<p>Hello, my name is Joy and i have a rather unusual story, but i want to know what my chances are to getting into Cornell.
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 8th grade that was unresponsive to medication. I took the COOP in 8th grade to see if i could get into the local private high school and got second place out of about 500 girls who took the exam. I went to that school for about 3 months before it became clear i was too ill. We were told by my doctors that i wouldn't make it past high school due to complications with my liver. My parents pulled me out of that school and began homeschooling me. My condition deteriorated over the course of 2 years, during which i spent more time in the hospital than at home, and i had 3 surgeries. The final surgery seemed to fix most of the life threatening problems, but i'm still rather ill and on disability.
After that last surgery when it became clear that i was going to live past high school, i began to try to get my life back together. Since i was so behind, my parents decided to have me take an extra year to complete high school. I took on more courses and studied for the NYS Regents. I took 5 in one week and these were my scores.
US History and Government: 98
Global: 97
English: 94
Integrated Algebra: 87
Geometry: 87</p>
<p>Now, i'm studying to take the SAT and the SAT II's in Biology and Literature in the fall. I took the practice test from collegeboard that was automatically graded and got a 2100 with a 12 on the essay. However, with studying i'm hoping to get over a 2300 The practice tests for the Subject Tests have me scoring above a 700, but i think i can get over 750, at least on the Lit. </p>
<p>Here are my courses from high school
Gr 9: English, Physical Science, Algebra 1, World Literature, Keyboarding and Shakespeare
Gr 10: Geometry, English, Biology, American Literature, World History.
Gr 11: Art History, Health, English, Spanish, Algebra 2 and Trig, US History and Government, Chemistry
Gr 12 (planned): Economics, Precalculus, English, Spanish 2, Physics, Creative Writing, Psychology (with AP exam at end of year)</p>
<p>For extra curriculars, i volunteer weekly with the Ronald McDonald house, I did a workshop last year with my local library that totaled over 90 hours in one summer, and I'm active in running a local chapter of a Nerdfighter group.</p>
<p>I know my courses for 9th and 10th grade are really light, but I was in the hospital. What do you guys think my chances are of getting into Cornell? If not Cornell, then which colleges would be a good fit for me, keeping in mind i want to major in English with a Creative Writing focus.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>