Final Chances for Cornell

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Applying to CALS as biostats with a backup major in nutritional sciences. Please chance me (i know I posted before, but these are my final stats with everything listed) because Cornell is my top choice, even though I know it's a bit of a dream.</p>

<p>demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon, which was named best AP school in the state. And our graduating class is supposed to be one of, if not THE smartest/most competitive of all time in our 100 year history. So it's competitive, but it's definitely not a super prep school by any means.
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (8/12 on essay): Science killed me (24), but I got 34 on math, and reading/english were above 30 as well.</p>

<p>*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A</p>

<p>*Junior Year
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/B
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P
IB English: A/ A
IB TOK 1: A</p>

<p>*Senior Year Anticipated Courseload If I get my choices:
IB Physics SL (basically AP Physics at our school)
IB TOK 2
IB Biology HL 2
IB English HL 2
IB Math HL 2 (AP Calc BC basically)
IB Spanish SL
AP Statistics
Marketing 1</p>

<p>In summary: I currently have a 3.913 UW GPA, and 4.152 W GPA. UW class rank = 31/520 and W = 17/520.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
*Varsity tennis 4 years
*Science Team 4 years.
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Swadhyay (3 years)- Religious group for Hindus.
*Tennis at THPRD for 3 years (4 hours per week).
*Portland Youth Philharmonic Organization (2 years)
*NHS (2 years)
*Model UN (1 year)
*OHSU Dental exploring program</p>

<p>Community Serve:
*Ball kid for Nike Open (9, 10, 11) (more than 30 (probably a lot more) hours of community service here)
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program Volunteer in the physics and biology labs (have more than 140 hours of community service done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 20+ volunteer hours)
*volunteered at hospital (40+ hours)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors/Leadership:
*Ball Kid Team Captain (11th grade)
*Tennis Team Captain (12th grade)
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*IB Diploma Candidate
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year
*Currently on the leaderboard for school ASMA contest.</p>

<p>*other factors:
Recs- Should be good.
Interest in major- probably my weakest point, but I told my stats teacher to talk about stats, why I like it, etc. in my rec, and I have a lot of science/math ECs, so that could help a bit.
Essays- who knows, but I'll do everything I can to make them as good as possible. I don't want to mess this one up.</p>

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<p>46.85%. Good luck.</p>

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<p>do you mean biometry and statistics? b/c that's what i did too</p>

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<p>yeah that's it. Sorry. Any more opinions?</p>

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<p>shoe in, man. people think cornell is unattainable, most of the people i know here don't stand up to this kids stats. i would bet 50 dollars that you get in provided your essay doesn't say "i am lying about all the crazy **** i've done the past four years". good luck getting into harvard though...</p>

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<p>lol I know for sure I'm not a shoe in dude. I'm average at best, but even that might be pushing it a bit. Any more ideas? I'm freaking out! Ugh!</p>

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<p>come on guys. I know more than 2-3 of you have opinions about this</p>

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<p>it's "shoo-in"</p>

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<p>your stats sound a lot like mine did, above a 4.0 weighted, captain of like every sport, lots of tutoring, awards, clubs, honor societies, AP classes, 30 ACT etc. I had a very good essay, and great recs b/c I was salutatorian and my bio teacher was also my soccer coach, but I came from a much smaller not as good public school, am a first generation college student, and im white. (I don't know if that helps. I was admitted RD CALS-bio) So basically, I do believe that you would fit in nicely here. In CALS, though, I think they let in a lot of New York State residents so I'm not sure how that will affect you. The admissions process isn't so clear cut though. I think you would definitely make it through the first round of "cuts" but after that it is more up in the air. Your application would be similar to others who made it through the first cut, you just have to hope that in some way it stands out and that the admissions person thinks that you can "fit in" here. You have a good chance in my opinion.</p>