<p>I see what you are saying...anyway my school is definitely considered elite but just about anyone's list...not to be boastful.</p>
<p>What does it matter where you draw the line? What is relevant is has anyone from your school been admitted to Cornell, Duke or U Penn with a 3.3? If the answer is no, then it's not likely even as a legacy. Hence, I said only your GC would know what 3.3 means.</p>
<p>Not sure but I think so...thanks for your thoughts.</p>
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<p>Kal: If your school has Naviance, you can check the scattergrams to see if applicants from your HS are getting into select colleges, especially Cornell, with lower than usual GPA's. Report back to us.</p>
<p>Average GPA of acceptances is 3.75...I did calculate mine incorrectly and if things go well should finish with about 3.6 or higher. Latest SAT practice test was 2180.</p>
<p>Only math and reading matter.</p>
<p>Then I am 1440...they dont' look at writing section at all?</p>
<p>Nah. They don't trust it. They would much rather look at your English class grades.</p>
<p>Does an A- in AP English Lit count? Also section editor of school paper since Grade 9.</p>
<p>Kalodie, no one really knows because we are not in the admissions committee.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks...I guess the real decision is should I waste my ED at Cornell???</p>
<p>I think so, if you really want to go to Cornell more than all other colleges.</p>
<p>But I also am not in the admissions committee.</p>
<p>That is what I am thinking at this point and hopefully my GPA will end higher and I can pick up a couple more AP's next year. I read a lot about a "hook"...I am a white kid from NYC at a private school, a dime a dozen I guess. Can my hook be my dad is not only an alum but 1st generation from Eastern Europe?</p>
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<p>This is often knowingly asserted at CC, but no one ever offers any links or evidence to back it up. The Writing score is part of the published composite SAT 25-75%, the chief means by which colleges compare their selectivity. Even if they thought it was meaningless, they still have an incentive to massage their stats by using it.</p>
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<p>To the best of my knowledge, Cornell doesn't publish the writing scores. But it certainly doesn't publish it in the class profile:</p>
<p>^ they do not, the ones that show up on collegeboard.com are estimated scores based on other factors of the student body, but not actual reported scores. I also think most schools in cornell could give a flying **** about statistics.</p>