<p>basically, my stats SUCK... studied in china 9th grade, grades dont even count for credit, slacked in 10th grade, got crap grades this year... not much extra curriculars (comparatively)</p>
<p>3.9x weighted gpa (i know, it's unheard of)
2100-2200 SAT hopefully
few APs... nothing worth mentioning
editor in chief of yearbook and newspaper in 9th grade
chinese honor society
tutored some kids english for a few months
4 years of art (got a few awards)
junior state of america
200+ hrz community service
internship in china this summer
living with mother only</p>
<p>planning on majoring in agriculture... gonna go back to china and farm for about two weeks with the peasants. hopefully it will become a poignant admission essay.</p>
<p>colleges in question: top 20</p>
<p>huh... i didn't realize people on cc actually hope for a mid 2100 score... i thought everyone wanted 2390 so they could retake it for 10 pts... ;)</p>
<p>by that i mean realistically</p>
<p>uh yeah whats wrong with an A/A- average, 700+ SAT's, some AP classes, talent and dedication in art, mad community service, and a potentially bangin' essay...</p>
<p>You're not a lock, but very few of us were. Just make sure not to make it sound like "I studied the lowly peasents as i condescended to farming with them" in your essay. I know thats not how you meant it, but it just sort of had that kind of connotation.</p>
<p>thanks for the input!</p>
<p>BUMP</p>
<p>er...Cornell is not a metaphorical ear of corn.</p>
<p>are you actually going to write living with mother only? do you know that 60% of kids born in the 80's and 90's are actually born to single-parent, and that at any time 50% of kids are living with only one parent, many of them never have any contact or even negative contact with the non-custodial parent. 25% living in a reblended family (aka...steps...which means two heads aren't always better than one).</p>
<p>i don't see the relevance of putting that down. c'mon, do something more than just those cookie-cutter, I'm chinese, activities. Not many of them want to go into agriculture, and doing 2 weeks of it in China doesn't count has much unless you started doing more agricultural related things here, like maybe your own garden, or visit to the staple crop farm/animal farm nearest you. sure you probably don't seem rich enough to be into equestrian, but plenty of kids find way to show their passion for agriculture in other ways. 2 weeks out of a high school career of 4 years don't seem like you are very committed and passionate to the field. </p>
<p>weighted GPA's doesn't mean for much.</p>
<p>"Cornell is not a metaphorical ear of corn" nor is it the university of corn or the corny univerisity, though i may not go to cornell because the "metaphorical ear of corn" is too expensive unless my financial aid package revision actually has grant money, and counting in med school = huge debts.</p>
<p>if you understand true literature, you would understand the beauty of the title</p>
<p>I consider myself quite literate, thank you, yet I once again refuse to respond to any thread that refers to my true love as "Corn". :)</p>
<p>oh yeah I forgot to mention that we don't like cornell associated with corn...</p>
<p>I cringe whenever I read this topic title.</p>
<p>This title is out of place. If you want to say something just say it.</p>
<p>If I wanted to know if everyone in Balch were lesbians, I would write a title like, "Are the girls in Balch all lesbians?"</p>
<p>If I felt it makes no freakin sense to be rejected and then accepted, I would write a title like, "Ok...this makes no freakin sense (rejected then accepted ?!?)"</p>
<p>why do we always have to make fun of the farmers??</p>
<p>it's really not their fault.</p>
<p>yeah they can't help being silly farmers :p</p>
<p>rofl, what sparticus's post is describing... well.. me!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.84 uw ~4.2w?
SAT: 1490 780m(1 more right and it wouldve been 800 grr) 710v
EC: lots and lots of comm. service/volunteer work/officer positions for clubs such as NHS/internships with MDs (Oncology/Hematology)
Essay: I spent about 2 months in advance for my common app personal statement, and that was in... September... 2 months ahead of Early Decision for Pomona College (yeah I got deferred and later rejected).</p>
<p>btw sparticus i did manage to pull of that C in Physics, and am graduating with a 3.5 gpa this semester ;D see y'all at ITHACA this fall!</p>
<p>um.. to the chinese farmer, like me you are a "good student" but not what I would call outstanding. personally, i didnt think cornell would give me more than a second in reviewing my application before they put it in the circular file, and seeing as how I was rejected from my top 2 liberal arts school choices (Pomona College and CMC) prior to receiving my big red package... yeah I was feeling extremely depressed at the idea of attending UCLA or CAL (not that these universities are lesser to Cornell) but because of the fact that the four years of blood, sweat, and tears would only allow me to attend a school where a peer of mine was accepted with a 3.2 GPA and 1100ish SAT? I felt that the past four years of my life had been a complete waste. My mother and father were extremely upset at me, and they constantly placed the blame on me for not "trying harder" to get into a better school, and what's worse is that I felt as if I had let them down. Then one morning my dad woke me up and said that I had gotten some mail, "Oh wonderful, some more rejection letters," I wearily said as I pulled the pillow over my face. My dad then told me that it was a big package... from Ithaca. I raced downstairs and opened the white envelope... and there it was.. the big red package. From that moment on I believed in miracles. Because surely, me attending one of the most prestigious universities in the world is not only a miracle but a dream come true. </p>
<p>so i guess the point of my anecdote was to let you know that even students like me (see above for my stats) get into top colleges, and Cornell was my 2nd choice school behind Pomona College. so dont give up hope, just do your absolute best with the time given/remaining, and hope for the best. applying to safety schools is also a must because even the very best students dont get into their first and second choice schools. dont give up hope buddy, miracles DO happen.</p>
<p>oh God i just wrote a freaking novel didnt i?</p>