<p>hi, i'm interested in applying to cornell ED this upcoming fall.. probably CAS, but undecided about my major.
i have several awards/recognition and pretty good extracurriculars that i continued throughout my four years in high school.
my SAT is over 2250.I retook in May hoping for a slightly higher score - maybe I'll be lucky and maybe i''ll just have to go with 2250. i have 790 in math II 790 japanese and 700 bio. (subj. tests). </p>
<p>my only BIG concern is my gpa. overall, when I apply in the fall, I think it will be around 3.8~3.9 total WEIGHTED. Because of the challenging courses my school offers (and I have taken all the hardest classes) I have loads of B's and a C in my transcript. </p>
<p>I was wondering if any of you cornellians out there know people with low~average GPA's like me who got accepted to cornell !</p>
<p>it's my first choice school and I really need someone to evaluate my chances of acceptance..please dont reply with sarcastic comments as I've seen in many other chance threads.. thanks guys!!</p>
<p>I got in with a 3.61UW 94.9W, which a 94.9 is probably like a 3.9 or so. Granted, I am Native American and I attended their diversity hosting weekend, but I got in with a likely letter, so it’s definitely possible to get in.</p>
<p>if you really pull through and end this year strong and have really good first quarter senior year grades, i would say you have a chance.</p>
<p>so do you have to send in your first quarter grades when you apply?</p>
<p>I got in with a 3.38 UW, 3.97 W. My senior year gpa was a 4.0 UW though.</p>
<p>i think you have a great shot. I got into CAS this year ED with a 2220 on my SATs, and a 640 and 720 on my SAT 2s. Weighted my GPA was a 4.33 unweighted a 3.7 or so. I have some leadership positions in clubs and what not as well. For classes i took all honors or AP classes in highschool (until senior year, i got a C and a B first semester but they didn’t really care). I honestly think you have a really good shot. good luck</p>
<p>For ED, only your senior year schedule is required. Unless your first semester ends before 11/1, you do not send in your first semester grades in until after they inform you of your ED decision. However, for RD, your first semester grades are required.</p>
<p>Sorry to break it to you but senior grades don’t count for much. </p>
<p>Your SAT scores are more than enough to attest for your intelligence. </p>
<p>Just put forth a good application and hope for the best!</p>
<p>Are you in the top 10%.? Low GPA and your being Asian doesn’t help you (since you are Japanese, I’m assuming). It’s clear that you are good test taker, so I don’t really think improving your SATs will help you. I would concentrate on your grades and maybe do something that makes you stand out.</p>
<p>fudgemaster, </p>
<p>my school doesnt rank… we have slightly less than 600 kids in our class, and i can safely assume that if we were to rank, i’d be in around top 15-20 percent. the grade deflation is pretty bad except to the VERY smart kids who’d get A’s anyway…</p>
<p>i wanted to apply ED because i saw that the ED acceptance rate was slightly higher. but would it be better if I wait and apply RD with my “improved” first semester senior year grades?</p>
<p>^^ Like I said honestly dude I really don’t think any colleges care too much about senior grades.</p>
<p>The only time I think it would ever make a difference is if two people were on the fence and it was one or the other and one person really bombed 1st semester and completely slacked off. Actually in any case, if you slack off a lot it hurts. What I’m trying to say is since so many of the people that do apply and are competitive keep up senior grades at least where they were before, senior grades can’t REALLY help you, only hurt you. You just have to make sure you’re not one of the people they hurt.</p>
<p>Also, I tend to disagree with some people on here. I personally felt that Ivies gave a pretty good consideration to test scores, along with GPA. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>We do our GPA in a 100 scale. I got a 92.5 UW and a 100.37 W. SAT’s of 2250. I was top 1% of my class, but not sure if that was reported (my school ranks weird…in terms of strictly weighted gpa, in top 5%). My major pulls were a lot of activity; internships, senior class prez, nhs prez. </p>
<p>Make your essay stand out, you’ve got a good shot. Your GPA may be a tad low; but concentrate on doing something very productive this summer, and writing fabulous essays.</p>
<p>i’ve gone to japan during two of my summer vacations for community service. …went to a poor neighborhood and taught english and volunteered as a teacher’s aid -ish thing at a special center for these families’ kids.
is this special enough? just wondering… because it didnt seem like a very common kind of community service.,</p>
<p>If you can, and it’s your first choice, apply ED. I’m pretty sure it’ll help you out at Cornell, especially since they’re trying to find kids that really want to go there, rather than use it as their “backup” for HYP so that if they get rejected, they can still go to an Ivy. A lot of that goes on in RD, so ED shows you’re definitely interested. That, and a good “Why Cornell” essay is key.</p>
<p>I did that too, but in taiwan. My essay for common app was about how it changed my life and what not (given that people always say that everyone writes about it, it worked out for me in the end.) For me it might have been a little different because i did that after i toko a child care class in school, became president of future teacher’s club, and then got a job teaching and tutoring kids so it basically extended on my passion for teaching.</p>
<p>I had around the same gpa with more than one c and lower sats and got in regular decision to ILR. Just do interesting activities over the summer that pay for you to attend as opposed to you paying (i.ei boys/girls state). Just make yourself and activities seem better than they really are lol. Don’t downplay anything.</p>