<p>Hi all! While it is a bit early, I would like to get an idea of my standings for Early Decision CAS at Cornell for the Class of 2019.
Here are my stats:
Female, Caucasian
--SAT: 700 (M), 720 (CR), 800 (W) (2220 superscore, took three times)
--SAT II: 700 US History, 750 English Lit
--UW GPA: 3.75/4.0
--W GPA: 4.55/5.2
--AP: Soph year-US History (5), Spanish Lang
Jr. Year-US Gov (5), Spanish Lang (4), English Lang (5) (projected scores based on class performance)
--Sr. Year Course Load: AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, Honors French 2, Honors Spanish 6, Honors Euro Lit, Calc, Physics
--Classes: All honors/AP except for math all 4 years and physics senior year
--Extracurriculars: Key Club (9-12), Adopt a Grandparent (9-10), Breast Cancer Awareness (9-12), ConKerr Cancer (10-12), JSA (11-12), Hispanic Culture Club (10-12)
--Work: Ice cream shop, manager, 12 hrs/week, 9-12, babysitting
--Volunteering: Mission trip with church to Appalachia summer after 9-10, Dominican Republic grade 11
--Interview: Planning on interviewing, I am very comfortable speaking with adults so I expect the interview to go well
--Essays: I am a very strong writer and I will be working with a tutor to help in the writing/proofreading of the essays, should be excellent<br>
--Recs: Counselor rec will be very good, AP English rec will be great, AP Spanish rec will be good. Also having my boss write me a rec letter, as I am playing up my job in my application
--Rank: School does not rank, but I am guessing I fall in the top 25% of a 500 student class
--School: Public, Suburban, right outside of Philadelphia </p>
<p>--Projected strengths: I am coming from a nationally ranked high school that is well known and highly regarded by Cornell admissions officials. I also expect my interview and essays to be strong differentiating aspects to my application, and I plan on emphasizing my job as my main outside of school commitment on my application (i.e. stressing how much working my way up to a manager position has taught me about work ethic, responsibility, etc.), I have showed a strong interest towards Cornell (visit, interview, in contact with admissions officers, sat in on a class/talked to professors)
--Projected weaknesses: SAT/GPA are average, no officer positions, not a ton of school-related extracurriculars, did not take honors math or physics (I also finished with an 81% in Chemistry and my math SAT score is low, so they will most likely see a trend and realize I am not a strong math student), grades take a slight dip sophomore year (first year I took any AP classes)--don't drop too low, just to lower A's and a B, but pick right back up junior year</p>
<p>--Also, if this is relevant or of any help, I also plan on applying to Lehigh, UMichigan, Syracuse, GWU, Penn State, and Maryland. </p>
<p>Please let me know what my chances are, and let me know if you need any more information! Thank you so much!</p>