Help! Please!

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<li>this is pretty much my whole resumre. i've only lived in the states for 4 years. i live in Arizona btw. i know my SAT scores r low but im retaking them again in oct. i'm also taking ACT in Sep. so i am wondering what r my chances at cornell and what kinda SAT score should i aim at?</li>
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<p>ACADEMICS Year(s)
 Grade Point Average: 4. 484 (academic), 4.487 (Overall), 3.795 (un-weighted)
 SAT: Math: 700, Verbal: 530, Writing: 600. SAT II: Chinese-Mandarin: 800; Math level II: 800; Chemistry: 690.
 Advance Placement: Calculus BC: 4, Chemistry: 4, Studio Art-Drawing: 4, U.S. History: 3.
 Class Rank: top 5% (19 out 444)
 Honors/AP: English I-IIIH, English IV AP, Biology H, Chemistry IH, Chemistry II AP, Physics H, Algebra IIH, Geo/Trig H, Pre Calculus H, Calculus BC/AP, Advance Calculus H, World History AP, U.S. History AP, Government AP, Economics H, Art IIIH, Art IV-V AP</p>

<p>Summer programs:
 National Youth Leadership Forum, Medicine, San Francisco 12
 Graham School of General Studies at University of Chicago: Research in Biological Science Field: 2-week laboratory, 2-week independent research. 10
 Summer Institute for the Gifted: 3-week Biology, writing, art and tennis camp. 9</p>

<p>Language Capabilities:
 English-Fluent
 Chinese-Mandarin-Fluent
 Taiwanese-Fluent</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
 National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society 10, 11, 12
 National Honor Society 11, 12
 National Latin Examination, Magna Cum Laude 11
 Congressional Art Competition, Special Congressional Recognition 11
 USAA National Minority Leadership Award 11
 Phoenix Sister Cities International Young Artist competition, People’s Choice Award 11
 National Honor Roll 11
 Second Premium student art Arizona State Fair 2004 category: water color 11
 Second Premium student art Arizona State Fair 2004 category: acrylic 11
 Third Premium student art Arizona State Fair 2004 category: color pencil 11
 Coba, Recognition of Distinguished Achievement in The Arts 2004 10
 First Premium student art Arizona State Fair 2003 category: color pencil 10
 First Premium student art Arizona State Fair 2003 category: mixed media 10
 Arizona Junior Classical League State Convention-First place-color pencil 10
 Arizona Junior Classical League State Convention-First place-collage 10
 Participation in the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission International Young Artists’
Competition 2004 10</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP Year(s)
 Secretary, Calculus Club 12
 Delegate, Arizona State Legion Auxiliary 12
 Secretary, National Honor Society 11,12
 President, Art Club 11
 Treasurer, Asian American Society 11
 Treasurer, Latin Club 11</p>

<p>Clubs:
 National Honor Society 11, 12
 Calculus Club 11, 12
 Art Club 9, 10, 11, 12
 Latin Club 10, 11, 12
 Asian American Society 9, 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>ATHLETICS
 Junior Varsity Track and Field 9, 10
 Junior Varsity Badminton 10</p>

<p>COMMUNITIES SERVICE
 Interact Community Service Club: 30 hours 9, 10, 11,12
 Scottsdale Healthcare: over 200 hours 9, 10, 11, 12
 National Taiwan University Hospital Gene Medical Department: researcher assistant 10
 Relay for Life, American Cancer Society 10, 11, 12</p>

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<p>what kinda SAT score should i aim at? </p>

<p>improve the verbal and writing a lot. what should you aim at? as high as possible.</p>

<p>what r my chances at cornell?</p>

<p>with higher SAT scores and a killer essay, you've got a shot. looking at this, maybe you could write about your art talent and experiences. maybe you've got something else great going for you. I don't know. It's cool that you're fluent in two other languages. i'll try to help however I can.</p>

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<p>thank u! ^^</p>

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<p>i take it you immigrated from some primarily non-english speaking asian country, so the verbal and writing scores are understandable. You don't have the option to take TOFEL or anything do you? I dunno how that goes, but anyway, a good essay could get you in, depending on your department. What do you want to study?</p>

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<p>i used to want to study medicine but right now its undecided. but i am looking into comercial design, interior design and i am interested in hotel management (which i know what cornell is famous for)</p>

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<p>are you from taiwan? me too! are you an international? if you are, i think you would need to take the TOEFL if SAT verbal is not above 670, and there's a minimum for TOEFL as well i think. I guess anything above 670 if considered okay, but this is what they expected on the SAT verbal or II writing.</p>

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<p>what is the min for toefl?</p>

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<p>if you don't have a hospitality background (work in hotel, country club, restaurant, real estate office) hotel is supposed to be really really hard to get into.</p>

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<p>i think it's 550?</p>

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<p>i volunteer at the hospital giftshop does that count? its pretty much like working in a normal store but i just dont get paid.</p>

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<p>having a job and working in the hospitality industry, though not mutually exclusive, can be very different things. Even though you might help people find stuff in the store, that's really not the same as a service type job such as a bellboy or waitress.</p>

<p>lets not confuse hospital and hospitality ;) sorry sorry horrible joke!</p>