My Chance for CAS pleaseee??

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<p>Hello, I'm an east asian living in east europe, attending international school there
I came to east europe at the beginning of 2nd semester of 10th grade
Before I came here, I never studied in English(i hope admissions committe will consider this)</p>

<p>SAT
highest combined 2070
math 800, cr 580, wr 690</p>

<p>SAT2
math2 800
japanese 750
chem 760</p>

<p>IB Predict
41~43 out of 45</p>

<p>toefl 107</p>

<p>GPA
uw:3.65
w:4.17(approximate...i dont know how to calculate this exactly)
i'm an IB full diploma candidate</p>

<p>class rank top 15%( 60-senior class)
-private school, not very competitive, one ivy for the last 2~3 years, but some oxbridge</p>

<p>Student Council, Grade 9
Voluntary Work Award, Grade 9
Distinguished Service Award, Grade 9
Mathematical Competition of xxxxxxx Academy, Grade 9
Excellence Award: Technology, Home Economics, Chinese characters, Grade 9
The 6th International English Test: 3rd place regional, Grade 9
JLPT(Japanese Language Proficiency Test) 4th level, Grade 10
2007 American Mathematical Competition 10; School Winner, Grade 10
HS Honor Role, Grade 10-12
Excellence Award: Advanced Pre Calculus, Grade 10
Full Membership in Mu Alpha Theta, Grade 11
SCIS Volleyball Tournament 1st Place, Grade 11
CEESA Math Comp. Sr. Div Team: 2nd Place, Grade 11
CEESA Math Comp. Sr. Div Indiv: 4th Place, Grade 11
The Mandelbrot Comp. School Level Indiv: 1st Place, Grade 11<br>
Most Outstanding Student Award: IB Math HL, IB Spanish Ab Initio, Grade 11</p>

<p>High School Tennis, Grade 10
Basketball Team Grade 10
Jr. Varsity Basketball, Grade 11
High School Band, Grade 10-11
High School Production-Pit Band, Grade 11-12
Jr. Varsity Volleyball, Grade 11
Varsity Volleyball, Grade 12
Math team, Grade 10- 12
Band of graduation ceremony, Grade 10-11
High school concert piano soloist, Grade 11
Solo recital-piano, Grade 11-12</p>

<p>I just copied and pasted my resume, with some edit. There are quite many but there's no major one....</p>

<p>counselor recommendation: I was the best student ever for the last 10 years she has seen in terms of overcoming difficulty with language,etc</p>

<p>3 other recommendations will be all good</p>

<p>Can you tell me how much chance I have for College of Arts and Sciences?</p>

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<p>hmm your sort of in teh same boat as me, alot of e.c’s, not so great sat reading scores, but good recs. id say 50/50, as long as you applied E.D.</p>

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<p>yeah…i forgot to put…i’m applying for early decision
thanks for reply</p>

<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>I am assuming that you are japaness… but how come you didn’t score 800 on the Japaneses SAT II?</p>

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<p>because i’m not a japanese lol
you can know it by my JLPT —> this test is only for foreigners</p>

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<p>bump!!</p>

<p>please chance me…</p>

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<p>probably waitlist</p>

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<p>^ok…what is my weaknesses? can you tell me pleeease?</p>

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<p>…and the fact that I came from non-english speaking country and that I came to American School late is considered?</p>

<p>my counselor said, in my case, they will look at TOEFL reading score because they think TOEFL reading reflects people’s reading ability better for people like me. </p>

<p>So she said, TOEFL reading can compensate a little bit of my CR score…
how do you think??</p>

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<p>From talking with my guidance counselors and last years seniors, getting into these super competitive colleges is such a crap-shoot. You have a good GPA, good ECs, good recs, even though your SAT CR score isn’t great. Most likely, Cornell will look into your background and make a decision based upon how a “Cornell Student” would have performed in the same situation. It really could go either way.</p>

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<p>hm…ok
so you mean admission committee considers my background.
To emphasize my background is not much exposed to English, I just put one line in “additional information” part of common app saying that I never attended English-taught schools before I came in to American school in europe in 10th grade.
Is it enough?
I mean, do they anyway find out my background with my app?
I really want to tell them I’m different from applicants in the English speaking country and that I started attending American school very late. </p>

<p>Actually, I think that’s the only way that I can explain my low CR score</p>

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<p>if only college admission officers were compassionate enough to understand the reason for students with low CR scores…can’t you retake the sat and increase your sat CR score a bit…because Cornell puts a huge emphasis on CR scores…but good luck =]</p>

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<p>it’s ED…so…I can’t take SAT anymore…
is CR score the biggest damage to me? or is there something else that can hammer me?</p>

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<p>^out of curiosity, is a 700 CR good enough for an American kid at Cornell, (who also doesn’t have one of the three major hooks), but has a 780 math to go with it? I realize it’s only their average in that section…</p>

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<p>Yeah I have the same question as colinization: my SAT score was 720 CR, 780 Math, and 800 Writing. Is the CR kinda crappy?</p>

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<p>What are the “three major hooks?”</p>

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<p>^i think for both American and non-american, cr 700 is decent enough</p>

<p>anyway… this was chance thread…
Considering above all, what are my chances?</p>

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<p>not at all, Chandler, ur have enviable scores</p>

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<p>Bestwhit, there are four major hooks, not three, are as follows:</p>

<ol>
<li>Minority</li>
<li>Recruited Athlete</li>
<li>Development/VIP</li>
<li>Legacy</li>
</ol>

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<p>I said three because colinization said there were “three major hooks.”
Interesting to know, though…</p>