<p>J:
Honors Physics: A/A
Honors Spanish IV: A/A
AP European History: A/A
Honors British Literature: A/A
Religion: A/A
Alg. II: A/A</p>
<p>4.0/4.5</p>
<p>S:
AP Chem: A/A
AP Spanish Language: A/A
AP U.S Gov: A/A
AP English Literature & Comp: A/A
AP Art History: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/A</p>
<p>4.0/4.8</p>
<p>Final GPA: 3.8/4.25
For Princeton: 3.93/4.4</p>
<p>I'm taking a gap year and applying EA to Princeton. They don't count freshman grades, so all they'll see is one C and one B. Am I doomed to a state university, or do I have chances at Cornell, Penn, and Princeton? (I know that Penn and Cornell look at freshman grades)</p>
<p>I have awesome ECs and a good ACT score (34)</p>
<p>You’re fine. You have a very solid GPA and test score and apparently good ECs. My one piece of advice is that you relax a little, your life is definitely not over lol.</p>
<p>GPA and test scores look fairly good. I was rejected from Penn RD with similar numbers (but that was 4 years ago). Chances at Penn ED probably decent, definitely better than average odds at Cornell depending on the program you apply to</p>
<p>English Literature…most of my poor grades are in math/science so it shouldn’t hurt me too much, right?</p>
<p>I had a B in spanish freshman year because I was lazy and didn’t do the homework…but I got 96-100’s on all of my tests/quizzes, which saved me. </p>
<p>So even with the few poor grades, you think I’m all right? </p>
<p>looks good then. your credentials are definitely competitive.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about grades, especially if your high school has consistently sent students to Ivy caliber schools. I would argue, from my own experiences at Cornell that high standardized test scores correlate to stronger UG performance than stratospheric HS GPA since a vast majority of high schools award absurdly inflated grades. </p>
<p>I got B’s and C’s in all my HS math classes and will probably graduate Magna Cum Laude in Chem and Bio. Weak grades, particularly from strong high schools are not the end of the world. just my $.02</p>
<p>My high school is fairly new, and we’ve had a couple of people get into the Ivy League. Most go to UCF, USF, UF, or FSU, though. This year we have a CM, BC and Johns Hopkins (many also go to there as well.) And maybe that’s true, but I don’t think that our high school has any grade inflation. I didn’t take the SAT at all, because when I took the PSAT in 10th grade I got an absurdly low score and it ****ed me off; so I decided that I wasn’t going to take it ever again. But I managed to pull off a high ACT score after a year of fervent studying. So it’s all right I guess. </p>
<p>Your GPA (if I calculated correctly) is a 3.82. That is not low (for Cornell) by any stretch of the word, and it’s almost absurd for you to think your life was over just because of this. Admittance to an ivy league is not a golden ticket, but if it makes you feel any better, your chances for cornell CAS RD are relatively high, and if the rest of your application is of that calibre you should have no problems regardless of where you go. Why post about Princeton on Cornell’s board though? At least remove that part if you copy and paste…</p>
<p>Also, when it comes to Princeton, the difference between a 3.8 and a 3.9 will not decide your application. If they wanted to, they could fill the class twice over with 4.0s, and yet they don’t. They’re looking for interesting and motivated applicants who care about things other than school while still maintaining high grades. It’s a crapshoot anyway, so there’s not much of a point asking for chances unless you have special circumstances.</p>
<p>also, saeob - how did you get 3.82? Did you include freshman year? I calculated everything with freshman year and got 3.8, so you’re right. But if you don’t include frosh, then it’s a 3.93.</p>
<p>i’m sorry, but the title of this thread is saddening. being denied from a school like cornell is not the end of your life. in a way, i feel like i’m wasting my parents’ money by being here. i don’t feel all that stimulated at all.</p>
<p>that being said, the upward trend will certainly help. i think you have a decent shot of getting in. not definite, but pretty good.</p>
<p>So did I and so do all other international applicants, we dont take any honors courses or AP classes for getting 4 or 5 on AP and I am sure that doesn’t make up for our scores.BTW ur scores are nice and show an upward trend so according to me u hold a decent chance.</p>