Do I have a chance(RD)?

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<p>I am from Midwest and so far my application briefly looks like:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 -Unweighted(1/537)
SATI - 740CR 790M 670W - 2200comp
SATII - 800Mathiic 790 US History 750 Bio-M 720 Bio-E
Will take ACT in december
TOEFL (CBT) - 293 (I have spoken English for 5 years)</p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate
AP US History-4
AP Calculus AB-5</p>

<p>Phi Kappa Phi Junior Scholar - Councelors at my school nominated top one student.
National Merit Commended
National French Exam - Placed 8th in state as a sophomore</p>

<p>EC
Tennis Team for 4 years, participated in summer tournaments</p>

<p>Orchestra -Concertmaster at school, district, all-city orchestras
-District Orchestra (10,11,12), State Orchestra (10,11, and this year's state hasn't begun yet), Community Orchestra, University Summer Orchestra
- I Rating in State Solo/Ensemble Fest (9,10,11, and same as above for 12)
I spend 15+ hours on violin per week, and I am sending a recording as a supplement</p>

<p>NHS (10,11,12) - Senior Rep.(12)
Also Involved(or was involved) in FNHS, Tri-M, Science club, Tsunami Relief Project, other small school activities.</p>

<p>500+ hours volunteer.
Symphony (city) Usher Director -300+
Volunteer at a botanical garden - 250+
Usher/Worship assistant for church
Individual Tutoring at school</p>

<p>Summer
People to People Medicine Forum at JHU (Summer 05)
University Singers (Summer 03, 04, 05)
Metropolitan Community Orchestra (Summer 04, 05)
Rest of the summers were spent visiting colleges and taking government and PE in school so I wouldn't have to take them during school year.</p>

<p>Work Experience
Played in an orchestra for an opera</p>

<p>I would have a pretty good councelor rec, probably one decent teacher rec, and one really good teacher rec(I was told that rec for me was the best rec this teacher has written so far).</p>

<p>I think what I'm lacking is probably super SATI's and awards, but do I have a decent chance?</p>

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<p>Well, actually there are bunch of little awards, but I didn't include them b/c I didn't think they would make much of a difference.</p>

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<p>not to be rude or anything. no one can really tell you what ur chances are. u'll find out from cornell soon enough.</p>

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<p>Not even by their general acceptance trends? There should be some idea at least.. but okay, I understand what you're saying.</p>

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<p>here are always some idea of what one need to get in. but no one really knows what they want. only the admission officers at cornell know what they want.</p>

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<p>you know you have a good chance ;)</p>

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<p>to translate what was said above.. you have as good a chance as anyone else thats in cornell's score range. since everything can be so random in the admisison process no one can pin down your chance (aka you have good stats)</p>