How likely am I for Cornell Engineering ED? Thanks.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys it's another worthless Ivy crapshoot chance thread! I know you guys must deal with a lot of these stupid threads that make the poster feel good/brag about themselves and have others want to crawl into a hole and die at the mere holy sight of the billions of accomplishments. Jokes aside, I, a rising senior, just wanted to see where I stand for one of my reach choices here. I might be thinking to ED II Tufts if I don't make it into Cornell Engineering. Believe me when I say I really just want some help to see where I stand. It's just that nowadays you see these monsters on CC chance threads with accomplishments (own companies, research publications, cured cancer, 2500, etc) that many people would die for and it's a bit nerve-wracking. I know my scores and accomplishments may not all be up to the school's standards but with all the uncertainty of a holistic selection process, there might be a slight chance. Thanks guys. :)

WEIGHTED GPA (out of 5): 4.88

CLASS RANK (new rank will be out beginning senior year but I expect this to either stay or move up 1 or 2): 14/363

AP (Soph): APUSH 4
AP (Junior): Chemistry [5], World History [5], English Language and Composition [5]
AP (Senior): Physics C, English Literature, Microeconomics, Spanish, Psychology, BC Calculus

Course load included a variety of all honors classes and is rigorous

SAT (Will be retaking in Oct and ACT this Sept): 2190 (670 CR/780 M/740 W)

SAT II: Math II [780], Chem [800], US History [720 will not send], Biology [730 will not send], Physics [690 will retake with math II (maybe) for dat 800], World History [670 ARGHHKJGJKSDHKJ]

VOLUNTEER ~300 hr
-Peer Tutor in Chemistry, Algebra II, and Geometry
-Chinese School Badminton Teacher Assistant
-NHS/other clubs Service Opportunities
-Assistant Badminton Coach for my local club
-Translator for Asian Senior Citizens

-Raised awareness/some funds for Colony Collapse Disorder (Bees) in school

SUMMERS
-Boston Leadership Institute Green Chemistry Research Program 2015
-Annual Badminton Training Camps/Assistant Coach

-Annual Trips to China to connect with family/culture/visit an orphanage and donate

AWARDS
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Science Olympiad Scrambler Event Second Place
-Multiple Regional Badminton Tournaments 1st 2nd 3rd place (all years)
-Principal’s List (all years)
-National Honors Society

-IBM Master the Mainframe Round 1 Completion

WORK
-Currently work at my local badminton club as the receptionist/desk manager
-Summer/School around 22 hrs/wk

-Clean courts, help coach, offer recommendations, handle transactions, enter data, check up on sign ins and memberships, etc

ECs
-our high school Badminton Club [Founder/Head/Coach]
-Captain of our high school’s Badminton Team (I take the team to an annual regional high school tournament)
-our HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) chapter [Co-President/Social Media Liaison]
-National Honors Society
-Global Learning Initiative (Awareness Club)
-Red Cross
-Gives Back (Volunteer Club)
-Freshman/Varsity Math Team
-Spanish Honors Society
-Science National Honors Society (Lab-focused club)
-Science Olympiad
-Peer Tutoring
-Asian Senior Citizen Translation (Meet once a week to help teach necessary English phrases/concepts)
-Asian Culture Club (Discussion about cultures)
-Learning piano on my own for fun
-C++ and a tiny bit of Python

Outside of School:
-Art Studio (3 years)
-Chinese School (Have been going for 11 years)
-Competitive Badminton (Regularly train under coach and play regional/national tournaments. Went to Lake Placid Olympic Center once for a week training)
-Work

-Going to start into MITx Introduction to Solid State Chemistry course Sept. 8

RECs/Essay
Counselor: Idk have to make an appointment to catch up but probably 7/10 at best
Honors Physics Teacher: 8.5/10 Would usually talk to him about science stuff after class/he is one of SciOly coaches
AP Chemistry Teacher: 9/10 Knows me/admires my character a lot
AP English Teacher: 7.5/10 at best idk but he really liked me as a student in his class

Essay: Writing is good probably ~7.9-8.7/10

OTHER
Gender: Male
Race: Asian
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Intended Major: Engineering (Chemical)
Weaknesses: Being Asian Middle Class male in engineering, SAT could be better, No “research internships” or major awards, no real music, not engineer-heavy stats
Hooks: ayy lmao

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bump. Also my college list includes:
Boston University
CMU
Georgia Institute of Technology

Johns Hopkins University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Rice University

Tufts University

UMass Amherst

University of Michigan

University of Virginia

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
UC Berkeley/UCLA
UIUC

Any thoughts?

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bump

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And to me, dude, you’re way more than qualified.

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This is the fourth or fifth thread you’ve started here. Why don’t you just keep one thread going and bump it if you feel the urge to start another thread? I’ve already said that you cannot choose which scores to send to Cornell. You have to send ALL test scores of any test you’ve taken. If you try to game this by using score choice it will backfire on you. You have a decent shot at Cornell ED. That’s all anyone can really say no matter how many times you ask.

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I think you have a really good shot. Your GPA is great while your SAT is just slightly low for Cornell. Since they don’t consider writing your CR score does hurt you a little bit. Overall, I think your high GPA and applying ED will make your chances of admission pretty high.