<p>Does Cornell care more about GPA than they do extracurriculars or SAT scores? I'm an ED hopeful and am still worrying about my GPA stats. Just wondering if I could get any answers from alumni or current students!</p>
<p>I mean if you have an average gpa but if you have wonderful extracurriculars and sat scores it wouldnt hurt that much. At the same time, if you have an over the top gpa but no extracurricular or bad sat scores that hurts you also. you need a good balance of each i guess. They want the complete picture of you not just academics</p>
<p>From my experience it seems GPA is more heavily weighted than other stats. I would say it’s always more important than SAT. Comparing GPA to ECs is harder. GPA is more important than "standard ECs (ie. activities thousands of others are doing), but if you have something extraordinary on there, then it’s probably going to matter more than GPA.</p>
<p>It’s a relative term.</p>
<p>Cornell and other competitive schools are looking for students who are strong in SAT and GPA (something extraordinary can help offset a weakness here, but most admittees have tha activities that thousands of others do).</p>
<p>Since about 90% of admittees are in the top 10% of their class, and the average SAT (CR+M) is close to 1400, it’s hard to say which is more important – both are.</p>
<p>how does a 3.65-3.7 and a 2350+ look?</p>
<p>Depending on activities, recommendations, essays, what school at Cornell you applied to, what you want to study, etc, etc, etc.</p>
<p>At least average and probably above average chance of getting in.</p>
<p>So that for example is a very competitive candidate. However, I think a 3.9 GPA and a 2100 would be preferred by Cornell, all else equal (that last assumption is very important, and includes assuming your school is of average difficulty).</p>
<p>I don’t think there is any published data about the trade-off between SAT and GPA. I’d love to see some.</p>
<p>Matrix, CayugaPlease </p>
<p>Congrats!!!</p>