Engineering chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hey guys!!
Please chance me!!!
GPA: 91.5 UW, School doesnt do weighted, even though all courses are honors-level
SAT: 2300 (780 M, 720 CR, 800 W), havent gotten subject test scores back yet (oct 20)</p>

<p>AWARDS: national merit commended, honor roll, perfect attendance 2/3 years (i hear that is worth something to colleges), baseball stuff, region champ in math league 3 straight years (school, not me alone), some medals at science olympiad
APs: School doesnt offer any... lame i know
did take a bunch of college classes through school though: physics, biotech, environment science, calc i, english</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICS:
NHS, science olympiad, math league, baseball, science league, human rights club, project terrapin (it would be easier to just google it...), e.c. athletics, relay for life, fantasy baseball/football champ(totally relevant i know)</p>

<p>Summer Stuff
Engineering Program at governors institute of vt,
IEP at Notre Dame (3 week summer program)
operation catapult at rose-hulman institute of technology (another engineering 3 week summer program)</p>

<p>45-50 hours(little league, fundraisers, stuff with nhs)
NJ Magnet school- very good school (middle states accred.)
Just another white guy
chance for college of engineering-civil engineering if it makes a difference
RD vs ED?</p>

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<p>First – you should apply.</p>

<p>Let’s look at things – Your SATs are great.</p>

<p>You took the most rigorous courses your HS offers, and supplemented them with college courses. That’s great.</p>

<p>ECs look fine, though not stand out.</p>

<p>The only real question, is what to make of your GPA – 91.5. Depending on your school’s grading system, it could be as low as 3.6 ish (which would be a tad low) or as much a 3.8, which would be pretty much in Cornell’s Target range.</p>

<p>Not knowing your school, I can’t really say, though this could be significant.</p>

<p>In any event, you should apply!!</p>

<p>The accepted wisdom is that the acceptance percentages are greater for ED candidates, if Cornell is your first choice. For the University as a whole, the ED percentage may be as much as double the RD percentage.</p>

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<p>with the gpa its interesting. by the logic that an A =4.0, my gpa is almost exactly 3.8. but by the logic of gpa/25, its a 3.66. But thanks for the insight, zephyr15!</p>