How do I look for Cornell (Just started Junior Year)

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Currently thinking of applying ED to CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take yet, I’d estimate around a 2300 (800 CR, 800 W, 700M)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t give that, I have a 94.88. Weighted is 98.32
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second cohort group (for 97-100 average, 100+ is top). That puts me around top 20%, probably close to top 15%
IB (place score in parenthesis): I am taking a full IB diploma course load
Junior Year Course Load: Regents Physics, IB Mathematics SL, IB HOTA HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, Science Research, IB Spanish HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major as of now, a bunch of Model UN delegate awards though.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Director-General), Debate Team (club no longer exists, but I was a member 9th and 10th), Political Activism Club (Treasurer), Science Olympiad, Independent Model UN Team (Co-head delegate, I created this with my friends because our school doesn’t let us attend many conferences and makes us jump through a lot of hoops to do anything).
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in a social skills group for kids with autism spectrum disorders, I’ve been doing this for years.
Summer Activities: 2015 Hofstra University Summer Science Research Program (pretty selective, I got to work with a professor in their Psych department) and a summer internship this past summer in an oncology/hematology lab at Weill Cornell Medical College where I conducted a research project. I hope I can go back next summer. I am also doing some Psych work with an NYU professor, my project concerns facial emotion recognition.

Intended Major: Biological Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish

Thank you!

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Bump please

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Looking good :wink: Make your essays shine.

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Oh I forgot to mention, I also have been diagnosed with a learning disability that affects my abilities to understand spacial relations, amongst other similar things. Consequently my math average is my lowest average.

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Anyone else?

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Bump

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Bump please

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What’s your basis for your estimated SAT performance, especially given that it’s going to be a new format? Did you take the practice PSAT last year?

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It would be VERY rare for a student with a true LD in spatial relationships to score 700 on the math section of the SAT
As a result I would recommend that you not attempt to cite this to explain lower math grades in any application essay for college. Now, if you scored significantly lower than 700 it would be appropriate.

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You are in the top 20% of your class but will score in the top 1% of all test takers nationally?

I would say probably not. Most don’t. On the sat or Ivy admission.

Set reasonable achievable goals and manage to them.

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I’m taking the old SAT, my projected score is based off of the grades I’ve gotten on practice tests that were real SAt exams, sourced from tutors. Anything below a 2300 would be a disappointment for me.

My LD is what keeps me from having an average over 100. It is known as Non Verbal Learning Disorder, so it impacts my social and spacial abilities and organization/focus. Otherwise many peolple, teachers and tutors have told me that I was very intelligent. I just want to know how I stand for Cornell with those projected stats, because I know I can get that SAT score.