<p>Basically I wasn't really serious about highschool during freshman/sophomore year and I had some HS classes during middleschool so my GPA isn't exactly the best. </p>
<p>3.3 UW GPA 3.9 Weighted Top 10% of class of about 700 students</p>
<p>I have moderate EC's, two varsity sports, 150 hours community service, decent essays and decent LOC's.</p>
<p>What I'm wondering is if I can get great SAT scores if that would give me a chance.</p>
<p>Current scores are 1400/2010 720 CR 680 M 610 W</p>
<p>I'm taking SAT 2's in Dec and according to my practice tests I'm scoring 750+ in all 3, hoping to get 800 on the actual thing. </p>
<p>If I take SAT in January and score, say 2300+ could that offset my low GPA? (I checked and they do accept January scores)</p>
<p>Oh unfortunately I'm also OOS which sucks considering Cornell's a state school.</p>
<p>First, before anyone else says it, Cornell is NOT a state school so they don’t really care if you are from NY. Since you made it in the top 10% of your class, Cornell will probably assume your GPA is strong for your school, plus it’s good that you have an upward trend. I’ll say your chances are about 50%.</p>
<p>How is it possible that there are people who actually think that Cornell University is a state school? I have traveled to all parts of the country and abroad, and anyone who is familar with academia knows that Cornell is not only a private University but it is an Ivy league school.</p>
<p>As for gaining admission to Cornell I would say that your GPA is very low for serious consideration. You have not mentioned anything about the rigor of your courses or your ECs and if those ECs relate to your intended major. Cornell looks for kids whose applications bring together a picture of who they are. You mention that you have “moderate ECs and two varsity sports”, but there is no mention of your intended academic interest or anything exciting in your post. Are you leaving anything out? Are there any academic competitions, research, college courses taken after your school day has ended or in the summers? Have you had any jobs and if so what have you learned from your work experiences?</p>
<p>Mikey/Momma – I guess that people think that Cornell is a state school because three of the seven undergraduate colleges – Ag, Human Ecology and I&LR are statutory schools that connected to the SUNY system (in some ways) and because they offer a substantial discount in tuition to NYS residents, and do offer some advantage in admissions to NYS residents. That and the fact that Cornell is the NYS land grant school.</p>
<p>On the other hand, people think it the four ‘endowed’ undergraduate colleges, Arts, Engineering, Architecture and Hotel are … well private, and not part of the SUNY system.</p>
<p>Cornell Arts & Sciences and Engineering are definitely private.<br>
The State University of New York Web site shows the CALS, ILR and Ecology colleges as being SUNY campuses
[SUNY:</a> Complete Campus List](<a href=“http://www.suny.edu/student/campuses_complete_list.cfm]SUNY:”>http://www.suny.edu/student/campuses_complete_list.cfm).
I think the SUNY web site listing some cornell colleges is how people can get confused.
Brolex, I don’t know if the SUNY colleges favor NY residents, but you can call admissions and ask them.</p>