<p>AP Classes:
US History (5)
Macro/Micro Economics
Statistics
Psychology
Physics B
English Lang
English Lit
World History (European)
Calculus AB</p>
<p>EC:
Women's lacrosse team, captain
Student Government class president
National Honor Society secretary
Environmental President
Debate Vice-president</p>
<p>Work experience:
Tim Horton's for a summer
Currently an intern at an insurance agency</p>
<p>Class rank: school does not rank, but top 10%</p>
<p>Founded a tutoring program for kids, mission trip to Guatemala, etc.</p>
<p>Few concerns would be the few B's freshman and sophomore year, but hoping for forgiveness with the extreme upward trend and 6 AP's senior year, along with many leadership roles.</p>
<p>Just reading the passages and then answering the questions- as simple as that. I’ve heard of strategy upon strategy saying to, for example, read the questions first, only read the first and last lines of each paragraph, etc. but, for me at least, these have all just wasted time. Reading is one of my strengths though, so it comes a lot easier than say science- as you can see from my scores, ahaha. Everyone has their own best areas.</p>
<p>It truly just comes down to practice- if you are a slower reader, nothing will help more than practice tests.</p>
<p>I’m a pretty fast reader, but it sometimes confuses me what the questions are asking me and most of the time I’m stuck between 2 choices, and I always pick the wrong one.</p>
<p>Which college in Cornell are you planning on applying to? Overall, I’d say you have a solid shot- can go either way. If you are applying to the College of Engineering, early decision too, then your chances are a bit higher.</p>
<p>oohtobeagooner - If you’re good on timing, my advice would be to really look for what the question is specifically asking. Sometimes they can be very particular- they often ask for the “best” or “most detailed/specific” of the answer choices when there may already be several good answers present. At times it can be hard to tell just pay particular attention to how the question is worded, and ask yourself “Which of these is the <em>most</em> ______ (specific, concise, descriptive, etc. whatever they ask for)”</p>
<p>cortana431 - I was thinking of either ILR or Human Ecology, or perhaps even Arts and Sciences. Do you know which of these would carry the best odds of admission? And also, is there anything that I could do, perhaps over this summer before senior year, to boost my profile as a candidate as well? </p>
<p>^ By the numbers, Human Ecology is the easiest for you to get into and ARts and Sciences is definitely the hardest. But it’s difficult to transfer internally, if you get in, to arts and sciences after your first semester, so only apply to human ecology if thats where you definitely want to study for four years. I really don’t see much you can do this summer except maybe get a part time job or do some volunteer work. </p>
<p>I don’t think it would be a bad idea to retake the ACT either. You scored “low” in only math and science, so if you really work on those two sections, you have the potential to get a 34 or 35.</p>
who knows with Ivies, but hoping it’s at least worth a shot!</p>
just pay particular attention to how the question is worded, and ask yourself “Which of these is the <em>most</em> ______ (specific, concise, descriptive, etc. whatever they ask for)”</p>