Do you think I can get in? Chance please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Info:</p>

<p>Hispanic (50%), Male
One parent was born in Colombia
Go to a pretty good public school in upstate New York, was born here
Spanish and English were both taught to me at young age but I learned English better
Income: >200,000</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>Class doesn't rank
GPA: UW=95/100 W=98.5/100.....Not sure what exactly they translate to on 4 point scale, 4 or like 3.9?
ACT: 32 Composite (36 M, 32 S, 30 E, 29 R, 8 Essay)
SAT: 1980 (720 M, 690 W, 570 CR, 10 Essay, Probably won't send this, just ACT)
SAT2s: 780 Math II, 670 U.S. History
APs so far: European History (3), U.S. History (4), Eng Lang (4), Comp. Gvmt. (5), AB Calc (5)
Senior Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP Economics</p>

<p>Took 3 years of Spanish in school (to make my spanish better) and 2 years of German. I am currently teaching myself French this summer.</p>

<p>Have taken many honors classes as well: Bio, Physics, Chem, Precalc, etc.</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
Varsity Soccer 11+12 Grade (Have played soccer since 7th all year long: indoor and summer too)
Varsity Tennis 11+12 Grade (Getting pretty good)
Volunteer hours: 150-200 (Mostly from Local hospital gift shop, might do something else like salvation army)
Foreign Language Club member (11+12) (Will most likely get office position in fall)
Math competition Member (11+12)
Badminton Club member (11) (lol)
I will do several other clubs in the fall, some positions as well
National Honors Society Member
Have done soccer camps in the summer</p>

<p>Possible Majors: Physics, Bio, Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Awards: Many school awards for doing well in classes, such as physics, precalc h, etc.
German award which was more on a county level. Might be forgetting one or two others.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations: I think they will be very good.</p>

<p>Essay: Still thinking about it, perhaps about one of my trips that I took to Colombia.</p>

<p>Schools considering:
Cornell (Possibly ED)
Brown-still not sure whether to apply ED or not.
JHU</p>

<p>Do you think I have a good chance at a school like Cornell? I really like it there.
Also, what is missing from my application/what should I do to strengthen it.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Oh yeah and I was captain of JV soccer team in 10th grade</p>

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<p>pretty please
with a cherry on top?</p>

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<p>bump for the last time…</p>

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<p>Personally I don’t think you will get into the ivies. You became very involved all of a sudden in 11th grade, which looks really bad. Also you have basically no leadership. The schools you are looking at scrutinize everything, so becoming involved your junior year and having no leadership will not compensate for high grades and tests scores. Look at schools that focus on grades/will overlook your weak spots. On a side note I think taking Spanish in high school might make it look like you were just going for an easy A.</p>

<p>Also use your ACT over your SAT, it is a stronger score.</p>

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<p>yeah my ECs are pretty weak but I’ll try and compensate for it with something else. thanks for the reply though!</p>

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<p>If you ED i think you have a decent shot at cornell. ivies are a crap shoot but some of your statistics seem to fall into cornell’s range. also, cornell ED is like 40% so if you wanna go to an ivy, cornell is your best shot and with an ED application. i think your essay has to be really good. your gpa is excellen though. good luck. also you can try to shoot for a little less than ivies like gtown, emory, etc. those schools are also good for you and u have a better shot at. :)</p>

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<p>Cornell was 32.7% ED acceptance last year and filled 37.1% of it’s class with ED. This is versus Brown’s 19% ED accetpance and 37.4% filling. Cornell is slightly easier then there, and being URM Hispanic will help quite a bit. I don’t know what ArtsyGirl is saying, taking 3 years of Spanish and 2 years of German isn’t really an “easy A”, as most colleges, especially those in the Ivy League, recommended 4 years of language and you have 5.</p>

<p>That being said I recommend you take the ACT again. Strive for a 34. Retake your US subject test, or supplement with a different test.</p>

<p>Find more schools, and have a gurantee (super-safety), something with an ACT range of no higher then say 24-28, or a school within your range with over 60% acceptance rate.</p>

<p>With a well articulated essay you have a chance at ED Cornell, maybe even ED Brown.</p>

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<p>thanks for the input that makes me feel better guys</p>

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<p>I did ace German as much as I did Spanish, showing that languages are one of my strong suits, and I’ll be good at French by the time I apply. Quadlingual should be good right?</p>

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<p>Also, I have done Indoor Soccer since 9th or 10th grade. I’m trying to think of something to do that will make me stand out</p>