regional (11th), AP Scholar with Distinction
State: Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Hooks : How in India we started a organization that teaches underprivileged kids education (i teach every summer since 8th grade) AND my major upward trend</p>
<p>Hm, SAT is on the low side…unweighted GPA is quite low as well…ECs are run of the mill, except for the Indian organization. Unless you apply ED, your chances look grim. And I’m assuming you’d apply to engineering, since that’s what your ECs look suited for.</p>
<p>You need to mix up the creativity in your chance thread titles…</p>
<p>ECs are like mine and I got in but try to bump up that SAT and GPA if you can. It’s possible.</p>
<p>Everyone always sounds so desperate in their chance threads…as if being chanced ever did any good, unless you already know you’re amazing and want other people to tell you for your ego boost.</p>
<p>I’m going to recommend that you…</p>
<p>1) Retake your SATs. If you haven’t applied to anything yet, you still have time.
2) Take the ACT. If it’s better than your SAT, then send the ACT instead of the SAT. This might be a good plan, since you haven’t taken any SAT Subject Tests.
3) Write a helluva admissions essay. Focus on your main special attribute, which I see here is “Teaching in India” and touch on your interests in robotics and science.</p>
<p>your sat is majorly low for your ethnicity. Retake and try to boost to 2200. your gpa you can’t do much about. EC looks good. AP looks not that good but can’t do anything about that either. So just focus on the SATs.</p>
<p>Get 800s on all your SAT II tests.</p>
<p>majorly low for ethnicity? I resent that comment. Last time I checked, schools don’t strictly compare students’ stats with those of their same ethnicity. Unless you are a URM (Unfortunately for me, Indians are ORM). I would have to look it up again, but I THINK that his SAT score is actually within the middle 50 percent. </p>
<p>I dont mean to ■■■■■, but AnbuItachi’s comment was absolutely ridiculous. Not constructive in the slightest.</p>
<p>you dont have to believe it a-punk. i’m giving OP advices, whether he takes it or not, its up to him. cornell cares a lot about diversity and indians does not equal whites. indians are grouped in the asian group and theres a lot of asian applicants out there with better stats. once they got enough asians, they wont really take more so they might not directly compare his stats with other indians but it is indirectly compared. besides even compared to non URMS, his sat is still on the low side and therefore should take the SAT again. </p>
<p>do more research before saying someone’s post is completely ridiculous, especially when that someone has been here way longer and seen more</p>
<p>anbuItachi is correct…</p>
<p>he should at least try to bump his math score…</p>
<p>Meh, I got in with a lower SAT ED. You are probably an average candidate RD, which puts your chances at 20-30%. ED you probably have an above 40% chance. Your GPA is low though. With improved SAT you might be 50-50 or if you have a great essay. For your essay try to emphasize your ability to excel at challenges you seek. </p>
<p>What jumps out to me as the reason you are at best 50-50 (and something I think gets paid more attention to in admissions than most give credit for) are AP scores. You have mostly 4’s with one 5 and one 2. It also makes me question your ability to really do well at Cornell. A 4 is a fine score compared to the national average, but it’s not great for Cornell. I would say a 4 on an AP test is at best a C+ (though this depends on the subject). Your grades at Cornell depend on how well you do compared to others for most subjects, and by in large, Cornell students represent the top 10% of students.</p>
<p>i didnt realize AP scores weighed heavier than SATs in terms of predicting success in college…</p>
<p>AP class quality depends on the caliber of the teacher…</p>
<p>I meant your actual AP scores, not your class grades for the AP test. I’m pretty sure I read AP scores correlate better with college, which makes sense. AP tests are actually similar to college exams. And like college, you know what material you are responsible for and it’s your responsibility to learn it (and the plethora of AP review books really give you no excuse not to know what you should). Some teachers may prepare you for the AP exams better than others, but that’s like college: some professors are better than others. You are still responsible for learning the material.</p>
<p>Right. Since the APs take place in May, a lot of one year courses regardless of subject simply can’t cover every topic during the time available. While I agree that the class experience itself is highly dependent on the teacher, the AP grade is indeed at least partly based on the individual’s ability to study independently and ask the teacher for additional help if necessary. It’s the straight answer that a lot of people don’t like to hear - including me - but I definitely would not have done well on my Physics and Chem APs by sticking to the class material.</p>
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<p>dont think APs are that important in acceptance but like above posters said they do somewhat correlate to performance in cornell I believe. One low score is fine but consistent 4s kinda shows something, though it could be because of nonstated reasons =\ </p>
<p>at Cornell, seeing how you have mostly science classes, you have to be good at self studying to get the As</p>