<p>Hello, I was just wondering as to how much NYS Regents count when it comes down to admission into Cornell University. I know that there are other factors such as GPA, SAT scores, extracurriculars, and whatnot to consider but seeing as Regents scores appear on transcripts, do admission officers look at them strongly?</p>
<p>Will it affect a decision very much if a student is good all-around in terms of grades, extracurriculars, awards and the like...but lacking in decent Regents scores such that scores vary from 70 and above?</p>
<p>Colleges generally ignore regents because New York is the only state that has them. Most of my regents are at least 85 and above with the exception of one (Math A which I received a 75 on) and I was admitted to Cornell. So you shouldn’t worry too much.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input. It’s somewhat hard not to worry, but that does make me feel a little better since my Regents grades are very inconsistent. Some are quite good whereas others…er, haha.</p>
<p>If anyone other admitted NY’ers would like to share, please do so.</p>
<p>Given that Cornell is in NYS and also the relationship they have with the state through the contract colleges I would say they understand them more so than at other colleges. Please don’t be offended but if you can’t do well on regents like English and US History its not going to look good to Cornell. I have a ton of friends who were rejected to Cornell and they all had a bunch of 100’s or 98’s, 99’s on regents. I was given a GT and am coming in this fall and I had 97+ on every one except for Chem and Bio. Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Hi, miktau. Thank you for answering my question and no, I’m not offended, just appreciative and wanting some honesty.
As for what you said, do you think that specific colleges (the contract colleges) look at the Regents more? Given this, would colleges such as CAS not look at them as strongly?
In addition, are certain Regents (English, Math, etc.) more significant than others?</p>
<p>it’s so hard to tell, because no one reports this sort of thing on the college confidential acceptances posts, and no it’s not really discussed. I don’t remember what my lowest regents score was (possibly somewhere 85-90 on Math B?) so I guess that doesn’t help much. I got 100s on a couple of them and high 90s on most of the rest, and I was accepted to CALS.</p>
<p>Really as others have said its just one piece of the puzzle. I just think that Cornell would be more apt to understand a regents exam than Stanford across the country. I would say its the same all around but if your applying for bio and you got a 100 on the bio regents then obviously that looks pretty decent. Nowhere near as much as a SAT II but still not bad.</p>
<p>Well I must say I did well on english (96), U.S. History (98), and Global History (97). However the aforementioned three are considered to be some of the easiest regents. I do agree that Cornell has a better understanding of regents more than other colleges do. </p>
<p>If you do well on your SAT II’s, your regents grades wont truly matter as much. Not that they really matter anyway.</p>
<p>Regents exams are pretty much a joke since they’re made for folks to pass them. There are more serious exams for you to worry about.</p>
<p>and then you’ll get to my age and not even be able to remember what you scored on your Regents exams :)</p>
<p>I think most of my exam grades were in the high 80s to mid 90s. I was accepted as a transfer to Cornell. I wouldn’t fret so much about them.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the answers. You’ve all been incredibly helpful. Of course, I know that Regents are very minor among all the other things that I have to take into consideration. However, the reason why I bring up Regents scores is due to how- like faustarp said- they are hardly ever discussed and from what I can tell, no one reports them. Given this, I was quite curious since…they’re there on transcripts and all so they’re obviously looked at. As to what extent, I really wasn’t sure, but you guys have given me an idea so thanks.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think those that get a certain average (95 or above) get some extra $$</p>
<p>^ohhhh, is that a regents-related thing? I got some money for being a NYS student going to school in NYS, but I didn’t realize that’d how I was selected. it wasn’t a whole lot, but every little bit helps, so that was nice.</p>
<p>Hm…well I know I got academic competitiveness grant, but did any non-NYSers get that grant too?</p>