<p>Hey!! I'm currently a junior at a California prep school. I am planning to apply to Cornell next year (as my safety). So... just wanted to introduce myself and say "hi" to everyone!!</p>
<p>Mah Stats (in case neone was curious...)</p>
<p>SAT I: 1580
SAT II: 780/800/770
GPA: 4.67
Rank: 1/432</p>
<p>ECs: Concertmistress of two youth symphonies, Varsity cheer (captain), Varsity basketball (captain), Varsity softball (co-captain), featured in the prestigious "Who's Who in American High School Students," recipient of Principal's Award for Best Math Student, Best Science Student and Best English Student, recipient of school's AllStar Athlete award, AIME qualifier, editor of my school newspaper, editor of my school yearbook, ASB Class President (3 years), tutor (voted "top tutor" by peers).</p>
<p>I am also president of the following clubs at my school: Amnesty International, Speech and Debate (Recipient of the prestigious Lincoln Award), Young Republicans and Helping Hands. I also volunteer at the soup kitchen, library and hospital. </p>
<p>Hopefully I can get into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, or Penn... but I'd settle for Cornell!!!</p>
<p>Cornell, although still amazing compared to lower institutions such as Rice University and the UCs, simply does not measure up to Ivy-League standards. Their 30% accept rate basically guarentees admissions for those with 4.0/1500+. Last year, 8 out of 8 students were accepted to Cornell from my school. Even someone with a 1460 was accepted. </p>
<p>I am by no means "dissing" Cornell, merely pointing out that it can be considered the "safety ivy."</p>
<p>i don't think u have a great chance at Cornell. First of all, your stats suck. (no 1600? no 800/800/800?). Second, ur ECs are abominable and nothing actually stands out. It seems you have no state or national awards. You better hope Cornell "settles" for you, since i doubt it would happen the other way around.</p>
<p>Wrathofgod64,
You are very ignorant and don't seem to understand the college admissions process very well. My scores and GPA puts me in the top 1% of Cornell's applicant pool. Also, what do you mean my ECs are "abominable." I am on 3 varsity sports with leadership postions. I am also concertmistress of 2 youth orchestras. You are probably too stupid to know what that means though. -sigh-</p>
<p>Just because I have more then 1 passion does NOT mean I am not serious in all of them. Perhaps you were only able to focus on 1 EC, but then again, look where you've been accepted.</p>
<p>Yes- I have been accepted to Georgetown. Quite an accomplishment- at least in the eyes of any sane person.</p>
<p>And I didn't focus on just one EC, I was involved in many and specialized in one- so colleges could see that my academic interests were supplemented outside of the classroom.</p>
<p>Are you calling me insane? You are so ignorant its unbelievable.
Oh, and are you AFRAID of posting your scores? Is that why you refuse to post them???</p>
<p>No, I refuse to post them because you are simply not worth the time. I would rather not share my stats with people like you.</p>
<p>And yes, I am calling you insane. Insane for thinking that Cornell is your safety. Insane for thinking that Ivy League degrees mean so much more than any other degree. And insane for being so dreadfully misinformed.</p>
<p>HOtIvYlEaGuEwAnNaBecHiCk, Cornell rejects about 40% of applicants with your credentials (top 1%, 1550+ SAT), and that was last year. This year, Cornell's applicant pool grew by 15%+, which means that it will be even tougher to get into. Unless your definition of a "safety" is a 60/40 chance, I suggest you look for something a little more realistic as a safety. Schools like Cal, (since you are from California) and my own Michigan would be great safeties for you. </p>
<p>But as a couple of posters have already told you, Cornell is not a safety for anyone. Cornell rejects enough Valedictorians with 1600s on their SATs to make it a match at very best. </p>
<p>Also acceptance rates and quality are not related. The University of Chicago is as respected as any Ivy League and it has an acceptance rate of 40%. </p>
<p>Anyway, you are most likely a flamer, and unless you change your tone, I will have to ask you to go elsewhere to get your kicks. This is a serious forum where serious students come to seek serious advice.</p>
<p>Hey hOtIvYlEaGuEwAnNaBecHiCk I just hope you understand this:
You are what most people would call a pretentious stuck-up snob. You may feel a little nice because of how you compare to your peers, but you are what people call a big fish in a small pond. 94 kids in my class of 500 got "Who's Who" this year (including me). Its worthless. Anyways, your GPA and tests scores are solid for the institutions that you are applying for but the titles: best tutor, best math student, best anything in school means nothing. You cannot be going to a "prep" school because no school would allow one student to occupy all such positions. Yeah. Your EC's suck too, because there seems to be no outstanding passion, nor a connection between anything. I'm sure you're going to get your undies in knot, so let me save you some typing and give you this without being asked:
GPA: 4.68
Class Rank: 12/468
Full load of 6 IB (harder than AP) courses
SAT: not taken
SATII: 780 USH
AP: 5 USH
PSAT: 225 (National Merit)
EC:
Cancer Research Internship
American Cancer Society Youth Board of Directors
Cancer Volunteen Nurse (I know...sad title)
County Youth Commission proposer and chair
Teach kids Punjabi
Varsity tennis 3 years
PBS Volunteer of the year
STANFORD-
Summer program last summer
Accepted for this summer
I
I'm a junior.
So sit there and squirm, and look for errors in what I posted. </p>
<p>And I'm sorry for normal people, this looks mighty pretentious at the end, but I hate her so much.</p>
<p>Wow hOtIvYlEaGuEwAnNaBecHiCk. It was very stupid of you to say that you're applying to all 8 Ivies and then list Cornell as the last one and say that you'd "settle for Cornell". Have you even researched these schools? The Ivies are all so different and if your goal is to simply get into any Ivy school, which is what your username suggests, then you are approaching the college admissions process in the wrong way. Save yourself some money and don't apply to Cornell. I'm sure there's a more deserving applicant out there who would be a lot happier than you would be to go to Cornell. Besides, Cornell wouldn't even want a "stuck-up snob" like you.</p>