<p>i am currently a junior in highschool, i really want to attend cornell's agriculture school and major in nutritional sciences, however i feel as though my dreams may already be out of reach</p>
<p>gpa- 3.7 out of 4.5</p>
<p>psat- 63-math 61-reading 59-writing
p.s. that was from sophmore year, i should be getting this years results soon.</p>
<p>Aps- Modern European(soph)- 4
American History(jr)
Statistics(jr)</p>
<p>extracurriculars-
varsity wrestling 9-11
rising star wrestling club 9-11
John knapp Wrestling club 11
cum laude on national latin exam, connecticut latin exan, medusa exam
middle school wrestling club assistant coach 9
middle school wrestling club head coach 10
likely wrestling captain next year</p>
<p>my highschool life has been almost completely dominated by wrestling up to this point however, i dont plan to pursue it in college.</p>
<p>is there anyway my situation can be salvaged?, id also be willing to attend the human ecology school with the same major, but id rather go to the agriculture.</p>
<p>please help, ive still got a year before i apply, but i am not sure that is enough time. i need advice.</p>
<p>If you’re that worried, apply to Ithaca College as a safety school and then transfer in. That’s kind of what I did even though I never applied to CU in high school. IC has a bomb health studies school (and a good wrestling team I think) which was nothing like the business school that I came from. Oh yeah, get some more ECs.</p>
<p>Who says your extracurriculars have to be related to the school/program you apply to? That may be the case for some people but not true of all people. Schools are looking to see that you developed an interest and a passion for something outside of academics during high school. I’d say it would be good to be doing something else perhaps in addition to wrestling to round it out a bit more but being a wrestler and coaching wrestling isn’t bad. I guess the thing that may be a sticking point is that you have done all this wrestling stuff to the exclusion of other things and you don’t want to pursue it in college which is one of the questions asked in the activity section of the application. Actually Cornell has a strong wrestling program apparently. I think they are the only school, or one of the only schools, that has a dedicated wrestling building on campus.</p>
<p>what should i do? There is a farm near my house i could volenteer at. also, would helping out at a nutritionists office help? what if i were to take the 1 week agriculture summer course at cornell?
also, what classes would you recommend me taking next year? i was planning on 3 ap’s. my choices for these 3 include physics, calc ab, enviornmental sci, and economics. which 3 would look the best for cals?
Im not entirely opposed to wrestling in college if it would help me get in, but im not good enough to be recruited at the d1 level. would walking on still help?
sorry to ask so many questions, but this is relly where i want to go. i really appreciate any help that you can offer.</p>
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<li><p>wouldnt it make an appreciable difference.</p></li>
<li><p>i guess that could work. i dont really want to take calc because i struggled in pre-calc as a sophomore, but my only other option would be somthing like business math.</p></li>
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<p>also which would look better, volenteering at a farm or volenteering at a nutritionists office?</p>
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<li>no. i didnt do any summer program whatsoever and i still got in. some people take courses at cornell, or any other school, and dont get in</li>
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<p>the ag school doesnt automatically mean a farm. obviously if you want to do nutrition, volunteer at a nutritionists office. why would you waste a summer farming if you dont want to be a farmer? that wouldnt prove your dedication to nutrition</p>
<p>I would take off the middle school stuff, pretty much irrelevant to Cornell as a university. If you want to help yourself out, get into those APs and do well. As you stand now, probably looking at around a 15-20% chance, which in itself isn’t much lower than the actual admission rate, but you have room to improve.</p>
<p>so just to clarify, i should take all 4 ap’s next year, volenteer at a nutrionists office, and not worry about any summer programs. Im assuming ill also need a >2100 sat and some solid sat II’s.
any other advice?</p>
<p>do what is best for you. dont just let other students tell you what to do with your life. if you really want to work at that farm, go for it. if you only want to take 3 APs, go for it. there isnt a set-in-stone formula to get into college</p>