<p>Ok, let's say I've had bad luck with teachers and test dates... please read on.</p>
<p>I have a 4.3 (95) avg., Top 05% (13/303), I scored a 31 on the ACT exam (98th percentile), I am a Varsity captain , I do 3 varsity sports a year, I worked for 2 years at the same job, I am an all-state muscian, band + chorus section leader, and I am Hispanic and first generation.</p>
<p>The problem is my SATII scores, Cornell recommends 1 science and 1 math
MathI-640 MathII-600 US Hist-610 BioE- 540 Physics- 530
this is where i got ugly
Chem - 470
I was extremely ill and of course, late as well</p>
<p>I am applying Early Decision to CALS for Meteorology, a very uncompetitive major. Will perfoming below avg. on 2 sci and horrible on 1 overshadow my 32 ACT science and 95 AP Physics , 90 Honors Chem avgs, and all other stuff?</p>
<p>Helpful Hook: I met the assistant director of admissions and have kept in contact with him. He def. remembers my face and name</p>
<p>I won't be too sure about you're school's levels of difficulty. You received a 530~640 SAT score rang and yet that puts you in 95% average in school. </p>
<p>Your ECs are perfect. But if I were an admission officer, I would question your school's grading policy.</p>
<p>You received a 600 in Math IIC but you can get approximately 8 wrong and still get 800. Since Physics and math are correlated, a 95% in AP Physics should at least put you in 95+% in math. I hope your First Generation, your major choice and your URM status can help you, but URM according to my perspective, does not make a huge difference. There are hundreds of other strong URM applicants who apply to Cornell each year.</p>
<p>well my school's science department is far less than desirable. AP Physics teacher was 24 years old, still in college... and my chemistry teacher said that chemistry is " part alchemy, part chemistry, and part pharmaceuticals"
... so that's explains those... Physics correlates the most to my major, so at least that's not a 470, but still a 530 is only 20thpercentile... idk</p>
<p>Contact Cornell and find out if they will accept the ACT in lieu of the SAT IIs, especially since they only "recommend" the tests. Many schools that require SAT IIs will take the ACT instead.</p>
<p>If Cornell agrees that the ACT is sufficient, don't send the SAT IIs (or Is, since all scores go) at all.</p>