low rankings...chances??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>any ideas on chances?? im doing RD to cornell
asian female, nj
SAT I (may 05) 720m, 680cr, 660writing
SATI (oct 05) 740 m, 660 cr, 720 writing
highest compositie: 2140
SAT II's: 680 math iic, 660 physics (yea...not that high)</p>

<p>really really competitive high school, top 50 in nation i think, so i think im only top 30%, i know that everyone else's like top 10 people...so im kinda worried here, we have no rank tho, gpa is 3.9ish
5 ap's by graduation: stat, econ (micro and macro), psych, lang, and calc
(not that many cuz my school has like qualifying tests for ap's, so its kinda hard to get in in the first place) but all other classes are accelerated/honors</p>

<p>EC's:
black belt karate
karate teacher to kids ages 3 to 10, teacher to special needs (physical/mentally ill), karate camp counselor
2004 nationals: 1st place
2003 nationals: 3rd place</p>

<p>clarinet for 5 or so years, 1st section in school band</p>

<p>internship at hospital, Neonatal intensive care unit, veryy cool experience</p>

<p>piano for like 12 years
played in charnegie hall, steinway hall
won competitions multiple times in diff years: young pianist competition of nj, music educators association of nj, young peoples music program, and 2 others whos name escapes me now...o and 2 consecutive years 1st place talent show in my school. im sending in a cd of my playing
accompanist for everything imaginable: school musical, chorale (elite singing group of my high school), and im like the conductor/teacher too, fundraising activities for AIDS (broadway cares/equity fights AIDS), preseidnet of musiCares (we go to diff nursing homes and play music), played with church choirs for sunday services
school activities include key club, modern issues, red cross, ummm sorta french lit mag</p>

<p>o i came to america when i was 10, dunno if that makes a difference, and i got supp recs from piano and karate teacher.</p>

<p>chances??
thanx for any thoughts!</p>

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<p>there are many people applying who are not in "the top 10" of their class. you're fine.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is unweighted, right? 3.9 is very good, so I think that will probably make up for the rank. Your stats look great. If you can retake your SAT II's, I'd say you've got helluva shot.</p>

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<p>agh i hate sat ii's. if i take 'em again, u think i should take the same ones i already took, or new ones?</p>

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<p>
[quote]
piano for like 12 years
played in charnegie hall, steinway hall

[/quote]

If you are going to mention it, spell it right "Carnegie Hall"
<a href="http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/the_basics/art_overview.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/the_basics/art_overview.html&lt;/a>
by the way which of the three stages did you perform on?</p>

<p>Isaac Stern Auditorium</p>

<p>Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall</p>

<p>Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall</p>

<p>Your stats are very competitive,
don't spoil your chances by careless spelling errors.</p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>haha, sry
well if u read carefully, i did come to america when i was ten, so i have an excuse. and i played in issac stern once (the piece was 56 seconds, lol i barely got there) and weill recital hall 3.</p>

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<p>I'm sure you worked and practiced very hard to achieve that. </p>

<p>Contractions and abbreviations are ok in an online discussion like this, but be sure to carefully check your applications for spelling and grammar. :)</p>

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<p>As for SAT II's, just take the ones that you feel you can get the highest scores on. Cornell claims to look at only the highest two scores anyway.</p>

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<p>Dont tell me.... I gave three SAT 2s - 2c, PHys and Chem....... got 800s in 2c and Phs. and waiting for chem scores........ are u sure "Cornell claims to look at only the highest two scores" ... then I shouldnt have wasted my time on chem.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure. Check on their website if you want.</p>

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<p>But do you think they consider 3 800s (in 3 subjects) better than 2 in 2 subs? and will it make much of a difference to my app?</p>

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<p>They obviously consider everything, it's sitting there infront of them, they can't entirely ignore the other scores.</p>

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<p>"not considering" means more like they won't penalize you for it/not having it. Of course they will, however, see you compared to other students. 5 800s on SATIIs is obviously better than 2 800s and a 630, even if they do only look at the top 2, which I'm not even sure is true.</p>