Do I have a chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>IM 100% Honest</p>

<p>Composite ACT-33-----(35eng, 34mat, 33reading,28sci) --- I did get a 32sci on my first try if they superscore. </p>

<p>Class Rank- 1/431
Unweighted-3.97
Weighted-4.34
I have been part of a magnet school since 6th/7th grade for math/science and I have been way accelerated as a result. At the end of junior year I had 58 credits and you need like 48ish to graduate. Ive taken AP everything and gotten A's in all of them but two semesters of two classes. </p>

<p>Heres my issue- my AP exams suck- I spent too much time playing golf thinking I would get recruited- but it didn't work out.</p>

<p>AP Scores
Freshmen year- Physics(3), Comp Sci-2
Sophomore Year- Calc AB(3)/BC(2)---(BOTH IN ONE CLASS... AND WE HAD A SUB THE WHOLE YEAR WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING!!)
- Chemistry(2), Stats(4), Human Geo(4)
Junior year- Language/Comp(4), US History(3), Comparative Gov(4), US GOV(4), Additionally
I took two college courses(concurrent enrollment)- Discreet Mathematics and Introdution to Engineering. </p>

<p>This year I am taking
Senior year- AP Language/Lit, AP Enviro, AP Micro/Macro Economics, Vector Calculus(through the local university) and Spanish 3(not AP)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
Research internship with Professor at university- optical character recognition stuff -convert code etc. etc. --- 120 hours ( 11th, during school year only)</p>

<p>Homeless Shelter- 60 total hours so far(11th,12th)</p>

<p>First tee youth golf instructor/mentor-50 hours(11th summer)</p>

<p>Volunteer youth instructor with my coach - 200 hours(9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Student run volunteer organization(501c-3)- I wont give its name, but Im on the Board of Directors and I manage other volunteers in planning and executing service projects. We planned and carried out a 5 day camp for obese kids, and numerous other city improvement projects (11th, 12th) ---- 200 hours</p>

<p>President of Gold Club- (Interact with old people at Assisted Living Home- probably around 50 hours(11th, 12th) </p>

<p>Varsity Golf-#1/2 player on the team since I was a freshmen- 20 hours/week + numerous out of state tournaments in the summer. (9th,10th,11th,12th)</p>

<p>Im really confident in my application, excluding my AP scores. I really hope they don't weigh me down. I easily could've done better, but I didn't know I wanted to go to elite schools until 11th grade and whether ap scores even mattered, which it seems they do. My letters are all really good as well.</p>

<p>Also, I have had to travel every month, twice a month, to visit one of my parents who lives in a different state since I was 9(they're divorced). I'm having my counselor talk about this in her letter.</p>

<p>PLEASE CHANCE ME. I am applying to Engineering. My top schools are Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, and Duke. I have some easier ones too just in case. I just want to see where I stand. </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Also, in 9/10th grade I played the piano in certificate of merit and sonatina festivals and received the highest ratings possible from the judges. That amounted to 3 hours/week for those two years. Then I stopped playing competitions and performances in 11/12, but I still play.</p>

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<p>A number of different aspects here. First of all, AP scores are not required for admission, so even though Cornell says to “send all standardized test scores”, since you have not taken the SAT (given by the College Board, which is the same as the AP exams), I’m wondering if you even have to send your AP scores? Even if you do have to send them, you would hope that your 34 ACT math score would offset your AP Calc score.
A very important factor will be where past top students from your school have been accepted at. I would assume that being #1 in a large Magnet School would bode well for you. Admit rates for males at Cornell Engineering are in the 15-20% range…I would think you have an above average chance for admission.</p>

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<p>I would call admissions and inquire about the need to send AP scores as I agree with csdad that they may not be required. I don’t recall reading that AP scores must be submitted. You do need a Math subject test (either level) and a science for Engineering.</p>

<p>Admit rate for males in Eng last year was 10.8%. I do not know how that breaks out ED vs RD but imagine that ED rate is higher, thereby lowering RD admit rate.</p>

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<p>… wow, that is significantly lower than the last stats I had in fall of 2011, which had the male admit rate at 16%</p>

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<p>csdad—15.9% male fall 2011, so your figures were right on the money. F admit rate 2011 35.4 to 28.1 fall 2013. </p>

<p>And, this is just my own idle speculation, but you have to imagine that the 2017 opening of NYC Tech will only enhance the Eng school’s profile.</p>