Do I have a reasonable shot at Cornell?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Cornell's engineering program is appealing. </p>

<p>SAT I:</p>

<p>Math: 740
Writing: 800
Critical Reading: 750
COMPOSITE: 2290</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>US History: 760
Math II: 800
Physics: 800
COMPOSITE: 2360</p>

<p>AP Scores: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5</p>

<p>GPA: 4.8, UW: 4.00
Class rank: 4/490</p>

<p>State: AZ
Gender: F
Race: Asian(Japanese/Korean)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Founder and President of Robotics Club (9,10,11,12)
-Vice President of Key Club (10,11,12)
-Gymnastics (9,10,11,12)
-Cheerleading Varsity (9,10,11,12)
-Math and Physics Tutor (9,10,11,12)
-Mu Alpha Theta (9,10,11,12)</p>

<p>Jobs:
I was a video director/filmographer/editor for a couple of months.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Senior year courses: I am taking all APs this year. This makes 11 total AP courses +Calculus II</p>

<p>Awards: AP scholar with distinction, student of the month, some excellency awards from my school, Varsity Letter for cheerleading, best smile-for dance(does that count?)</p>

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<p>A) There’s no COMPOSITE SAT II score
B) You seem to have decent scores. Which means you won’t be outright rejected. Now it’s up to the subjective parts of your application.</p>

<p>C) Did you really need to post this in 8 different schools’s boards? You have the scores that would make you competitive. That is all that we students can comment on. Beyond that we would need to read your essays, your transcript, your high school’s prospectus, your recommendations, your geographic distribution, etc. And without all that, ALL CHANCES ARE HOGWASH.</p>

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<p>Some people add up their SATII scores so I did that.</p>

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<p>No one adds up their SAT II scores. It’s beyond meaningless.
Provides no physical information.</p>

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<p>Ok, then why do people add up their SATI scores?</p>

<p>Yes I posted to multiple schools. Excuse me for my nervousness. CC got me excited.</p>

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<p>Composite SAT I scores are also physically meaningless.
That is why they only look at the highest from each section separately</p>

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<p>of course you do lol I clicked on your posting history and laughed cause you really think you might not get in</p>

<p>Thank you for this!
PS are you a flinn semifinalist?</p>

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<p>But I’m worried because I haven’t done any science/Intel/physics competitions. I feel like I haven’t done that much as far as awards are concerned.</p>

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<p>Awards cannot be concerned. They are inanimate objects.</p>

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<p>What is a flinn semifinalist? I’ve never heard of that.</p>

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<p>You live in AZ and you’ve never heard of the Flinn??? No way.</p>

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<p>Nope, sorry. :frowning: I’ve never even heard of CC before several days ago, and my school is a bit out of touch. Heck, I didn’t know about SATIIs before this year.</p>

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<p>Really? do you go to school in mohave valley or something? Sorry I’m just really curious. Most of the schools here at least have 1000000 Flinn signs around everywhere.</p>

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<p>Haha, I sure hope you have a reasonable shot at Cornell, because I have a pretty similar set of stats/ECs.</p>

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<p>Yes, as a high-scoring female with good grades and fairly interesting ECs, you have a very good shot at most engineering schools. </p>

<p>The big-name math and science awards are helpful everywhere, of course, but are generally not a make-or-break qualification except at schools like Cal Tech and MIT. Even at those schools, people get in without them.</p>

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<p>Yes. You have a reasonable shot at Cornell.</p>

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<p>Isn’t Cornell the best ivy-league school for engineering?</p>

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<p>Yes it is.</p>

<p>It’s also one of the best schools for engineering overall.</p>

<p>We’re in the same league as Mich, Caltech, MIT, Stanford.</p>

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<p>How come ivy-league schools don’t usually have top-rated engineering programs?</p>

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<p>I think you will get in…awesome stats…</p>