How are my prospects for Cornell?

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<p>Hi everyone, please check out my stats and please post what you think about my prospects for Cornell.</p>

<p>-currently an Asian junior at a top private high school in Texas</p>

<p>STANDARDIZED TESTING
SAT: M700, V710 (Oct 2004); M740, V750 (Jan 2005); ? (New SAT, March 2005)
PSAT (just for reference): CR73, M68, W78 (Oct 2004)
SAT Subject Tests: Bio (Mol) – 700; Chem – 650; Chinese (Listening) – 720; Writing – 790
AP exams to be taken this May: English (Lang), US History, Music Theory, French (Lang), French (Lit)</p>

<p>ACADEMIC RECORD
9th grade (89.20):
English I
Algebra II Honors
Social Sciences – World (part i)
French II
Biology I</p>

<p>10th grade (88.20):
English II
Geometry Honors
Social Sciences – World (part ii)
French IV Lit AP (part i)
Chemistry Honors</p>

<p>11th grade FIRST SEMESTER (92.47):
English Language AP
Pre-AP Calculus
American History AP
French V Lit AP (part ii)
Physics I
Music Theory AP</p>

<p>12th grade Course Selection:
English Literature AP (only taking the actual exam if college offers credit/placement)
Calculus AB
US Government AP (1 semester); Comp Government AP (1 semester)
Economics (1 semester)
French Honors Seminar</p>

<p>CUMULATIVE AVERAGE (as of March 2005): 90.51
RANK/STANDING: top 40%ish of a class of less than 140 people</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
3 varsity letters in the same sport
a yearbook editor – i’ll be one of the major ones senior year
junior class student government representative; i’m running for next year too but no guarantees
class president at my chinese school
several awards for local piano competitions; (private lessons since i was 5)
summers: study-abroad/academic programs in England, France, China
some community service (less than 100 hrs, not really application-worthy)</p>

<p>I’m probably going to apply RD to Cornell this fall.
Finally, if anyone has any advice about the application/admissions process for Cornell, please share your wisdom with me.
Thank you!!</p>

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<p>Look very strong to me.</p>

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<p>And I thought I was the only one up at 2:30. </p>

<p>Yeah, you're right on target.</p>

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<p>GPA/rank may hurt a bit...SATIIs very slightly below average...everything else looks good though</p>

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<p>Rank does look a little low, but everything else seems fine</p>

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<p>PROBABLY GOING TO APPLY RD??? its over man</p>

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<p>your rank will hurt you, hopefully your school doesn't put rank on your transcript, i know many private schools do that so people not in the top 10 percent or whatever can still attend the ivys and other good schools</p>

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<p>95% are in the top 25%, so let's hope that you school doesn't show your rank...</p>

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<p>And the other 5% are from elite private schools (NE boarding schools and whatnot) so I hope that your school is really really really good.</p>

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<p>sighh well...haha yes i'm not sure but i suspect my school does show the rank bit;
well at least i wont be absolutely devastated since at this point, i dont believe cornell is my top choice - hence, the RD choice & not the ED plan
i guess i can kiss all ivy chances good-bye</p>

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<p>don't give up so easily, you should defintely still apply because you do still have a chance, and also i've heard of many kids from private schools getting together and signing a petition requesting class rank not to be displayed on their transcript or even making the class rank an optional requirement for their transcript, talk to your guidance counselor about it or something</p>