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<li>have an 1840 (SAT Math:640 CR:600 Writing:600 , hoping to get it to at least 2000)</li>
<li>play 3 sports, 2 are varsity, and I am a team captain for one of them</li>
<li>chosen to present a project of mine in front of the Board of Education</li>
<li>provide free school and SAT tutoring to those who need it in my school</li>
<li>involved in a club</li>
<li>3.8 GPA unweighted</li>
<li>Volunteer in a soup kitchen every week</li>
<li>single parent home</li>
<li>low income</li>
<li>first generation college student</li>
<li>top 10% in my class</li>
<li>pretty high performing school in NJ (in top 1000 of all high schools in country)</li>
<li>and I'm black (just throwing that in there)
what are my chances of getting into Cornell?</li>
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<p>With your relationship to Obama, you’re a shoe-in.</p>
<p>I had very similiar stats as yours and was Waitlisted. Good luck!</p>
<p>What exactly were your stats may I ask?</p>
<p>I did only slightly better on the Math and Writing. I think people need to try and stand out with their essays and write something special to be noticed. So many applicants and so few spaces. Cornell is great , but there are other really wonderful schools too!</p>
<p>Did you get accepted?</p>
<p>Nope, I never got taken off the waitlist.</p>
<p>You should definitely try to bring up your SAT scores. Do you have an AP classes or hard course material?</p>
<p>All AP and advanced classes</p>