Engineering ED Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Alright, here we go. Everything is basically finalized except math 2, which I'm taking again on Saturday.</p>

<p>White Male</p>

<p>SAT: 1410 (740 M, 670 CR)
SAT II: 790 Chem, 650 Math II
ACT: 32 (35 M, 32 S, 31 E, 28 R)
GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW
4.7 Weighted</p>

<p>7 AP Classes, 19 Honors/AP Courses</p>

<p>Rank: 3/283</p>

<p>ECs:
Student Teaching Honors Physics (school calls it leadership assistant)
Editor of the school newspaper
2 year varsity letterman for indoor and outdoor track (participant for 3 years, 4 at time of graduation)
NHS
After-school and during-school tutoring
Science and Quiz Bowl
500+ hours of community service
Mock Trial
Job
& more stuff I'm likely forgetting</p>

<p>I feel that my essay is strong and my recommendations are sincere. I'll try to chance back, although obviously I'm probably not the best person to give a chance. :B Just got my ACT score, pretty disappointed with the 28 on reading, but ah well.</p>

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<p>28 on reading??? you’re going to be an engineer, so don’t worry. I think you have a strong ED chance if your essays are strong. YOu have a similar profile to my son and he was admitted ED last year. By the way, he LOVES it!</p>

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<p>Bump
Took the Math II again, a bit unsure of how I did. I feel like I should be >700, but at the same time I really don’t know.</p>

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<p>Your stats will get you in the conversation. It will come down to letters of rec & essays. COE has one of the lowest admission rates, especially for males.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I believe for males the admission rate was about 17 percent for males going into engineering. I’m not really going to compromise what I want to do, however, in order to have a better shot at Cornell. :P</p>

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<p>GPA, class rank, course rigor are definitely great. SAT/ACT wont stand out at cornell.I believe the 75th percentile is 34 ACT and ~1500 SAT. Ec’s are decent. You definitely have a shot. like csdad said, it’ll come down to essays and recs</p>

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<p>Bump. Turns out I got Commended Student from the National Merit Scholarship, if that means anything.</p>

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<p>It’ll help a little bit, if anything, but I would say almost negligible.</p>

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<p>Your SATs, particularly your math scores relative to CU engineering, are quite low for Cornell Engineering. As a white male with no exceptional ECs you have a particularly low chance for engineering so I wouldn’t count on getting in.</p>

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<p>I mean my math II score is a bit low, but other then that I don’t think my ACT or SAT math scores are exceptionally low for engineering. My english teacher gave me high praise for my common app essay (although I do have to trim it down a bit to fit 500 words), so I’m pretty confident in that. I’m working on the supplement now. How important is this compared to the common app essay?</p>

<p>Also, a question slightly related: If I come from a family with a salary of about $150,000 annually with 2 other kids in college, what kind of financial aid should I be expecting to see? My parents said they would help with whatever I got, but I’m starting to feel a little bad if I get no financial aid.</p>

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<p>Anyone want to read my supplement?</p>

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<p>I would love to read your supplement. I too am applying ED to Cornell, well most likely.</p>

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<p>I will read your supplement as well. I’m applying RD to Cornell.</p>

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<p>I will take a look at your supplement</p>

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<p>Got an 800 on Math II. :)</p>